PlayStation Gameplay Chart: Predator stalks the top ten, Hitman aims high, Tales arises

By Kes Eylers-Stephenson,

Predator: Hunting Grounds has used every gadget it could to get into the top ten, while Hitman 2 and Tales of Arise have surprised. Here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending September 12th, 2021.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	4
4	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	3
5	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts	5
6	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	6
7	Predator: Hunting Grounds	Sony Interactive Entertainment	-
8	Rocket League	Psyonix	9
9	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	7
10	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	8
11	Destiny 2	Activision	10
12	HITMAN 2	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	RE
13	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	11
14	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	12
15	Dead by Daylight 1/2	505 Games	14
16	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	16
17	Overcooked! All You Can Eat	Team17 Software	-
18	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout	Devolver Digital	13
19	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	15
20	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	19
21	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony Interactive Entertainment	25
22	Tales of Arise	Bandai Namco Entertainment	-
23	Horizon Zero Dawn	Sony Interactive Entertainment	20
24	Splitgate	1047 Games	17
25	God of War	Sony Interactive Entertainment	40
26	Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville	Electronic Arts	18
27	Battlefield V	Electronic Arts	22
28	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Square Enix	23
29	Hades	Supergiant Games	21
30	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Sony Interactive Entertainment	29
31	NBA 2K21	2K Sports	24
32	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Activision	27
33	No Man's Sky	Hello Games	30
34	Marvel's Avengers	Square Enix	26
35	Gran Turismo Sport	Sony Computer Entertainment	37
36	Warframe	Digital Extremes	33
37	HITMAN 3	IO Interactive	RE
38	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Square Enix	31
39	Borderlands 3	2K Games	39
40	Days Gone	Sony Interactive Entertainment	32

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 1.2 million active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright TrueGaming Network.

Take a look at this top ten and spot the anomaly: Warzone (1), Fortnite (2), Cold War (3), Grand Theft Auto V (4), FIFA 21 (5), Apex Legends (6), Predator: Hunting Grounds (7), Rocket League (8), Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut (9), and Genshin Impact (10). Predator seems to be the perfect PlayStation Plus game: multiplayer, an FPS, with very few people willing to pay to play. So, Predator goes 'free' on PS Plus? Top ten! Impressive stuff. Likewise, Ghost of Tsushima has held ground well, but that plenty of other players are starting it up as of late. Interestingly, the ratio of PS5 to PS4 gamers is 50/50, suggesting most were waiting for the Iki Island expansion rather than the (overpriced) PS5 upgrades.

Just outside of the top ten rests the other PlayStation Plus game, Hitman 2, which has managed to do two impressive things. The first is nearly beat out Destiny 2 to the 11th spot, with only a tiny difference in player count between the two. The second, is Hitman 2 has managed to raise Hitman 3 back into the chart at 37 as a by-product. Hitman 2 levels can be ported into Hitman 3, but can run at 60 fps thanks to the better optimisation. Indeed, Hitman 3 has double the PS5 gamers than on PS4, suggesting that as many players as possible are taking advantage of the upgraded hardware if they have it.

Overcooked! All You Can Eat debuts at 17, which initially had me (Kes) confused at its low ranking, until Editor Luke pointed out that Overcooked has been on sale so many times that many of the people who would have picked it up have probably already done so. So, we will follow this in case of a substantial drop-off or word-of-mouth rise. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare — from last month's PS Plus collection — is still doing really well in spite of the fact that no one was that happy about the August lineup. Success in the face of adversity!

That brings us to our number 22 this week, Tales of Arise. Even with a series as prestigious as Tales, for a niche JRPG out of Bandai Namco this is an impressive number. It speaks to the solid showings the game had before release, the amazing word of mouth from the Tales community, and the hard work put in by the dev team for this rejuvenated iteration. PlayStation exclusives have seen a huge rise. The three in question are: Spider-Man (+4), God of War (+15), and Gran Turismo Sport (+2). All of these games have had sequels appear at the PlayStation Showcase last week, so it seems that plenty of gamers immediately jumped back into these for a refresh.

Well, that is your lot for this week. Come at us with your observations! We like to include salient and eagle-eyed comments from the TT community, so let us know what you have spotted!

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Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and other gaming news. He writes about exclusives like The Last of Us and Horizon, PS Plus news, and his favourite games — The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed, and God of War — before an evening swim.