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This is a list of video games for the PlayStation 4 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.
Game | Copies sold | Release date [lower-alpha 1] | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
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Marvel's Spider-Man | 20 million [1] [lower-alpha 2] | September 7, 2018 | Action-adventure | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Grand Theft Auto V | 20 million [lower-alpha 4] | November 18, 2014 | Action-adventure | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games |
God of War | 19.5 million [12] | April 20, 2018 | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | 16 million [13] [14] [15] [lower-alpha 6] | May 10, 2016 | Action-adventure | Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Gran Turismo Sport | 12.72 million [19] | October 17, 2017 | Racing | Polyphony Digital | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10.8 million [20] | May 18, 2015 | Action role-playing | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt |
The Last of Us Part II | 10 million [21] [lower-alpha 7] | June 19, 2020 |
| Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10 million [25] [lower-alpha 8] | February 28, 2017 | Action role-playing | Guerrilla Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
The Last of Us Remastered | 10 million [30] [31] [lower-alpha 9] | July 29, 2014 |
| Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Ghost of Tsushima | 9.73 million [32] | July 17, 2020 |
| Sucker Punch Productions | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Star Wars Battlefront | 8.42 million [33] | November 17, 2015 | EA DICE | Electronic Arts | |
Bloodborne | 7.46 million [34] | March 24, 2015 | Action role-playing | FromSoftware | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Days Gone | 7.32 million [35] | April 26, 2019 | Action-adventure | Bend Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Ratchet & Clank | 7 million [36] | April 12, 2016 | Third-person shooter, Platformer | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Infamous Second Son | 6 million [19] [lower-alpha 10] | March 21, 2014 | Action-adventure | Sucker Punch Productions | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Detroit: Become Human | 5.5 million [38] [lower-alpha 11] | May 25, 2018 | Adventure | Quantic Dream | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Final Fantasy VII Remake | 5 million [40] [lower-alpha 12] | April 10, 2020 | Action role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix |
Monster Hunter: World | 4.67 million [43] [44] [lower-alpha 13] | January 26, 2018 | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3.83 million [lower-alpha 14] | December 10, 2020 | Action role-playing | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt |
FIFA 17 | 3.12 million [49] [6] [7] [3] [lower-alpha 15] | September 27, 2016 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
Nier: Automata | 2.6 million [50] [lower-alpha 16] | February 23, 2017 | Action role-playing | PlatinumGames | Square Enix |
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | 2.5 million [52] [lower-alpha 17] | June 30, 2017 | Platform | Vicarious Visions | Activision |
Final Fantasy XV | 2.5 million [57] [10] [6] [58] [lower-alpha 19] | November 29, 2016 | Action role-playing | Square Enix Business Division 2 | Square Enix |
FIFA 18 | 2.47 million [lower-alpha 20] | September 29, 2017 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
Persona 5 Royal | 2.3 million [60] | October 31, 2019 | P-Studio | Atlus | |
Killzone: Shadow Fall | 2.1 million [61] [lower-alpha 21] | November 15, 2013 | First-person shooter | Guerrilla Games | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Driveclub | 2 million [63] [lower-alpha 22] | October 7, 2014 | Racing | Evolution Studios | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Knack | 2 million [65] [lower-alpha 24] | November 15, 2013 |
| Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition | 2 million [67] | September 4, 2014 | 4J Studios | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
FIFA 20 | 1.76 million [lower-alpha 25] | September 24, 2019 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
Nioh 2 | 1.46 million [50] | March 12, 2020 | Action role-playing | Team Ninja |
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FIFA 19 | 1.45 million [lower-alpha 26] | September 25, 2018 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
Battlefield 1 | 1.3 million [71] [6] [10] [3] [lower-alpha 27] | October 21, 2016 | First-person shooter | EA DICE | Electronic Arts |
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | 1.3 million [72] [lower-alpha 28] | July 29, 2017 | Role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix |
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age | 1.2 million [50] [lower-alpha 29] | July 11, 2017 | Role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix |
FIFA 22 | 1.16 million [lower-alpha 30] | October 1, 2021 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
FIFA 21 | 1.12 million [lower-alpha 31] | October 9, 2020 | Sports |
| EA Sports |
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | 1.1 million [74] [17] [75] [lower-alpha 32] | September 1, 2015 |
| Kojima Productions | Konami |
Kingdom Hearts III | 1 million [68] [lower-alpha 33] | January 25, 2019 | Action role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix |
Nioh | 1 million [77] [lower-alpha 34] | February 7, 2017 | Action role-playing | Team Ninja |
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