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The best best selling games

Compiling a list of the best-selling PC games of all time is no simple task. The reason? The video game market has evolved significantly over the past few decades. A game that sold 100,000 copies 30 years ago might have been considered a best-seller at the time, but the same sales figure today wouldn’t carry the same weight. Here’s an (unordered) list of the best-selling games, based on Wikipedia.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Windows XP/98/952001 KnowWonder
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone brings the wizarding world to life with a mix of exploration, puzzles, and light action that feels appropriately magical. It captures the sens...
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

DOS1996freeware Westwood Studios
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1996. It is part of the Command &...
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Baldur's Gate

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998protected BioWare
Baldur's Gate a fantasy RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe which is regarded as the RPG that brought new life in a dying genre in the late 90s. Baldur's Gate was d...
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Cryo Interactive Entertainment
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of ...
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Far Cry

Windows XP/98/952004protected Crytek
Far Cry arrived in 2004 looking like a postcard from paradise and playing like a survival exam you didn’t study for. Set on sun-drenched tropical islands, it lures you in wit...
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Robocop

DOS1989 Data East
Robocop is an abandoned beat 'em up / run and gun shooter game developed and released by Data East in 1989 for a number of platforms, including DOS. Robocop is a conversion fr...
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The Sims

Windows XP/98/952000 Maxis
The Sims, released in 2000, marked the beginning of the iconic life simulation series. Developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright, the game quickly became a cultural phenomenon...
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games in 2002. It's the fourth main entry in the GTA series...
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Wing Commander 3

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected Origin Systems
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Theme Park

DOS1994protected Bullfrog
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Populous

DOS1989 Bullfrog
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for ...
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Civilization 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected Firaxis Games
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001protected
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Last Ninja

DOS1988 System 3