PlayStation Gameplay Chart: FIFA 22 makes list before official release

By Kes Eylers-Stephenson,

In this weeks chart, FIFA 22 makes an entry despite not being officially released yet. Kena: Bridge of Spirits, NBA 2K22, Death Stranding: Director's Cut, Diablo II: Resurrected, and SMITE all make first-time appearances. Here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending September 26th, 2021.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	2
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	1
3	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	3
4	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	6
5	Rocket League	Psyonix	7
6	Destiny 2	Activision	8
7	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	11
8	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts	4
9	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	9
10	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	10
11	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	5
12	Deathloop	Bethesda Softworks	28
13	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	17
14	Dead by Daylight 1/2	3goo	15
15	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	16
16	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout	Devolver Digital	18
17	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	21
18	Tales of Arise	Bandai Namco Entertainment	13
19	DEATH STRANDING	Sony Interactive Entertainment	-
20	God of War	Sony Interactive Entertainment	20
21	NBA 2K22	2K Sports	-
22	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony Interactive Entertainment	22
23	Kena: Bridge of Spirits	Ember Lab	-
24	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	-
25	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Square Enix	25
26	Overcooked! All You Can Eat	Team17 Software	23
27	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	19
28	Astro's Playroom	Sony Interactive Entertainment	34
29	Warframe	Digital Extremes	36
30	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Sony Interactive Entertainment	24
31	Gran Turismo Sport	Sony Computer Entertainment	33
32	Battlefield V	Electronic Arts	27
33	Diablo II: Resurrected	Blizzard Entertainment	-
34	Borderlands 3	2K Games	30
35	HITMAN 2	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	14
36	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	RE
37	Horizon Zero Dawn	Sony Interactive Entertainment	26
38	SMITE	Hi-Rez Studios	-
39	Brawlhalla	Blue Mammoth Games	RE
40	Monster Hunter: World	Capcom Entertainment	RE

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 840,000 active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright TrueGaming Network.

The top ten is fairly static aside from two notable things. The first is that FIFA 21 has dropped four places. It will be out of there by next week, though, because FIFA 22 releases on October 1st. Proving its monstrous popularity is that it has reached number 24 in our gameplay chart... before official release. The sports behemoth has been available through EA Play for a few days, and folks can get technically pay £0.99/$0.99 for the pleasure of 10 hours with the game in a trial period — we recommend checking out our review on TA first, though! The second thing to note is that amongst the deluge of new games, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut has held on at ten and is our fourth most-played PS5 game.

The new exclusive Deathloop has absolutely rocked up the chart, going from 28th to 12th and coming first in our most-played PS5 games. This is an outstanding result for Arkane and its time looper-shooter, but we will have to keep an eye on it. That has come at the cost of Tales of Arise falling away from 13th to 18th, though. Hopefully, it can stick in the Top 20 for a little while longer!

Several new entries have made it, and some might not be happy with their position! NBA 2K21 enters at 21st, but most of our tracked gamers are from the UK so this relatively low position shouldn't surprise you! The wonderful Kena: Bridge of Spirits is at 23rd, a game we awarded an 8/10 in our review! Good work from first-time developers Ember Lab, there. A niche game like Death Stranding: Director's Cut, which our very own Sean "The Postman" Carey reviewed, has surprised us by entering at 19th — we are super curious to see where this goes.

Further down the list is Diablo II: Resurrected, a game Activision Blizzard probably wanted to do much better on opening week than 33rd. By all accounts, the port and remaster is a good one, so if that is your bag then pick it up. SMITE comes in at 38th, the long-time popular MOBA about all the gods managing to finally scrape into PlayStation proceedings. We will keep an eye on it and see if it makes further headway next week.

That is your lot for the week! As always, if there is something in here that surprised you or a bit of data that shocked you, let us know in the comments and we will endeavour to include you!

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Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and Sony news. He writes about PS5 exclusives like Horizon, The Last of Us, God of War, and Death Stranding 2 using experience from years of playing PlayStation games. He also covers PS Plus and trophy news, as well as his favorite games — The Witcher 3, Assassin’s Creed, and some indie gems — before an evening swim.