The worst-selling video games of 2025

It’s always “what games sold the most this year” and never “what games sold exactly one copy” — or, at least, it was until Circana senior director Mat Piscatella started posting a few such selections on Bluesky. viraltrendingcontent asked if he could share data for the whole year, and he provided a list of more than 175 games across multiple platforms that sold just a single copy in 2025.

The big takeaway is that people are still going out of their way to buy games for the most popular hardware. The two best-selling consoles in the U.S. had the most games on Circana’s list — the Nintendo DS with 44 and the PlayStation 2 with 40. Perhaps thanks to software being easier to find, more recent hardware such as the Nintendo 3DS also had a broad variety of games listed, including Square Enix’s first Dragon Quest 7 remake and The Sims 3. But even the PlayStation Vita, lord bless it, still has some fans out there willing to buy the ill-fated handheld’s versions of things like Rayman and Borderlands 2, and the Game Boy Color, the oldest hardware on the list, showed up with a single entry too.

Extracting meaning from what was selling on these platforms is a little more challenging, though, as there’s absolutely no trend (except one instance with the 3DS, where it looks like someone got very into Etrian Odyssey this year). For every hyper-specific sale, like the one copy of Need for Speed: Carbon on PlayStation 2 or I Heart Geeks on Nintendo DS, there’s a mainline Pokémon game or a God of War collection.

Circana only tracks retail sales, so the list below doesn’t include pre-owned games bought on sites like eBay or that copy of Kingdom Hearts 2 someone put out at a garage sale.

Nintendo 3DS

• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD
• Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
• Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack
• Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
• Bust-a-Move Universe
• Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion
• Disney Magical World 2
• Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
• Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
• Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
• Etrian Odyssey 4: Legend of the Titan
• Etrian Odyssey 5: Beyond the Myth
• Ever Oasis
• Fantasy Life
• Fossil Fighters: Frontier
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
• Kirby: Battle Royale
• Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn
• Lego Jurassic World
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Lego The Hobbit
• Lego The Lord of the Rings
• Mario Sports Superstars
• Metroid: Samus Returns Special Edition
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star
• Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
• Pokemon: Ultra Moon Starter Pack
• Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
• Resident Evil: Revelations
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
• Super Street Fighter 4 3D Edition
• The Legend of Legacy
• The Sims 3
• Tmnt: Master Splinter’s Training Pack
• Ultimate NES Remix
• Young Justice: Legacy

Game Boy Advance

• Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
• Pokémon Firered (with wireless adapter)
• Pokémon Ruby

Game Boy Color

Nintendo Gamecube

• Geist
• Harvest Moon: Another Life
• Kirby Air Ride
• Mario Power Tennis
• Mario Superstar Baseball
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Resident Evil
• Simpsons: Hit & Run
• Sonic Riders
• Spider-Man: The Movie
• Tony Hawk Underground
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Falsebound Kingdom

Nintendo DS

• Animal Crossing: Wild World
• Baby Pals
• Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay/Frozen: Olaf’s Quest 2 Pack
• Cake Mania
• Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Show
• Cooking Mama
• Diego’s Build and Rescue
• Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell
• Ener G: Dance Squad
• Exit
• I Heart Geeks
• Lego Batman 2: Dc Super Heroes
• Lego Battles
• Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Lego Legends of Chima: Laval’s Journey
• Littlest Pet Shop 3 Biggest Stars: Blue Team
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
• Mario Hoops 3-on-3
• Megamind: The Blue Defender
• Monster High Ghoul Spirit
• Monster House
• Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
• My Amusement Park
• My Healthy Cooking Coach
• My Sims Kingdom
• Mysims Skyheroes
• Operation: Vietnam
• Pokemon Conquest
• Polarium
• Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
• Scrabble
• Scribblenauts Collection
• Smart Girls: Magical Book Club
• Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from Krusty Krab
• Spongebob Squarepants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge
• Sudoku Mania
• That’s So Raven: Psychic on the Scene
• The Croods: Prehistoric Party!
• The Smurfs 2
• Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue
• Touchmaster 2
• Tron: Evolution
• Ultimate Puzzle Games: Sudoku Ed
• World Championship Games: A Track & Field Event

PlayStation 2

• Bombastic
• Crash Nitro Kart
• Crash: Twinsanity
• Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai2
• Dynasty Warriors 6
• Fifa Soccer 12
• Gladius
• Grandia 3
• Gretzky Nhl 2005
• Guitar Hero 5
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• High School Musical: Sing It
• Kingdom Hearts II
• Lord of Rings: The Two Towers
• Lord Rings: Third Age
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
• Midnight Club 3: Dub Ed Remix
• Midway Arcade Treasures 2
• MVP Baseball 2005
• Namco Museum 50th Anniv
• NBA Live 07
• NBA Street
• Need for Speed: Carbon
• Need for Speed: Undercover
• Need Speed: Underground
• NFL Street 2
• NFL Street 3
• Odin Sphere
• Radiata Stories
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
• Sly 2:Band of Thieves
• Spider-Man:The Movie 2
• SSX Tricky
• Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
• Stuntman: Ignition
• Tony Hawk Underground
• WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2006
• WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007
• Yakuza 2

PlayStation Portable

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
• Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip
• Midnight Club 3: Dub
• Monster Hunter: Freedom Dual Pack
• Rock Band Unplugged
• UFC 2010: Undisputed

PlayStation Vita

• Borderlands 2
• Code:Realize – Wintertide Miracles Limited Ed
• Dynasty Warriors Next
• God of War Collection
• Lego the Hobbit
• Little Deviants
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
• Punch Line
• Rayman Origins
• The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series Season Two

Xbox

• Aeon Flux
• Batman Begins
• Blinx: Time Sweeper
• Def Jam: Fight for New York
• Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee
• Fable
• Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix
• Midnight Club 2
• MTV Music Generator 3
• MVP 06 NCAA Baseball
• MX Vs ATV Unleashed
• Need Speed: Underground 2
• NFL Street 2
• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Prince Persia: Sands of Time
• Second Sight
• Shattered Union
• Spider-man: The Movie
• SSX Tricky
• The Godfather: The Game
• Tony Hawk’s Project 8
• Winning Eleven 8 International
• X-men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse