Popular PlayStation Games — August 14th, 2022 By Kes Eylers-Stephenson, 15 Aug 2022 FollowtopicsKes Eylers-Stephenson The MultiVersus hype is dying down this week as the usual suspects — FIFA 22, Fortnite, and Fall Guys — once again retake the lead in our chart of the most popular PlayStation games. The PS Plus games continue to settle.MultiVersus is landing blow after blow but is starting to pull its punches on this week's most popular PlayStation games chart. The PlayStation Plus Extra games will drop on Tuesday, August 16th, leaving the Essential games to continue bearing the flag. MultiVersus is still a raging success in the most popular PlayStation games chartThe MultiVersus trophies might be long and gruelling, but so is the game's stickiness. While the game has slipped four places from the top spot, it's actually fairly positive that the total player count has shrunk by 19% and still retains such a high place. Not many games could survive the fall-off, but MultiVersus seems to be still in fighting shape even with the drop-off. This means it can go toe-to-toe and compete with Fall Guys, which only has 8% more players. Next, we should chat about the PS Plus Essential games for August 2022. Last week, the champion of the three was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, which clocked in at fifth place. Now, it has slipped three places to eighth, but with a massive 36% decrease in total players. That was always going to happen, but it does indicate that one in three players have not picked it up again since last week, at least. Yakuza: Like A Dragon, the last game in the series if you check out our Yakuza series order guide, has retained 16th, while Little Nightmares has slipped from 29th to 31st. Fall Guys players have reached new heightsAcross the rest of the chart, we just wanted to highlight two decliners and one ascender. The two downward trending games are Elden Ring (up one to 12th) and Stray (down two to 9th). For Elden Ring, this is a case of its long-term form, as we have only recently seen it slide out of the limelight, yet still perform respectively week-on-week. Even so, be warned, that this game is on a downward trend. Stray is falling out of favour much quicker, but with just over a month of top ten finishes under its paw, it can be well happy. Lap that up. As for the ascender, we have Cyberpunk 2077 reentering the chart at 38th. It's nothing spectacular, but we keep seeing it pop in and out of trending games. That is it for our analysis. Is anything catching your eye? Let us know in the comments. Here are the top 40 popular PlayStation games for the week ending August 14th, 2022.Most played PlayStation games (w/e August 15th, 2022)PositionGamePublisherLast week1 FIFA 22Electronic Arts22 FortniteEpic Games33 Fall GuysEpic Games44 MultiVersusWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment15 Grand Theft Auto VRockstar Games66 Apex LegendsElectronic Arts97 Call of Duty: Modern WarfareActivision88 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2Activision59 Strayiam8bit710 Rocket LeaguePsyonix1011 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 EditionMojang Studios1112 Elden RingBandai Namco Entertainment1313 Destiny 2Bungie1214 Genshin ImpactmiHoYo1415 Ghost of TsushimaSony Interactive Entertainment1516 Yakuza: Like A DragonSEGA1617 Horizon Forbidden WestSony Interactive Entertainment1818 Gran Turismo 7Sony Interactive Entertainment1719 Assassin's Creed ValhallaUbisoft1920 Overwatch: Origins EditionBlizzard Entertainment2721 Dead by DaylightBehaviour Interactive2422 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeUbisoft2123 NBA 2K222K Sports2024 Red Dead Redemption 2Rockstar Games2325 Call of Duty: VanguardSony Interactive Entertainment2526 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles MoralesSony Interactive Entertainment2627 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarActivision2828 Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeActivision2229 Marvel's Spider-Man RemasteredSony Interactive Entertainment3130 God of WarSony Interactive Entertainment Europe3031 Little NightmaresBandai Namco Entertainment2932 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIActivision3633 Final Fantasy XIVSquare Enix3834 Battlefield 2042Electronic Arts3235 Final Fantasy VII RemakeSquare Enix3536 Marvel's AvengersBandai Namco Entertainment3337 ReturnalSony Interactive Entertainment3738 Cyberpunk 2077CD ProjektRE39 Far Cry 6Ubisoft3440 Mortal Kombat 11Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment40Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 834,000 active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights.Chart Written by Kes Eylers-StephensonEditor 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.