PlayStation Gameplay Chart: Elden Ring unfazed by GTA 5 rerelease

By Sean Carey,

Despite one of the most popular games of all time, Grand Theft Auto V, releasing again and putting up a valiant effort, Elden Ring still reigns supreme in this week's chart. Here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending March 20th, 2022.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	1
2	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	6
3	Fortnite	Epic Games	3
4	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	2
5	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	5
6	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	4
7	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	7
8	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	8
9	Destiny 2	Activision	9
10	Rocket League	Psyonix	10
11	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	13
12	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	14
13	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	11
14	Team Sonic Racing	SEGA	12
15	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	21
16	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Activision	15
17	Dead by Daylight 1/2	505 Games	20
18	Dying Light 2: Stay Human	Techland Publishing	16
19	Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt	19
20	NBA 2K22	2K Sports	25
21	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	27
22	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	23
23	ARK: Survival Evolved	Wildcard Properties	17
24	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout	Devolver Digital	22
25	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	26
26	Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin	Square Enix	18
27	WWE 2K22	2K Games	31
28	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	24
29	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	Konami Digital Entertainment	28
30	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	29
31	Horizon Zero Dawn	Sony Interactive Entertainment	30
32	Bloodborne	Sony Computer Entertainment	33
33	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Square Enix	36
34	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony Interactive Entertainment	35
35	Madden NFL 22	Electronic Arts	37
36	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	38
37	Bleach: Brave Souls	KLab Games	-
38	Warframe	Digital Extremes	RE
39	Brawlhalla	Blue Mammoth Games	RE
40	FIFA 21	Electronic Arts	39

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 833,000 active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright TrueGaming Network.

That's right, Elden Ring is still the most-played PlayStation game on our chart for the third week running. FromSoftware's RPG is then followed by none other than Grand Theft Auto V, which of course saw another rerelease on PS5 last week. With its combined PS4 and PS5 player counts, GTA 5 has jumped up from sixth into the second position. In the top ten, we also see a decline in players for both Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7, with Horizon dropping to fourth and GT7 to 6th. Gran Turismo 7 suffered a major outage last week, with the game going offline for more than 24 hours, so that's probably why we see the slip in players there.

Moving further down the table, we see that Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin has slipped from 18th down to 26th and that this month's PlayStation Plus title, Ghostrunner, which made its debut into the chart last week in 32nd place, has done a disappearing act and dropped out of the chart entirely. However, there is a bit of interesting activity right at the bottom of the chart with Warframe and Brawlhalla making reentries, and Bleach: Brave Souls, a new hack-and-slash game based on Tite Kubo's manga and anime series making its first appearance in 37th position.

In terms of big release this week, we have the Borderlands spin-off, Tiny Tina's Wonderland on March 22nd and Tango Gameworks' action-adventure game GhostWire: Tokyo, which we expect will do quite well in next week's chart from looking at the latest GhostWire: Tokyo reviews.

What do you make of this week's PlayStation Gameplay Chart? Did you expect GTA 5 to knock Elden Ring down a peg? Let us know your thoughts down in those comments!

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Written by Sean Carey

Hey, I’m Sean! I joined both TrueAchievements and TrueTrophies as a staff writer in 2019. I’m a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series and love a good narrative adventure. Most evenings you’ll find me failing to get a win in Call of Duty: Warzone.