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title: "Best-selling video games during first half of 2022 in Europe"
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description: "Games Industry has released a list of the ten best-selling games in Europe so far in 2022, and of course, many of them are great. So far, the critically acclaimed Elden Ring has been the best-selling game of the year"
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published at: "2022-07-28 14:14:38"
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Best-selling video games during first half of 2022 in Europe | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Best-selling video games during first half of 2022 in Europe](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/best-selling-video-games-during-first-half-of-2022-in-europe.jpeg "Best-selling video games during first half of 2022 in Europe")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/best-selling-video-games-during-first-half-of-2022-in-europe.jpeg)No no no, Elden Ring is not coming to Nintendo Switch …

**Games Industry** has released a list of the ten best-selling games in Europe so far in 2022, and of course, many of them are great. So far, the critically acclaimed Elden Ring has been the best-selling game of the year. It is on track to win the Game of the Year award from a number of gaming sites, but we will have to wait and see how the second half of 2022 goes.

## [](#nintendo-games-in-top-10-best-selling-video-games-first-half-2022)Nintendo games in top 10 best-selling video games first half 2022

There are three Nintendo first-party games in the top ten. These are Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Nintendo Switch Sports. It’s important to note that Nintendo doesn’t usually share download numbers, so these are all physical games. In the first six months, a total of 76.1 million games were sold, which is 13.5% more than the same time in 2021.

1. Elden Ring (Bandai Namco)
2. FIFA 22 (EA)
3. Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo)
4. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
5. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros)
6. Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony)
7. Gran Turismo 7 (Sony)
8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)
9. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
10. Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)

**Other tidbits**

Germany is now the biggest gaming market in Europe. The UK is now in second place.
The Nintendo Switch was the most popular game system, but the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S are still hard to find.

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