Switch was UK’s best-selling console of 2021, a look at the best-selling games
GamesIndustry has published a new report on gaming sales in the UK for 2021, and there’s more good news for Switch. The system was on top for console sales, overtaking the PlayStation 5 in the last few weeks of the year. 500,000 Switch units were sold over November and December alone.
Switch managed to have its second-biggest year “by quite a large margin”. However, sales were down compared to 2020.
Nintendo was the top publisher regarding physical sales. Of course, one of the major releases in 2021 was Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl. If sales were combined, they would have ended up tenth as the best-selling Switch game – without factoring in digital sales as Nintendo does not report that information. If we’re only looking at physical, it would have placed at #3 if sales were combined.
Here’s a look at the best-selling games of 2021 in the UK:
GSD 2021 Top 25 Games (Digital + Physical)
| Position | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 22 (EA) | |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Vanguard (Activision Blizzard) | |
| 3 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) | |
| 4 | FIFA 21 (EA) | |
| 5 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard) | |
| 6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) | |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) | |
| 8 | F1 2021 (EA/Codemasters) | |
| 9 | Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft) | |
| 10 | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) | |
| 11 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* | |
| 12 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)* | |
| 13 | Resident Evil Village (Capcom) | |
| 14 | Battlefield 2042 (EA) | |
| 15 | Minecraft: Switch Edition (Nintendo/Mojang)* | |
| 16 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo)* | |
| 17 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) | |
| 18 | Mortal Kombat 11 (Warner Bros) | |
| 19 | LEGO Harry Potter Collection (Warner Bros) | |
| 20 | Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (Nintendo)* | |
| 21 | Minecraft (Mojang) | |
| 22 | Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Square Enix) | |
| 23 | Just Dance 2022 (Ubisoft) | |
| 24 | NBA 2K21 (2K Games) | |
| 25 | The Crew 2 (Ubisoft) |
* Digital data unavailable
GSD 2021 Top 10 Games (Physical)
| Position | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 22 (EA) | |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Vanguard (Activision Blizzard) | |
| 3 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo) | |
| 4 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) | |
| 5 | Minecraft: Switch Edition (Nintendo/Mojang) | |
| 6 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) | |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony) | |
| 8 | FIFA 21 | |
| 9 | Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (Nintendo) | |
| 10 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
GSD 2021 Top 10 Games (Digital)
| Position | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIFA 22 (EA) | |
| 2 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) | |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Vanguard (Activision Blizzard) | |
| 4 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard) | |
| 5 | FIFA 21 (EA) | |
| 6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) | |
| 7 | F1 2021 (EA/Codemasters) | |
| 8 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) | |
| 9 | Resident Evil Village (Capcom) | |
| 10 | Battlefield 2042 (EA) |
