Best-selling strategy games
StarCraft tops this ranking with over 11 million copies, ahead of STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack (over 6.7 million copies) and Sid Meier's Civilization VI (over 5.5 million copies). Copies sold, according to publishers' latest official figures. 13 games ranked.
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Which one sold more copies?
| # | Game | Number | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | StarCraftLifetime worldwide sales, PC (base game) | over 11 million copies | February 2009 | Edge (next-gen.biz) |
| 2 | STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold PackCumulative sales of the base game Star Wars: Empire at War | over 6.7 million copies | August 2017 | PR Newswire (Petroglyph) |
| 3 | Sid Meier's Civilization VILifetime worldwide sales, all platforms (Take-Two statement, 2019) | over 5.5 million copies | August 2019 | PCGamesN |
| 4 | Warcraft III: Reign of ChaosCopies shipped to retail (sell-in), worldwide | 4.4 million copies | January 2004 | Eurogamer |
| 5 | Pikmin 4Lifetime worldwide sales (sell-in) as of March 31, 2024, Nintendo Switch | 3.48 million copies | March 2024 | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
| 6 | Fire Emblem: Three HousesLifetime worldwide sales (sell-in), Nintendo Switch | 3.02 million copies | June 2020 | Nintendo Life |
| 7 | Manor LordsCumulative sales (PC, Early Access) | over 3 million copies | February 2025 | GamingBolt |
| 8 | Age of Empires IIICumulative sales of the base game (May 2007) | over 2 million copies | May 2007 | Microsoft Game Studios / Ensemble Studios |
| 9 | Warcraft II: Tides of DarknessWorldwide sales by mid-1998 (Blizzard announcement) | 2 million copies | July 1998 | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 10 | Sid Meier's CivilizationCumulative sales of the original Civilization (per Bruce Shelley interview) | 1.5 million copies | February 2016 | VentureBeat |
| 11 | Command & ConquerSales within its first year | over 1 million copies | June 1997 | Westwood Studios |
| 12 | Rise of NationsCombined sales of the game and its Thrones & Patriots expansion | over 1 million copies | October 2004 | Big Huge Games |
| 13 | Dungeon KeeperSales in Germany (VUD Gold award, PC version) | over 100,000 copies | August 1998 | Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD) |
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