Most popular Xbox games — Palworld drops out of top ten while Diablo IV returns

Most popular Xbox games — Palworld drops out of top ten while Diablo IV returns

Our latest gameplay chart of the most popular Xbox games shows Palworld fall out of the top ten for the first time while Smite re-joins the top 40.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 11 Mar 2024

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Fortnite, Call of Duty, and Minecraft are once again clinging onto the top three spots of our latest gameplay chart of the most popular Xbox games, but there's a fair amount of reshuffling going on throughout the rest of the top 40. Dead Island 2 is almost out of the top ten — it's been in Game Pass for a few weeks now, but we could still see it revive itself in the future. Palworld has dropped out of the top ten (the lowest it's yet fallen) and comes to rest at 15th, but the game is still very early on in its Game Preview journey and has more content yet to come. Further down, NBA 2K24 is still at 17th, but the fact that it joins Game Pass today will likely boost it still higher.

Elden Ring has fallen one spot to 19th. The game saw a 78% spike in Xbox players after its announcement of the Shadow of the Erdtree release date and the reveal of a new trailer, and it's likely we'll see players flooding back as the DLC draws nearer. We then have a wave of games moving up the chart until we get to 31st, where Hell Let Loose has fallen from 25th, and Brotato, which has dropped from 30th to 32nd. Both were added to Game Pass earlier this year, and it might be that this drop is the usual result of players moving onto newer additions.

Then we have Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun making its first appearance in the top 40 at 33rd after it joined Game Pass last week, followed by the reappearance in the top 40 of For Honor at 35th, Diablo IV at 36th, Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) at 37th, and Smite at 40th. It's unclear what might have pushed Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) back into the top 40, unless a lot of you suddenly decided you really loved the game again, but it is interesting to see Diablo IV back at 36th. Diablo IV is coming up fast on our list of the upcoming Game Pass games and joins the service later this month, when we'll undoubtedly see it fly up the chart — Tom loved it in his Diablo 4 impressions, and it was met with high praise.

Most popular games for the week ending March 10, 2024

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Fortnite	Epic Games	1
2	Call of Duty	Activision	2
3	Minecraft	Xbox Game Studios	3
4	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	4
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	6
6	ROBLOX	Roblox	8
7	Rocket League	Psyonix	10
8	EA SPORTS FC 24	Electronic Arts	7
9	Dead Island 2	PLAION	5
10	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	12
11	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	13
12	Madden NFL 24	Electronic Arts	11
13	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	14
14	Destiny 2	Bungie	16
15	Palworld	Pocket Pair	9
16	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	15
17	NBA 2K24	2K Games	17
18	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	19
19	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	18
20	Forza Motorsport	Xbox Game Studios	20
21	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	22
22	Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios	21
23	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	24
24	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	26
25	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	28
26	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	31
27	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	29
28	Fall Guys	Epic Games	33
29	Starfield	Bethesda Softworks	32
30	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	37
31	Hell Let Loose	Team17 Software	25
32	Brotato	Seaven Studio	30
33	Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun	Focus Entertainment	-
34	Warframe	Digital Extremes	36
35	For Honor	Ubisoft	RE
36	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment	RE
37	Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)	Xbox Game Studios	RE
38	THE FINALS	Embark Studios	38
39	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	39
40	SMITE	Hi-Rez Studios	RE

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 2.4 million active Xbox accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights. For details on how the chart is calculated, click here.

Looking ahead, we've got big upcoming March releases like Final Fantasy XIV (which confirmed its release date in the Xbox Partner Preview event) to look forward to, as well as Game Pass launches like Lightyear Frontier.
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Written by Heidi Nicholas
Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.