GTA V is the best-selling game on PlayStation in the United States of all time

Yesterday, on September 9, 2025, marked the 30th anniversary of the release of the PlayStation 1 in the United States. To commemorate this occasion, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella named the Sony console games that have performed best in the American market in terms of revenue and units sold over the years.

GTA V emerged as the undisputed leader, surpassing all other games both in terms of revenue and the number of copies sold.

Rockstar Games’ titles in general occupied four spots in both the revenue top 20 and the top 20 by sales volume. Besides GTA V, titles like GTA: San Andreas, GTA: Vice City, and Red Dead Redemption 2 made it to the lists.

However, games from the Call of Duty series obtained significantly more places in the rankings, occupying half of them. This includes last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 featuring in both lists.

As for Sony’s own studio games, there were five titles: The Last of Us, God of War (2018), and three parts of Marvel’s Spider-Man, including the game about Miles Morales.

Below are the complete lists.

Top 20 PlayStation Games by Revenue in the U.S. Over the Last 30 Years*

1. GTA V;
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019);
3. Red Dead Redemption 2;
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022);
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War;
7. Minecraft;
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III;
9. GTA: San Andreas;
10. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock;
11. Marvel’s Spider-Man;
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops II;
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops;
14. Call of Duty: WWII;
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4;
16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023);
17. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3;
18. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2;
19. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales;
20. GTA: Vice City.

Top 20 Best-Selling PlayStation Games in the U.S. Over the Last 30 Years*

1. GTA V;
2. Minecraft;
3. Red Dead Redemption 2;
4. GTA: San Andreas;
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019);
6. Marvel’s Spider-Man;
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops III;
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War;
9. GTA: Vice City;
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022);
11. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
12. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales;
13. The Last of Us;
14. God of War (2018);
15. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim;
16. Call of Duty: Black Ops;
17. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege;
18. Call of Duty: Black Ops II;
19. Call of Duty: WWII;
20. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

*The lists represent the standings of games as of July 2025.