Red Dead Redemption 2 just crossed a towering milestone: more than 79 million copies sold worldwide as of 2025. That achievement makes Rockstar Games’ open-world Western the fourth best-selling video game of all time and pushes the broader Red Dead franchise past 106 million lifetime sales. The update arrived during Take-Two Interactive’s Q2 fiscal 2026 earnings call, which also confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI is now slated for November 19, 2026.
Riding past some of gaming’s biggest juggernauts, Red Dead Redemption 2 has overtaken Mario Kart 8’s estimated 78.02 million, PUBG’s 75 million, The Oregon Trail’s 65 million, Terraria’s 64 million, The Witcher 3’s 60 million, and the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. at 58 million. Only three titles remain ahead on the all-time chart: Minecraft at 350 million, Grand Theft Auto V at 220 million, and Wii Sports at 82.9 million.
The sales arc is striking. By May 2020, roughly a year and a half after launch, Red Dead Redemption 2 had reached 31 million. By December 2023 it added around 30 million more, hitting 61 million. It climbed another 9 million by February 2025, then another 9 million by November 2025 to reach the 79 million mark. For a game released in October 2018, staying this hot through years of blockbuster competition—including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, and Baldur’s Gate 3—is a rare feat.
Red Dead Online remains bundled with every copy of the game and even saw a standalone option introduced in 2020. While Rockstar ended ongoing support for Red Dead Online on July 7, 2022, the studio surprised fans on July 1, 2025 with a stealth drop of Strange Tales of the West, adding four new Telegram missions that gave the online world a fresh jolt of activity.
With GTA VI now targeting November 19, 2026, attention naturally turns to what might come next for the frontier saga. Arthur Morgan’s voice actor, Roger Clark, has been optimistic about the series’ future, saying, “I’m certain we will see Red Dead Redemption 3 one day. When that will be – I have absolutely no idea.” He also pointed to comments from Take-Two’s leadership that position Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead as flagship franchises Rockstar will revisit.
Whether or not another Red Dead is on the immediate horizon, the numbers speak for themselves. Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to defy gravity, expand its audience, and cement its place among the best-selling video games ever made—all while the industry looks ahead to Rockstar’s next big release.
