Thanks to the latest data from GSD, the best-selling games of 2023 have been revealed.
EA Sports FC 24 came out on top despite selling 9 percent fewer units in 2023 compared with FIFA 23 in 2022. Hogwarts Legacy followed in second – no game has sold this many units in a calendar year since 2017 aside from EA’s football/soccer titles.
As far as Nintendo games go, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder are at #7 and #9 respectively. Both are accounted for without digital sales since Nintendo doesn’t provide data, so they could have ended up higher. Zelda would be #3 and Mario would be placed at #4 if we only consider physical data for all titles.
As another tidbit, Switch was third for platforms in terms of game sales, behind PC and PS5 but ahead of PS4 and Xbox Series S and X. Switch was the second best-selling console, but sales were down 10 percent year-on-year.
Here’s the full top twenty showing Europe’s best-selling games of 2023:
European GSD 2023 Top 20 (Digital and Physical)
| Position | Title |
| 1 | EA Sports FC 24 (EA) |
| 2 | Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) |
| 3 | FIFA 23 (EA) |
| 4 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 5 | Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) |
| 6 | Diablo 4 (Activision Blizzard) |
| 7 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)* |
| 8 | Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 9 | Super Mario Bros Wonder (Nintendo)* |
| 10 | Spider-Man 2 (Sony) |
| 11 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (EA) |
| 12 | Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft) |
| 13 | Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 14 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision) |
| 15 | F1 23 (EA/Codemasters) |
| 16 | Nintendo Switch Sports* (Nintendo) |
| 17 | Resident Evil 4 Remake (Capcom) |
| 18 | God of War Ragnarok (Sony) |
| 19 | NBA 2K23 (2K Games) |
| 20 | It Takes Two (EA) |
*Digital data unavailable
