Barozi on 19 April 2012
With this thread I tried to gather all informations from various sources and put them together. This chart is primarily made of leaderboard data, but also sales estimations and official sales data. I chose the limit of 200.000 or else it would've been too much work.
As you can see the numbers for many games are quite outdated, so I ask YOU, the community, to help me get newer leaderboard data. So fire up that XBLA game and look at how many gamers are on there !
| # | Game | Release | Entries/Sales | Last Update |
| 1. | Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition | 2012 | 12.000.000 | April '14 |
| 2. | Hexic HD *** | 2005 | 6.664.000 | (May '13) |
| 3. | Dorito's Crash Course *** | 2010 | 6.169.000 | February '13 |
| 4. | Castle Crashers * | 2008 | 3.790.000 | January '14 |
| 5. | Dorito's Crash Course 2 *** | 2013 | 3.300.000 | January '14 |
| 6. | Happy Wars *** | 2012 | 3.155.000 | September '13 |
| 7. | The Walking Dead ***** | 2012 | 2.615.000 | December '12 |
| 8. | Trials HD | 2009 | 2.408.000 | August '13 |
| 9. | Uno ** | 2006 | 2.392.000 | December '12 |
| 10. | CastleMiner Z (Indie Game) | 2011 | 2.000.000 | January '14 |
| 11. | Fruit Ninja Kinect ** | 2011 | 1.663.000 | June '13 |
| 12. | Aegis Wing *** | 2007 | 1.543.000 | February '09 |
| 13. | Trials Evolution | 2012 | 1.508.000 | August '13 |
| 14. | Peggle | 2009 | 1.300.000 | January '14 |
| 15. | A World of Keflings **** | 2010 | 1.270.000 | January '14 |
| 16. | Geometry Wars Retro Evolved ** | 2005 | 1.200.000 | January '14 |
| 17. | Battlefield 1943 | 2009 | 1.100.000 | December '10 |
| 18. | State of Decay | 2013 | 1.092.000 | January '14 |
| 19. | Harm's Way *** | 2010 | 1.059.000 | December '12 |
| 20. | Defense Grid **** | 2009 | 1.057.000 | July '13 |
| 21. | Limbo | 2010 | 1.047.000 | December '12 |
| 22. | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ** | 2007 | 1.036.000 | January '14 |
| 23. | Bomberman Live * |
2007 | 1.020.000 | April '12 |
| 24. | FortressCraft (Indie Game) | 2011 | 1.000.000 | April '13 |
| 25. | CastleMiner (Indie Game) | 2011 | 1.000.000 | April '13 |
| 26. | Total Miner: Forge (Indie Game) | 2011 | 1.000.000 | May '13 |
| 27. | Dash of Destruction *** | 2008 | 1.000.000 | February '09 |
| 28. | Texas Hold'em ** | 2006 | 906.000 | February '09 |
| 29. | World Series of Poker: Full House Pro *** | 2013 | 769.000 | September '13 |
| 30. | Dead Rising Case Zero | 2010 | 760.000 | December '12 |
| 31. | Marble Blast Ultra | 2006 | 756.000 | December '10 |
| 32. | Toy Soldiers | 2009 | 756.000 | January '14 |
| 33. | Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 | 2008 | 720.000 | January '14 |
| 34. | Ascend: Hand of Kul *** | 2013 | 696.000 | September '13 |
| 35. | Terraria | 2013 | 671.000 | January' 14 |
| 36. | Worms | 2007 | 667.000 | June '09 |
| 37. | A Kingdom for Keflings | 2008 | 661.000 | December '12 |
| 38. | Full House Poker | 2011 | 647.000 | April '13 |
| 39. | Undertow **** | 2007 | 642.000 | December '12 |
| 40. | Shadow Complex | 2009 | 642.000 | January '14 |
| 41. | Sonic The Hedgehog 2 | 2007 | 592.000 | June '13 |
| 42. | Boom Boom Rocket ** | 2007 | 583.000 | June '09 |
| 43. | Yaris *** | 2007 | 546.000 | January '14 |
| 44. | Sonice The Hedgehog | 2007 | 544.000 | June '13 |
| 45. | Splosion Man | 2009 | 539.000 | December '12 |
| 46. | Carcassonne | 2007 | 535.000 | February '09 |
| 47. | Spartacus Legends *** | 2013 | 528.000 | July '13 |
| 48. | Bankshot Billiards 2 | 2005 | 515.000 | February '09 |
| 49. | Perfect Dark | 2010 | 511.000 | January '14 |
| 50. | N+ | 2008 | 510.000 | December '12 |
| 51. | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | 506.000 | December '12 |
| 52. | Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting | 2006 | 501.000 | February '09 |
