The best-selling Zelda games of all time

Here are the best-selling titles in The Legend of Zelda franchise.

The Legend of Zelda is one of the most prolific franchises in gaming. It’s been around since 1986, and has seen many mainline entries and spin-offs since then. To this day, Zelda remains one of gaming’s most revered IP. With the many iterations there have been, let’s look back at which Zelda games have sold the most units in the series’ history.

The best-selling Zelda games of all time

Source: Nintendo

These are the best-selling games in The Legend of Zelda franchise as of 2023.

Title
Release date
Platform
Copes sold

Breath of the Wild
March 3, 2017
Switch/WiiU
29 million

Twilight Princess
November 19, 2006
Wii/GameCube/WiiU
8.6 million

Ocarina of Time
November 21, 1998
Nintendo 64/GameCube
7.6 million

The Legend of Zelda
February 21, 1986
Famicom/NES/Game Boy Advance/GameCube
6.5 million

Ocarina of Time 3D
June 16, 2011
3DS
6 million

A Link to the Past
April 13, 1992
SNES
6.5 million

Phantom Hourglass
June 23, 2007
DS/WiiU
4.7 million

The Wind Waker
March 24, 2003
GameCube
4.6 million

The Adventure of Link
December 1, 1988
Famicom, NES
4.3 million

A Link Between Worlds
November 22, 2013
3DS
4.2 million

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sits comfortably as the best-selling Zelda game of all time, breaking Twilight Princess’ previously held record by over 20 million. It’s also the most recent Zelda game, at least at the time of this writing. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the highly anticipated sequel to Breath of the Wild, and will be released on May 12, 2023.

Those are the best-selling games of the Zelda franchise. There are countless titles that didn’t make the list, including mainline entries and spin-offs. For everything else you need to know about the Zelda franchise, Shacknews is the place to be.

Donovan Erskine

News Editor

Donovan is a young journalist from Maryland, who likes to game. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom’s desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge Scream nerd and film fanatic that will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_