Grand Theft Auto 5 Is the USA's Best-Selling Game of the Decade

Grand Theft Auto 5 has taken the top spot for best selling game of the decade in the United States of America. According to the NPD Group (via games industry commentator DomsPlaying on Twitter), which tracks market and shopping trends, Grand Theft Auto 5 leads the ranks in best selling games of the decade in the US.

Top-Selling Games of the Decade, U.S., 2010-19:

1. GTAV 2. CoD: BO 3. CoD: BO2 4. CoD: MW3 5. CoD: BO3 6. CoD: Ghosts 7. RDR2 8. CoD: WW2 9. CoD: BO4 10. Minecraft 11. CoD: AW 12. CoD: MW (2019) 13. Skyrim 14. MK8 15. CoD: IW 16. BF1 17. BF4 18. Destiny! 19: BotW 20: SW BF NPD. pic.twitter.com/zxvA8k8Jqx — Dom (@DomsPlaying) January 16, 2020

It's followed by five different Call of Duty games, which are interrupted by Red Dead Redemption 2 for the seventh spot, before returning to more Call of Duty. Modern Warfare also took out the top spot for best selling games in 2019 in the US. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/31/the-best-games-of-the-decade-2010-2019"] For those unfamiliar with the incredible success of Grand Theft Auto 5, in 2018 it was listed as making more money than any film, book, or game. It's now on Xbox Game Pass for anyone who's missed out though it won't be getting a movie adaptation, despite the evident popularity. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.