Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2022

Kinda disappointed that Dread isn't on the list, that doesn't bode well for the franchise

Those Ring Fit Adventure sales are wild as the overwhelming majority of them are physical (there have been hardware bundles in some markets that included the game as a download code).

It's also really disappointing that games as cheaply thrown together as Pokémon BD/SP and Let's Go are in the top 10. Legends Arceus deserves a spot over either of those two (though there's still time).

@ComfyAko Dread sold only 5 copies in it's entire lifetime. Nintendo has yet to admit it, but that is the reason why they silently cancelled and retooled Metroid Prime 4 into Pikmin 4 instead.

Don't look it up. Just trust me. 😏

@ComfyAko : If not being on the top 10 best-sellers list was the sole indicator of a franchise's success, then, according to this list, virtually every franchise except Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Pokémon are doomed.

And Metroid Dread is likely to have sold over 3 million copies, making it the best-selling Metroid game of all time. (The official data states 2.9 million, but that data is 6 months old)

Most third-party publishers would be lucky to sell a few hundred thousand copies.

ARMS should be on Top 10.
Peoples need to love some cartoonish boxing games. 🥊

@Erigen Ok I will trust you with every fiber of my being

Kinda crazy that the Top 10 best-selling games on Switch have sold 15 million copies or more.

Pokemon Scarlet/Violet will join the list and kick out Pokemon Let's Go by the end of the year. After that, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom will join the list and kick out Ring Fit Adventure or Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl.

@Silly_G Yes, I'm aware that it's not like "no top 10 = automatically doomed" I'm just kinda surprised because Metroid Dread had such great reviews. But then again, so did Okami and Shenmue

scary to think I own 7 out of the 10 of these lol

@Silly_G That Ring Fit hardware bundle wasn't Japan exclusive. I got it myself here in Germany on Amazon.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will top 60 million one day.

It is pretty surprising just how well Super Mario Party sold. It's not a game that many seem to still talk about or praise highly. I guess it was very well-marketed (the commercials make it look super fun) and flew off the shelves earlier in the Switch's lifecycle. A solid game overall.

Those are good games and I have them all, except Shining Pearl and Let's Go, Evee! , since I buy only one Pokemon version.

@BTB20 : So it was. I've edited my comment.

Also this clearly shows why Pokémon normally release 2 games. Legends Arceus is not on the list because it's only one game.

Animal crossing at 40 million, pretty amazing for a game that nobody likes, and most have got bored of.

Also funny is the amount of used copies on ebay still selling for pretty high prices, and not tonnes of them, people must be keeping a game they never play and are bored with, when they could sell it for good money..... boggles the mind.

@sanderev Legends Arceus is at #11 with 13.91 million. They also updated it's number. It has better legs than BDSP.

I own 5 out if those 10

That Zelda figure though.... the best selling of all time by quite a considerable margin, and not including the Wii U's sales.

I have 8 of those,

@ComfyAko This list includes Mario Kart 8, one of the top 10 best selling games of all time. Not being on this list doesn't mean the game was looked at as a failure. There's only ten spots.

I own all ten of these. Yeesh.

If Scarlett/Violet wasn't coming out this year, Legends Arceus would probably do 18 million easy. Really wish Pokemon invested a little more into that game and added things like online battling. The game will have no legs past S/V release.

It would be nice to se sales figures for top 25 games, the top 10 are unlikely to change going forward and the only games that could dethrone would be Splatoon 3, Pokemon S/V, and Zelda TOTK

@johnvboy nobody likes? Yeah, sure bro, a game that sold 12 million copies in less than a month, most talked and sold game of 2020, even a GOTY contender with a ton of 10/10 reviews is a game nobody likes.

It is absolutely massive that sword/shield is over 25 million, it'll be interesting to see how much scarlet/violet will sell

Really happy to see both Kirby and Xenoblade 3 sold well.

Im done with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe I want the next console Mario Kart and we know that won't happen until 2024 at the earliest

@westman98 Tiers of the Kingdom could underperform in sales

Why is there no paid DLC for Ring Fit Adventure yet? It would be a great success. Oh and put it in NSO expansion pack!

Also in the financial report its says Xenoblade 3 sold 1.7M units. Not bad at all.

@Zucaritas,

I was being sarcastic, of course the game is awesome, hence the sales.

Mario Kart 8 will definitely hit 60 Million. Cant wait for Wave 3 of the new content. Still play it almost every single day!

@FishyS,

My comment was sarcastic, I meant some of the games critics suggesting that nobody liked or played the game.

I still play with over 1600 hours invested, best game in series.

wonder if Splatoon 3 will join the list?

@KBuckley27
Not sure why you believe that will happen - the hype for the game is enormous.

@Bret by no means I wanted to imply that not making the list counts as a failure, I was just a bit concerned since Metroid doesn't seem to be Nintendo's favorite franchise as of late, and even the overwhelmingly positive reception won't break the mold without top notch sales.

I only lack Mario Party and I gotta say, all of these games are fantastic

From this top-10, i have only 2:

• Mario Kart 8
• Smash bros Ultimate

I don´t have fun with the other games in this top-10.

@johnvboy obviously as well there was the massive massive issue of Animal Crossing being 30fps, which would have made a gigantic dent in the sales… 😉

@WiltonRoots,

And the game has less to do than New Leaf, although both me and my sister both played the older title, and found there to be less to do, hence our play times were around 500 hours each.

@johnvboy not forgotting OnlyOneIslandGate....damn we get a lot of Gates on this site!

Very impressive numbers, especially being console exclusives. Imagine these numbers if MK8 or Animal Crossing etc. we’re multi platform releases? Close to crossing 1 billion in total software sold is also an insane attach rate. You really can’t argue it, Nintendo has the most diverse and literally the most accessible video game console around. A litany of high quality titles that can be played anywhere, it’s quite the value proposition. It will be interesting to see what transpires over the holidays, they’ve been “winning” the past few Black Friday and Holiday sales, with this impressive build up of games from Xenoblabe 3 to the upcoming Pokémon title they are set for the years’ end.

Basically I own all of these, except of course for Ring Fit Adventure, although the wife does want to buy it at some point.