Highest-Grossing Arcade Games of All Time
Source:
Wikipedia - Arcade video game
Key Findings
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Pac-Man (1980) leads in Estimated gross revenue, inflation-adjusted (US$ millions) with 20,000.
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Average Estimated gross revenue, inflation-adjusted (US$ millions): 6,875 · median: 3,215.
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Gap: Pac-Man (1980) is 17.2× larger than Mortal Kombat II (1993).
About This Dataset
Highest-Grossing Arcade Games of All Time
Coin-operated arcade games earned their money a quarter at a time, and the biggest hits took in sums that still dwarf most modern releases. Figures are estimated lifetime gross revenue adjusted to 2025 dollars; titles whose published figure covers only cabinet sales are excluded.
Analysis
Pac-Man (1980) leads with an estimated $20.0 billion in inflation-adjusted revenue, ahead of Space Invaders on $18.8 billion. The median release year here is 1991, and 5 of the 10 titles predate 1990. Pac-Man alone earned more than the bottom 7 games on this chart combined ($17.4 billion). All figures are estimates published by the source rather than audited accounts.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia - Arcade video game
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 10 observations
- Measure
- Estimated gross revenue, inflation-adjusted (US$ millions)
- Last updated
- 10 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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