New PS Plus games for March dominate most popular PS5, PS4 games chart By Kes Eylers-Stephenson, 13 Mar 2023 FollowtopicsChartKes Eylers-Stephenson The new PS Plus games for March 2023, including Battlefield 2042, have dominated the most-played PS5 and PS4 games for the week in our exclusive data on 3 million players.PS5 and PS4 players now have access to a 100-hour Battlefield 2042 trophies marathon if they have PS Plus Essential and grab the three monthly games. Indeed, these PS Plus games for March 2023 are now amongst the top 40 most played PS5 and PS4 games of the week having scanned 3 million PSN players. Battlefield 2042 hits PS Plus and the most played PS5 and PS4 games chartPS Plus games dominate most played gamesThe PS Plus Essential games for March 2022 are in, and oh boy have they hit hard. In fifth place and the highest ranked of the three is Battlefield 2042. While the FPS didn't qualify (and still wouldn't qualify) for our best FPS games list, it's clear that players at least want to check out EA's shooter. It had a horrible launch and suffered continual setbacks, but we hear it works now. Staff Writer Lee will be doing a breakdown of the numbers for you in a separate article, but safe to say it's had a stunning rise in players. The other two games have performed really well. Let's start with all those players that have Minecraft Dungeons trophies or just booted up the game to help the co-op Diablo-like to a 10th place finish. A tenth-place finish means it finished only one place below its mothership title Minecraft and within 0.1% margin of the total player count — that is a close finish, to say the least. It speaks volumes to the brand value of Minecraft, but also that a lot of Minecraft played probably swapped over to the PS Plus title for the week, though Minecraft proper has actual had an 8% increase in total players week-on-week. Good stuff. Code Vein hits up the PS5 and PS4 games chartFinally, those 35 hours of Code Vein trophies are clearly to someone's taste — the ARPG has come in 22nd place. The game isn't pushing any boundaries chart-wise and we imagine it will fall next week, but as a niche title, it's really hard to gather any momentum. A finish in the 20s is a great place to be for AA games like this and indies, there is no doubt that it's probably killing in Japan and the RPG-appreciating Asian territories. Its total player count is about 6.1% off of 21st place finisher The Last of Us Part 1, a pretty substantial amount to turnover in the coming week in which The Last of Us TV show will finish. A few other notables are that Hogwarts Legacy is out of the top three for the first time since launch as it finished in 4th. Its total player count has decreased 10.8% week-on-week, so it might well have a sharp fall again next week. Wo-Long Fallen Dynasty is doing reasonably well at 25th, the Team Ninja title is an Xbox Game Pass game so we aren't expecting any big PS5 or PS4 player numbers here. Finally, Spider-Man Miles Morales is in the chart at 38th, again. People love Spidey!That wraps up the analysis for the week. If you have any questions or observations, get in the comments to chat! Here is the top 40 most played PS5 and PS4 games chart for the week ending March 12th, 2023.Most popular PS5 games (week ending March 12th, 2023)PositionGamePublisherLast week1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIActivision12 FortniteEpic Games43 FIFA 23Electronic Arts24 Hogwarts LegacyWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment35 Battlefield 2042Electronic Arts316 Grand Theft Auto VRockstar Games57 Rocket LeaguePsyonix68 Overwatch 2Blizzard Entertainment79 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 EditionMojang Studios1010 Minecraft DungeonsXbox Game Studios-11 Apex LegendsElectronic Arts812 Destiny 2Bungie913 NBA 2K232K Sports1114 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeUbisoft1215 Horizon Forbidden WestSony Interactive Entertainment1316 Elden RingBandai Namco Entertainment1417 God of War RagnarökSony Interactive Entertainment1518 FIFA 22Electronic Arts1719 Gran Turismo 7Sony Interactive Entertainment1620 Fall GuysEpic Games1921 The Last of Us Part ISony Interactive Entertainment2022 CODE VEINBandai Namco Entertainment-23 Genshin ImpactCognosphere1824 Madden NFL 23Electronic Arts2125 Wo Long: Fallen DynastyKOEI TECMO2726 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIActivision2227 EA SPORTS UFC 4Electronic Arts2828 Dead by DaylightBehaviour Interactive2529 Red Dead Redemption 2Rockstar Games2330 Ghost of TsushimaSony Interactive Entertainment2631 The Last of Us Part IISony Interactive Entertainment2432 WWE 2K222K Games3233 Tekken 7Bandai Namco Entertainment3034 Call of Duty: Modern WarfareActivision3435 The Quarry2K Games3336 Mortal Kombat 11Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment3637 Mafia: Definitive Edition2K Games2938 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles MoralesSony Interactive Entertainment3939 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarActivision3740 BrawlhallaBlue Mammoth Games38Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 3 million active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights.Related stories: New Battlefield on PS5 is getting an ominous-sounding “reimagining” BattleBit could replace Battlefield series with a proper PS5 release Here’s how many are playing last month’s PS Plus games in April Final chance to claim PS Plus monthly games leaving for April 2023 Resident Evil 4 Remake makes top five most popular PS5, PS4 games 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.