PlayStation Gameplay Chart: Elden Ring dethroned, PS Plus trio just misses top ten sweep

PlayStation Plus games FIFA 22 and Tribes of Midgard have made a good move into the top ten, unseating Elden Ring, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Grand Theft Auto V, and Apex Legends.

The PlayStation monthly games lineup for May 2022 has toppled the mightly Elden Ring and nearly nailed a top ten sweep, pushing PlayStation exclusives to the edge of the top ten. Here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending May 8th, 2022.

Most played games on PlayStation (w/e May 8th, 2022)

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	3
2	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	1
3	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	5
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	4
6	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	6
7	Tribes of Midgard	Gearbox Publishing	-
8	Rocket League	Psyonix	9
9	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	7
10	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	8
11	Curse of the Dead Gods	Focus Entertainment	-
12	Minecraft	Mojang Studios	10
13	Destiny 2	Activision	11
14	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	16
15	LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	15
16	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Activision	12
17	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (2020)	Devolver Digital	13
18	Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt	Sharkmob	14
19	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	19
20	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	18
21	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	20
22	SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated	THQ Nordic	17
23	NBA 2K22	2K Sports	24
24	Dead by Daylight 1/2	505 Games	23
25	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	21
26	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	27
27	Tiny Tina's Wonderlands	2K Games	22
28	Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt	25
29	Slay the Spire	Humble Games	26
30	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	Ubisoft	28
31	WWE 2K22	2K Games	29
32	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	34
33	Dying Light 2: Stay Human	Techland Publishing	30
34	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	33
35	Final Fantasy XIV	Square Enix	32
36	Marvel's Spider-Man	Sony Interactive Entertainment	31
37	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel	Konami Digital Entertainment	36
38	Sifu	Sloclap	RE
39	Star Wars Battlefront II	Electronic Arts	RE
40	Bloodborne	Sony Computer Entertainment	39

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

Starting at the top, we have a bit of news. Elden Ring has suffered huge damage via a football to the nethers as FIFA 22 screams into first place. As a Plus game with a new audience and with a huge inbuilt player base, FIFA has 54% more players than Elden Ring at this current moment in time. However, while FIFA is expectedly dominating in raw player count, Elden Ring does have more players on PS5 than PS4, whereas FIFA is operating at a 50/50 split. I feel the need to clarify this every time, but this is obviously not indicative of quality for either game, just the player numbers. If anything, it speaks to the dominance of Elden Ring over the last few weeks that it took offering one of the biggest IPs in the world for 'free' to get it out of the top spot.

The next big entry is Tribes of Midgard at seventh, straddled between Apex Legends in sixth and Rocket League in eighth. Tribes of Midgard is holding its own too, with 11.3% more players than Rocket League and PS5 players standing at a 2:1 advantage over PS4 players.

Meanwhile, Curse of the Dead Gods makes a surprisingly strong entrance at 11th place. It beats out 12th place Minecraft's total players by a staggeringly small margin of 0.2%. However, it hasn't really given either tenth place Gran Turismo 7 or ninth place Horizon Forbidden West much of a fright. Looking back, Curse of the Dead Gods reminds us of Plus games like Slay the Spire and Persona 5 Strikers which debuted just about in the top 20, but held a strong week after week after week while the others slipped (in fact, Slay the Spire is right there in 29th still). Curse of the Dead Gods has debuted way higher than those two, so we are curious if this is a surprise hit or a game that drops off a cliff next week.

Across the rest of the list, we see players taking a shot at the Sifu trophies as the game gets to 38th with a reemergence from post-40 pits after a difficulty option update. Then we have Star Wars: Battlefront II coming in hot, likely thanks to deep discounts in the May the Fourth sale. Finally, Trek to Yomi hasn't done that well on PlayStation, it seems. The game hasn't picked up enough players to get into the chart, whereas on the Xbox Gameplay Chart, it comes in at 16th thanks to debuting in Game Pass. We have a review up on TA, if you want to have a look if it is for you!

What do you think of the chart this week? Let us know in the comments along with any questions. See you 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 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.