PlayStation Gameplay Chart: Battlefield 2042 returns and eFootball mounts comeback

By Kes Eylers-Stephenson,

Players have come back to two of last year's biggest disappointments this week: Battlefield 2042 and eFootball. Here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending April 24th, 2022.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	4
4	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	3
5	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	5
6	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	8
7	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	6
8	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	9
9	Rocket League	Psyonix	10
10	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	12
11	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	11
12	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated	THQ Nordic	7
13	Destiny 2	Activision	13
14	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	16
15	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Sony Interactive Entertainment	15
16	Tiny Tina's Wonderlands	2K Games	18
17	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (2020)	Devolver Digital	14
18	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	19
19	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	20
20	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	17
21	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	22
22	Dead by Daylight 1/2	3goo	23
23	Slay the Spire	Humble Games	21
24	NBA 2K22	2K Sports	25
25	Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt	26
26	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	27
27	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	30
28	WWE 2K22	2K Games	31
29	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	28
30	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Square Enix	38
31	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	RE
32	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	33
33	eFootball 2022	Konami Digital Entertainment	34
34	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	Konami Digital Entertainment	35
35	Team Sonic Racing	SEGA	29
36	Hood: Outlaws & Legends	Focus Entertainment	24
37	Bloodborne	Sony Computer Entertainment	32
38	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony Interactive Entertainment	37
39	Dying Light 2: Stay Human	Techland Publishing	36
40	F1 2021	Electronic Arts	39

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 803,000 active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright TrueGaming Network.

The top ten has cemented itself in place over the last few weeks, with the only notable mention being the slight slip for Horizon Forbidden West from sixth to seventh, despite only losing 2.6% of players since last week. The cause for its fall is actually Apex Legends which gained two places with a 17.7% increase in players.

The major point of interest at the top of the chart actually stems from the very bottom with the rejuvenation of two games that both have rivals in the top ten. The first pairing of games is Battlefield 2042 in 31st and Call of Duty: Vanguard in 15th. Battlefield 2042 came out last year to high expectations, but the only thing high about it was the speed at which players stopped playing. With the release of the latest update, there has been a 42.5% increase in players and a ten-place raise. Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Vanguard remains stuck in that 12th spot unable to gain any traction on Warzone in fifth. Vanguard has performed 116% better this week than the resurgent Battlefield, so it isn't yet much of a contest.

Likewise, the free to play eFootball has had a 1.00 release which has — in two weeks on the market — got it to 33rd. Previous to the update, it had been performing worse than its paid-for predecessor, eFootball PES 2021. As a season update with no gameplay changes from PES 2020, eFootball might as well be a national league side if it can't beat out PES 2021. Since then, the 1.0 release has boosted player counts by just over 4.5x the amount (or 351.9%). Konami will undoubtedly be pleased with the result, but look enviously at FIFA 22 which EA charged for and currently has 82.1% more players than football right now having gained a single place in the last week. That being said, eFootball didn't manage a spot on this week's Xbox Gameplay Chart.

Perhaps most interestingly across the rest of the list, the PlayStation Plus monthly games for April have really begun the slide away from the limelight. Spongebob drops from 7th to 12th losing 27.7% of players since last week. Slay the Spire has only dropped two places to 23rd and shed 4.9% of players — high retention indeed. Meanwhile, Hood: Outlaws and Legends just can't get a hold as it has 12 places stolen as it drops to 16th and leaves 29.1% of its players from last week in the Sheriff's jail cells.

That's our picks from this week's gameplay chart! Let us know what you think of the list, and of course, let us know if you want us to find a game for you! See you down there.

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Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and other gaming news. He writes about PS5 exclusives like The Last of Us and Horizon, PS Plus news, and his favorite games — The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed, and God of War — before an evening swim.