Xbox’s 2022 may have been pretty quiet in terms of first-party Game Pass drops, but it was a record-breaking year for third-party additions to the service. Here are the top performers from last year’s Game Pass launch.
While we look forward to seeing more games come to Game Pass in 2023, it will be interesting to look back at 2022 and see which Day One Game Pass additions were the most successful last year. I thought. We chose to use TA player counts in the first 10 days of being released to Game Pass as our primary metric for ranking these launches, but lifetime player counts were also used (for additional context release (along with the date) and provides Xbox gameplay chart data. That aside, here are the five biggest Day One Game Pass drops for 2022.
5 — Deathloop
release date: September 20
Number of TA players (10 days): 95,377
Number of TA Players (Lifetime): 135,973
Xbox gameplay chart debut: #8
Arkane’s stylish time-loop shooter Deathloop, despite arriving a year after its timed PlayStation release, did some impressive things when it finally launched on Xbox and landed in the Game Pass library the same day. It’s no big surprise that it’s at the bottom end of this list — the massive Arkane fan who had the means to play the game before it came to Xbox probably did. Sure — but Bethesda is 2023, and Starfield is one of the most anticipated games of the year.
4 — PowerWash Simulator
release date: July 14th
Number of TA players (10 days): 103,262
Number of TA Players (Lifetime): 188,560
Xbox gameplay chart debut: #9
Sometimes games are put in the right place at the right time. For his one of 2022’s most amazing success stories, the right place for PowerWash Simulator turned out to be Game Pass. It also turned out to be the right time during the rather barren summer months when there is absolutely nothing else to play. In his first week and a half here on TA he got over 100k players then in 6 months he nearly doubled I saw you enjoying Game Pass has helped several niche games like this succeed, but few have this level of value, and PowerWash ranks among his top 3 games of 2022, Based purely on overall TA player count.Wild.
3 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
release date: June 16th
Number of TA players (10 days): 114,777
Number of TA Players (Lifetime): 174,438
Xbox gameplay chart debut: #7
A hugely popular franchise like TMNT and a service like Game Pass are an ideal combination, and anyone interested in half-shelled heroes (a good number of people) will have a new look at launch. Gives you a chance to check out the game. Day. Sure enough, Shredder’s Revenge got off to an incredible start, even making the top 10 on his charts for gameplay. , Raph, Donnie, and Mike managed.
2 — Extracting Rainbow Six
release date: January 20th
Number of TA players (10 days): 116,847
Number of TA Players (Lifetime): 160,992
Xbox gameplay chart debut: #3
This may raise some eyebrows, especially since it appears so high on this list, but Game Pass serviced a new tactical shooter in its popular Rainbow Six series in 2022 last January. The decision makes sense — the strange turn toward facing off against aliens may have turned hardcore series fans away from Extraction. Although somewhat limited in scope, Extraction is actually a very good game. Especially if you can put together a solid team and brave the hardest difficulty settings and events where the most rewarding challenges await.
1 — High on Life
release date: December 13th
Number of TA players (10 days): 187,117
Number of TA Players (Lifetime): 217,945
Xbox gameplay chart debut: #2
It shouldn’t surprise anyone if High on Life is left off this list. In particular, Microsoft confirmed last month that Squanch Games’ super-silly sci-fi shooter has become the most successful third-party Game Pass launch of all time. As with Turtles, anyone who has a Game Pass and is interested in Rick & Morty (or Justin Roiland’s other equally silly stuff) is free to check out High on Life, and the first few of the games Hundreds of thousands of people checked in a week. Opinions were somewhat mixed — after all, Roiland’s brand of over-the-top comedy is something of an acquired hobby — but the game comfortably landed him at number four at the end of the Game of the Year bracket. proved to be so popular that did the right thing
And you have it! What do you think will be the most popular Game Pass release of 2023? Does Starfield have it in the bag or are there more surprises? Let us know what you think in the comments!
