List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games
This is a list of Nintendo 3DS video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, sorted in order of copies sold. This includes games sold at retail locations and digitally on the Nintendo eShop. Additionally, games that were included in bundle packs with Nintendo 3DS systems are also counted.
List
| Title | Total copies sold | Release date | Genre | Developer | Publisher | |
| 1 | Mario Kart 7 | million | Racing | Nintendo EAD and Retro Studios | Nintendo | |
| 2 | Pokémon X and Y | million | Role-playing | Game Freak | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 3 | Pokémon Sun and Moon | million | Role-playing | Game Freak | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 4 | Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire | million | Role-playing | Game Freak | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 5 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | million | Platform | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 6 | Super Mario 3D Land | million | Platform | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 7 | ' | million | Life simulation | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 8 | Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | million | Fighting | Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Entertainment | Nintendo | |
| 9 | Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | million | Role-playing | Game Freak | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 10 | Tomodachi Life | million | Life simulation | Nintendo SPD | Nintendo | |
| 11 | ' | million | Action-adventure | Next Level Games | Nintendo | |
| 12 | Monster Hunter Generations | million | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom | |
| 13 | Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate | million | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom | |
| 14 | Monster Hunter 4 | million | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom | |
| 15 | ' | 4 million | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD and Grezzo | Nintendo | |
| 16 | Nintendogs + Cats | million | Pet-raising simulation | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 17 | Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls | million | Role-playing | Level-5 | Nintendo | |
| 18 | ' | million | Life simulation | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 19 | Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters | million | Role-playing | Level-5 | Nintendo | |
| 20 | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | million | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom | |
| 21 | ' | million | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 22 | Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | million | Level editor, platform | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 23 | ' | million | Role-playing | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | |
| 24 | Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Red Cat Corps and White Dog Squad | million | Role-playing | Level-5 | Nintendo | |
| 25 | ' | million | Role-playing | AlphaDream and Good-Feel | Nintendo | |
| 26 | ' | million | Action-adventure | Nintendo EAD and Grezzo | Nintendo | |
| 27 | Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Conquest | million | Tactical role-playing | Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD | Nintendo | |
| 28 | Monster Hunter XX | million | Action role-playing | Capcom | Capcom | |
| 29 | Fire Emblem Awakening | million | Tactical role-playing | Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD | Nintendo | |
| 30 | ' | million | Action, Platform | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | |
| 31 | Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | million | Role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix | |
| 32 | Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D | million | Platform | Retro Studios and Monster Games | Nintendo | |
| 33 | Puzzle & Dragons Z: Pazudora Z | million | Puzzle | GungHo Online Entertainment | GungHo Online Entertainment | |
| 34 | ' | million | Action, Platform | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | |
| 35 | ' | million | Action role-playing | Square Enix | Square Enix | |
| 36 | ' | million | Fighting | Capcom and Dimps | Capcom | |
| 37 | Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi and Tempura | million | Role-playing | Level-5 | Level-5 | |
| 38 | Yo-kai Watch | million | Role-playing | Level-5 | Nintendo | |
| 39 | Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past | million | Role-playing | Heartbeat and ArtePiazza | Square Enix and Nintendo | |
| 40 | Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon | million | Roguelike | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 41 | ' | million | Action-adventure | TT Fusion | Nintendo | |
| 42 | ' | million | Third-person shooter, shoot 'em up | Project Sora and Sora Ltd. | Nintendo | |
| 43 | ' | million | Action-adventure | Nintendo EPD and Grezzo | Nintendo | |
| 44 | ' | million | Party | NDcube | Nintendo | |
| 45 | Mario Tennis Open | million | Sports | Camelot Software Planning | Nintendo | |
| 46 | Pokémon Rumble Blast | million | Action RPG, beat 'em up | Ambrella | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company | |
| 47 | Bravely Default | 1 million | Role-playing | Silicon Studio | Nintendo | |
| 48 | Fantasy Life | 1 million | Role-playing | Level-5, Brownie Brown and h.a.n.d. | Nintendo | |
| 49 | Monster Strike | 1 million | Role-playing | Mixi | Xflag |
Total Nintendo 3DS games sold as of March 31, 2020: 383.11 million units.