The worst-selling video games of 2025

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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. Polygon 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

TNN Fishing Champ

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

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

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