Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Tomb Raider 2 (PS1, PC) Also Famous For: Tomb Raider, Fighting Force Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Football Manager 2007 (PC, 360, PSP) Also Famous For: Championship Manager Most Successful UK Boxed Game: The Getaway (PS2) Also Famous For: EyeToy, SingStar, F1, Wipeout Most Successful UK Boxed Game: Colin McRae Rally (PS1, PC) Also Famous For: TOCA, Micro Machines, Brian Lara, F1, Dirt
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: LEGO Batman (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP, PC) Also Famous For: LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Lord of the Rings, Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex
Most Successful UK Boxed Game: GTA V (PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One)Īlso Famous For: Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption II Thanks to UKIE, GfK and 30 Years Of Play for the list. Nevertheless, it's a fun list that highlights some of the great UK game developers from years gone by (indeed 18 of the Top 40 are no-longer operational), and reminds us of the significance of the boxed market historically. The absence of digital also does a disservice to primarily PC-orientated game developers, such as Creative Assembly and Frontier, both of which have enjoyed huge sales via Steam in recent years. And Jagex, one of the UK's biggest game developers, is entirely absent as RuneScape is a free-to-play PC title.
As the list is based purely on boxed sales, there are no mobile game developers in here. Of course, there are a bunch of caveats that need to be included here. GfK's database features over 22,000 games by individual boxed SKU, featuring country details, developer name and whether the titles are indie or publisher-owned. The event is part of the trade body's 30 Years Of Play campaign.Īnd UKIE and GfK have shared with the list of the 40 most successful UK game developers, based on UK boxed game sales (1995 - 2018), too. UKIE's Best Selling Games Awards took place this evening, which revealed the most successful video games released in the UK to-date.