Breath of the Wild has sold about 36 million copies across Switch and Wii U, the most of any Zelda game. Tears of the Kingdom (22.9 million) and Ocarina of Time (14 million) follow. This ranks the series game by game, with remakes and ports counted under their original; for the biggest games of any kind, see The Best-Selling Video Games of All Time.
Pictured: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, #1 with 35.98 million copies across Switch and Wii U.
| Rank | Game | Original release | Platforms counted | Units (millions) | Platform family | Versions counted | Figure as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breath of the Wild | 2017 | Switch, Wii U | 35.98 | Wii U / Switch | Multiple | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 2 | Tears of the Kingdom | 2023 | Switch | 22.90 | Wii U / Switch | Single | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 3 | Ocarina of Time | 1998 | N64, 3DS | 14.04 | N64 | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 4 | Link’s Awakening | 1993 | Game Boy / Game Boy Color, Switch | 10.29 | Game Boy | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 5 | Twilight Princess | 2006 | GameCube, Wii, Wii U | 10.08 | GameCube / Wii | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 6 | Skyward Sword | 2011 | Wii, Switch | 7.82 | GameCube / Wii | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 7 | A Link to the Past | 1991 | SNES, Game Boy Advance | 7.43 | SNES | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 8 | Majora’s Mask | 2000 | N64, 3DS | 6.80 | N64 | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 8 | The Wind Waker | 2002 | GameCube, Wii U | 6.80 | GameCube / Wii | Multiple | Mar 31, 2025 (Wii U part: Mar 31, 2026) |
| 10 | The Legend of Zelda | 1986 | NES | 6.51 | NES | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 11 | Phantom Hourglass | 2007 | DS | 4.76 | DS / 3DS | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 12 | The Adventure of Link | 1987 | NES | 4.38 | NES | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 13 | A Link Between Worlds | 2013 | 3DS | 4.26 | DS / 3DS | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 14 | Echoes of Wisdom | 2024 | Switch | 4.09 | Wii U / Switch | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 15 | Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | 2001 | Game Boy Color | 3.96 | Game Boy | Single | Mar 31, 2025 |
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Sales are lifetime units as of November 2026, with the dates shown in the last column. The base is the sales table in Wikipedia’s article on the series (figures as of March 31, 2025); Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom and the Wii U part of The Wind Waker use Nintendo’s own Top Selling Title Sales Units tables, as of September 30, 2026 (Switch) and March 31, 2026 (Wii U). Breath of the Wild adds Nintendo’s 34.28 million Switch units to Wikipedia’s 1.7 million Wii U units, because Nintendo’s Wii U table does not list it. Each row is one game with every platform version summed; remakes and ports (Link’s Awakening 2019, the 3DS and HD versions) are not separate rows. Twilight Princess is the sum of its three platform figures (the source table rounds it to 10). Four Swords Adventures, which has no published figure, and spin-offs are left out, as are Four Swords (2.82 million), Spirit Tracks, The Minish Cap and Tri Force Heroes, which fall below the cut. Figures are worldwide and include bundled and downloadable copies where the source counts them.[1][2][3]
Combined sales of 35.98 million: 34.28 million on Switch (Nintendo, September 30, 2026) plus 1.7 million on Wii U (Wikipedia’s table).[1][3] It launched on March 3, 2017, on both consoles, and no other Zelda game has sold within 10 million copies of it. The video is the trailer shown at the Switch presentation. Pictured version: Switch.
The 2023 sequel has sold 22.90 million copies on Switch as of September 30, 2026, making it Nintendo’s eighth-best-selling Switch game.[1] It is Switch-only, so no versions are combined. The video is Nintendo’s final pre-launch trailer.
Ocarina of Time sold 7.6 million on Nintendo 64 and 6.44 million on 3DS, 14.04 million in all.[3] Wikipedia’s table counts it that way, so it ranks third even though the N64 original alone would sit lower. The video is the 3DS remake trailer.
The 1993 Game Boy game sold 3.83 million, and the 2019 Switch remake sold 6.46 million, for 10.29 million.[3] The remake is counted with the original, as one game. The video is the Switch remake’s announcement trailer.
Twilight Princess sold 7.50 million on Wii, 1.43 million on GameCube and 1.15 million on Wii U (the 2016 HD version), which adds to 10.08 million; Wikipedia’s table rounds this to 10 million.[3] The video is for the HD version.
The 2011 Wii game sold 3.67 million, and its 2021 Switch HD version 4.15 million, for 7.82 million.[3] The video is the Switch announcement trailer.
A Link to the Past sold 4.61 million on SNES and 2.82 million on Game Boy Advance, 7.43 million together.[3] The video covers its Nintendo Switch Online release.
Majora’s Mask sold 3.36 million on N64 and 3.44 million on 3DS, 6.80 million in all.[3] The 3DS version outsold the original. The video is the 3DS announcement trailer.
The Wind Waker sold 4.43 million on GameCube and 2.37 million as the Wii U HD version, 6.80 million in all.[2][3] The Wii U figure is Nintendo’s own, as of March 31, 2026. The video is the HD version’s E3 trailer.
The original 1986 game sold 6.51 million copies on the NES, a figure that comes from Wikipedia’s table.[3] It is a single-platform row. No verified official video was available, so an icon is shown.