| 53. | Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers | 2009 | 500.000 | January '11 |
| 54. | Pac-Man CE ** | 2007 | 495.000 | June '09 |
| 55. | Braid | 2008 | 493.000 | December '12 |
| 56. | Marvel vs. Capcom 2 | 2009 | 484.000 | December '10 |
| 57. | TMNT Re-Shelled * | 2009 | 474.000 | January '14 |
| 58. | Contra | 2006 | 460.000 | April '12 |
| 59. | Toy Soldiers Cold War | 2011 | 459.000 | January '14 |
| 60. | Feeding Frenzy ** | 2006 | 458.000 | June '09 |
| 61. | Doom | 2006 | 454.000 | February '09 |
| 62. | Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon | 2013 | 430.000 | January '14 |
| 63. | Castlevania SOTN | 2007 | 426.000 | February '09 |
| 64. | Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 | 2006 | 424.000 | February '09 |
| 65. | Hydro Thunder Hurricane | 2010 | 422.000 | January '14 |
| 66. | Risk Factions | 2010 | 417.000 | December '12 |
| 67. | Pinball FX | 2007 | 410.000 | December '11 |
| 68. | Banjo Kazooie | 2008 | 400.000 | January '14 |
| 69. | Sonic Adventure | 2010 | 398.000 | January '14 |
| 70. | BattleBlock Theater | 2013 | 388.000 | September '13 |
| 71. | Dead Rising Case West | 2010 | 369.000 | December '12 |
| 72. | Luxor 2 ** | 2007 | 353.000 | June '09 |
| 73. | Magic The Gathering 2012 | 2011 | 353.000 | December '12 |
| 74. | Pac-Man | 2006 | 341.000 | February '09 |
| 75. | Small Arms | 2006 | 341.000 | February '09 |
| 76. | Galaga | 2006 | 340.000 | September '10 |
| 77. | Monday Night Combat | 2010 | 337.000 | December '12 |
| 78. | I Am Alive | 2012 | 337.000 | May '13 |
| 79. | Gotham City Impostors | 2012 | 336.000 | December '12 |
| 80. | Fable 2 Pub Games | 2008 | 335.000 | February '09 |
| 81. | Super Meat Boy | 2010 | 331.000 | December '12 |
| 82. | Duke Nukem 3D | 2008 | 331.000 | December '12 |
| 83. | Track and Field | 2007 | 315.000 | December '12 |
| 84. | 3D Ultra Minigolf | 2007 | 314.000 | February '09 |
| 85. | I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMB1ES 1NIT!!!1 (Indie Game) | 2009 | 310.000 | August '10 |
| 86. | Torchlight | 2011 | 309.000 | December '12 |
| 87. | Counter-Strike Global Offensive | 2012 | 309.000 | December '12 |
| 88. | From Dust | 2011 | 308.000 | December '11 |
| 89. | Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light **** | 2010 | 307.000 | January '14 |
| 90. | Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix | 2008 | 306.000 | June '09 |
| 91. | Zuma | 2005 | 306.000 | February '09 |
| 92. | Bastion | 2011 | 294.000 | December '12 |
| 93. | South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play | 2009 | 285.000 | December '12 |
| 94. | Assault Heroes | 2006 | 279.000 | February '09 |
| 95. | Frogger | 2006 | 273.000 | February '09 |
| 96. | Peggle Nights | 2009 | 272.000 | December '12 |
| 97. | The Maw**** | 2009 | 270.000 | December '12 |
| 98. | Pac-Man CE DX | 2010 | 266.000 | December '12 |
| 99. | Sonic & Knuckles | 2009 | 265.000 | June '13 |
| 100. | Zombie Apocalypse | 2009 | 263.000 | December '12 |
| 101. | Fez | 2012 | 254.000 | February '14 |
| 102. | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | 2009 | 252.000 | January '14 |
| 103. | DOOM II | 2010 | 251.000 | January '14 |
| 104. | Pinball FX 2 | 2010 | 250.000 | January '14 |
| 105. | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD | 2012 | 247.000 | January '13 |
| 106. | Cloning Clyde | 2006 | 246.000 | February '09 |
| 107. | Alien Hominid HD | 2007 | 245.000 | February '09 |
| 108. | Catan | 2007 | 244.000 | January '14 |
| 109. | Dig Dug | 2006 | 243.000 | December '12 |
| 110. | Totemball *** | 2006 | 238.000 | February '09 |
| 111. | Heavy Weapon | 2007 | 237.000 | February '09 |
| 112. | Bejeweled 2 | 2005 | 235.000 | March '08 |
