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This is a list of video games for the Xbox video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Xbox is Halo 2, first released in the United States on November 9, 2004. It went on to sell over 8.46 million copies worldwide. The first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved, was a launch title which ultimately became the second best-selling game, selling over 5 million copies.

List

Game Copies sold Release date Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Halo 2 8.46 million November 9, 2004 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Halo: Combat Evolved 5 million November 15, 2001 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Sneak King 3.2 million November 19, 2006 Blitz Games Studios King Games
Fable 3 million September 14, 2004 Action role-playing Big Blue Box Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2.49 million October 21, 2003 Action-adventure DMA Design (III) Rockstar North (Vice City)
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2.4 million November 17, 2002 Stealth Ubi Soft Montreal Ubi Soft
Dead or Alive 3 2 million November 15, 2001 Fighting Team Ninja
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1.58 million July 15, 2003 Role-playing BioWare LucasArts
Counter-Strike 1.5 million November 18, 2003 First-person shooter Valve Sierra Studios
Ninja Gaiden 1.5 million March 2, 2004 Team Ninja Tecmo
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.46 million June 7, 2005 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Need for Speed: Underground 2 1.44 million November 15, 2004 Racing EA Black Box EA Games
Madden NFL 2005 1.42 million August 9, 2004 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Madden NFL 06 1.41 million August 8, 2005 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 1.39 million November 1, 2005 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
ESPN NFL 2K5 1.38 million July 20, 2004 Sports Visual Concepts Sega
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 1.36 million June 6, 2002 Role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Star Wars: Battlefront 1.22 million September 21, 2004 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
Project Gotham Racing 1.2 million November 15, 2001 Racing Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios
Star Wars: Battlefront II 1.17 million October 31, 2005 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 1.13 million November 11, 2002 Tactical shooter Red Storm Entertainment Ubi Soft
Need for Speed: Underground 1.1 million November 17, 2003 Racing EA Black Box EA Games
Forza Motorsport 1.05 million May 3, 2005 Racing Turn 10 Studios Microsoft Game Studios

Notes

  1. Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.

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