2022 has brought a slew of new games. We wanted to dive into the vast pool of over 2.5 million Xbox players he uses to generate weekly gameplay charts to find the most played games of 2022.
The whole of 2023 is in front of us, but before we head into the year of new games, let’s take a look at what’s happened so far. I thought I’d take a closer look at the large pool of over 2.5 million Xbox players that I use to generate the charts. To do. Here, we list the top 100 most popular Xbox games for the entirety of 2022, the mother of all gameplay charts.
There was a time when Fortnite was the only one in the top spot as far as the eye could see, but even Fortnite beats out veterans of gameplay charts like Minecraft taking the #1 most-played game We couldn’t. Over 1,560,000 players in 2022 (after adding up player counts for all different versions). Fortnite is #2 with over 1,020,000 players, Grand Theft Auto V is #3 with over 1,000,000 players, Halo Infinite is #4, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is #5. Modern Warfare II has shot to the top of the weekly gameplay charts since launch. That makes it his sixth most-played game in 2022, even though it only launched at the end of October. One of his big titles for early 2022 is Fall Guys, which launched on Xbox as a free-to-play game in June (and made it onto our list of the best free Xbox games). Its frequent content updates and collaborations have kept players coming back for a while and as a result managed to place it in the top 10 of this chart. is displayed at the top of Overwatch 2 remains in the top 10 as his 9th most-played Xbox game in 2022, even though it launched roughly in October. Unique his player total that launched any game in 2022.
We only launched in December, so 2022 isn’t much left, High On Life ranked 14th most played game last year with over 500,000 players. His Xbox Game Pass launch was so popular that he broke multiple Game Pass records. TrueAchievements members also voted it as the best Game Pass addition of 2022. , so it’s not surprising that it’s stuck at 15th. MultiVersus was another launch for 2022. Like Fall Guys, it’s free-to-play and has gained quite a few players throughout the second half of last year. Elden Ring was one of the highest rated games of all of 2022 — in fact, it was voted as the TrueAchievements Game of the Year for 2022 — so popularity was backed up by player numbers, pushing Elden Ring to over 430,000. It’s good to be in 20th place. player. PowerWash Simulator was his first day addition to Xbox Game Pass and was a surprise hit after launch in July, garnering a huge number of players (over 359,000) and currently sitting at number 29. rice field. Last year saw a big sales milestone and an influx of players for Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt Red’s action-adventure RPG came in at number 33 on this list for him. Meanwhile, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is another blockbuster of his for 2022 release, gaining more players once it hits Game Pass later that year. At number 36, it’s just behind Cyberpunk 2077.
The next chunk of this chart has a wide variety of games and genres, with older titles like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Marvel’s Avengers coming, and newer Xbox Game Pass like Deathloop. 2022 saw a number of big updates and releases towards the end of the year. One of these was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Xbox Series X|S update in December, which arguably revived the influx of players, making him his 83rd most played in 2022. It explains that it appeared as a game that was released. was ranked 88th in the top 100. Meanwhile, another of his 2022 Xbox Game Pass launches, Tunic, is on his way to No. 89 and yet another indie classic on the horizon. Disney Dreamlight Valley entered early access on his Xbox Game Pass in September and was picked up by enough players to reach number 95. Rounding out the top 100 most-played games of 2022 is Jurassic World Evolution 2, which entered Game Pass last May. More proof of the power of Game Pass!
What do you think of the gameplay charts for 2022? Any games you didn’t expect or found easy? Let us know what you think in the comments. See the full chart below!