| 113. | Dungeon Defenders | 2011 | 235.000 | December '12 |
| 114. | Smash TV | 2005 | 220.000 | February '09 |
| 115. | Gauntlet | 2005 | 215.000 | February '09 |
| 116. | Deadliest Warrior | 2010 | 210.000 | December '10 |
| 117. | Dungeons and Dragons Daggerdale | 2011 | 210.000 | December '11 |
| 118. | Sonic Adventure 2 | 2012 | 209.000 | June '13 |
| 119. | Lumines! Live | 2006 | 209.000 | February '09 |
| 120. | Bionic Commando Rearmed | 2008 | 208.000 | June '09 |
| 121. | Alan Wake's American Nightmare | 2012 | 206.000 | December '12 |
| Total | 102.302.000 |
*actual sales a bit lower due to online couch co-op
**bundled
***free game
****free for a short time
*****all episodes combined (the first one was free for 3 days)
Missing games that would make the list but without or limited leaderboards:
- 1vs100 (free to play)
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Portal: Still Alive
- Worms 2
- Game Room
- Family Game Night
Statistics:
| Year of release | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Number of entries | 7(6%) | 17(14%) | 19(16%) | 11(9%) | 17(14%) | 18(15%) | 13(11%) | 11(9%) | 8(7%) |
| # | Title | FW Entries | LTD Entries | Percentage FW/LTD | Release |
| 1. | Minecraft | 1.102.000 | 12.000.000 | 9,2% | 2012 |
| 2. | Dorito's Crash Course 2 |
803.000 | 3.300.000 | 24,3% | 2013 |
| 3. | Ascend: Hand of Kul | 696.000 | 696.000 | 100% | 2013 |
| 4. | Dorito's Crash Course | 510.000 | 6.169.000 | 8,3% | 2010 |
| 5. | State of Decay | 396.000 | 1.092.000 | 36,3% | 2013 |
| 6. | WSOP: Full House Pro | 376.000 | 769.000 | 48,9% | 2013 |
| 7. | Dead Rising Case Zero | 328.000 | 760.000 | 43,2% | 2010 |
| 8. | Trials Evolution | 301.000 | 1.508.000 | 20,0% | 2012 |
| 9. | Spartacus Legends | 225.000 | 528.000 | 42,6% | 2013 |
| 10. | Happy Wars | 210.000 | 3.155.000 | 6,7% | 2012 |
| 11. | Shadow Complex | 200.000 | 642.000 | 31,2% | 2009 |
| 12. | Harm's Way | 168.000 | 1.059.000 | 15,9% | 2010 |
| 13. | Limbo | 166.000 | 1.047.000 | 15,6% | 2010 |
| 14. | Counter-Strike Global Offensive | 146.000 | 309.000 | 47,2% | 2012 |
| 15. | Perfect Dark | 136.000 | 511.000 | 26,6% | 2010 |
| 16. | Terraria | 128.000 | 671.000 | 19,1% | 2013 |
| 17. | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD | 120.000 | 247.000 | 48,6% | 2012 |
| 18. | Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon | 118.000 | 430.000 | 27,4% | 2013 |
| 19. | Toy Soldiers | 116.000 | 756.000 | 15,3% | 2009 |
| 20. | Toy Soldiers Cold War | 115.000 | 459.000 | 25,1% | 2011 |
| 21. | Full House Poker | 91.000 | 647.000 | 14,1% | 2011 |
| 22. | Monday Night Combat | 86.000 | 337.000 | 25,5% | 2010 |
| 23. | Magic The Gathering 2012 | 84.000 | 353.000 | 23,8% | 2011 |
| 24. | TMNT Re-Shelled | 80.000 | 474.000 | 16,9% | 2009 |
| 25. | I Am Alive | 80.000 | 337.000 | 23,7% | 2012 |
| 26. | Castle Crashers | 79.000 | 3.683.000 | 2,2% | 2008 |
| 27. | Fruit Ninja Kinect | 77.000 | 1.663.000 | 4,7% | 2011 |
| 28. | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
72.000 | 506.000 | 14,2% | 2010 |
| 29. | Torchlight | 67.000 | 309.000 | 21,7% | 2011 |
| 30. | Dead Rising Case West | 65.000 | 369.000 | 17,6% | 2010 |
| 31. | Bastion | 63.000 | 294.000 | 21,4% | 2011 |
| 32. | BattleBlock Theater | 61.000 | 388.000 | 15,7% | 2013 |
Expect quite a few games missing where I couldn't find separate 1st week sales [Battlefield 1943 (600k for 2 weeks - XBLA+PSN), Trials HD (250k within 3 weeks), Walking Dead etc.]
Sources:
http://www.gamasutra.com/search/index.php?search_text=xbla+%22in-depth%22&submit=Search&from_news=Y&from_features=Y
http://fadellc.com/category/press/
http://www.vgchartz.com/articles/?start=0&q=xbox+live+arcade+sales
http://iamtherlan.tumblr.com/
Special thanks to mrstickball and Ryan Langley for their great work.
