Fortnite ranked #1 on Top 10 Most Played Games of 2022 (not just Steam)

Newzoon, which regularly conducts research in the field of computer games, talked about which projects turned out to be the most popular in 2022. It is worth noting that only games available on PC, Xbox and PlayStation were taken into account. If the previous top published by us concerned only the Steam platform, then this one will focus on more extensive indicators.

The first place, without any surprises, was taken by Fortnite, which is known for a huge number of crossovers. In which game can you watch Kratos from God of War flex with Batman and Spider-Man? Its popularity earned the game a win on this list.

Epic Games' closest competitor is Minecraft, also a very popular game that appeared more than 10 years ago. It still gathers millions of players at the monitors, the purpose of which varies from simple pleasant and serene time in the sandbox to the construction of the greatest buildings in the history of Minecraft.

In third place is arguably Rockstar Games' longest-running project, often referred to as the most successful in the entire entertainment industry, GTA V. While many publishers and developers boast of selling 1,000,000 copies, for Rockstar Games such sales in Q3 2022 became humiliating bad result. Recall that more than 170,000,000 copies of this game have already been sold.

The fourth position is occupied by a remake of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0. The marketing campaign, together with the expectations of the players who caught Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, released 13 years ago, did their job and brought this game to the top 5 most popular projects of 2022.

Top 5 closes the last part of the Call of Duty series. The remake of the first Modern Warfare, along with Warzone, allowed Activision Blizzard to not only earn money on these games, but also maintain genuine interest in the title, which helped it to gain a foothold in the top 5 most popular games of 2022.

A decent result, not included in the top 5, was shown by Roblox, which can be safely called a metaverse running on Web2 technology with many game worlds. Roblox Corporation was able to make a truly unique project in which users can create their own game universes, setting their own rules there and filling the worlds with all sorts of content. Roblox has become popular with gamers of all ages, but is predominantly played by teenagers, and the ability to run Roblox on mobile devices has also played a role in the population of the metaverse.

The battle royale genre is not dead yet. This proves Apex Legends, which continues to be saturated with game content. Several new characters released in 2022 are capturing the interest of gamers from all over the world, which ensured the game 7th place in the list of the most popular titles of 2022.

Rocket League is another competitive game that has made it into the top 10. The game from Psyonix Incorporated became a full-fledged esports discipline a few years ago, and there are many tournaments held there. In RL, both professional players and those who aspire to become such spend their time, as well as ordinary users who liked the idea of combining two seemingly incompatible genres: racing and football. Eighth place remains with the Rocket League.

The top 9 was occupied by another competitive game, which can hardly be called a full-fledged esports discipline. The Epic Games exclusive Fall Guys attracted players with an unusual implementation of the battle royale idea. Creative characters battling each other in the arena to reach the finish line have won the hearts of millions of players around the world, making Fall Guys one of the top 10 most played games of 2022.

Top 10 closes the eternal and unchanging football simulator, FIFA. EA Games, who made Apex Legends, continue to delight football fans from all over the world and gather them in virtual football stadiums so that players can compete for the right to be one of the strongest gamers. This game has many disadvantages, including not the most diverse content that appears in the game every year, and many people call the title a football casino. Nevertheless, FIFA makes good sales every year, and players continue to spend a lot of time in this project.

FIFA 22 is the penultimate game to be released under this title. After FIFA 23, EA Games will release their football simulators under the heading EA Sports FC, while the International Football Federation will develop its own football simulator, which is not difficult to doubt the competitiveness. Legally obtained 10th place - FIFA 22.

List of the most popular games according to Newzone

• 1st place: Fortnite (Epic Games)
• 2nd place: Minecraft (Mojang Studios)
• 3rd place: Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)
• 4th place: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2/Warzone 2.0 (Activision Blizzard)
• 5th place: Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)/Warzone (Activision Blizzard)
• 6th place: Roblox (Roblox Corporation)
• 7th place: Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
• 8th place: Rocket League (Psyonix Incorporated)
• 9th place: Fall Guys (Epic Games)
• 10th place: FIFA 2022 (Electronic Arts)

It is worth noting that this year there were many good games that brought a lot of money to their developers. These include Elden Ring, porting Uncharted 4 to PC, God Of War: Ragnarok, and others. They can be called popular to some extent, but Newzoo relied on those indicators that spoke about the involvement of players to spend time in the game as often as possible and took into account the number of hours spent in total.