Most popular PS5 games — new PS Plus day one title debuts above GT7

Here is the latest PlayStation Chart of the most popular PS5 games. PS Plus' latest day one game is having a drag race with Gran Tuismo 7.

Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Published 20 Nov 2023

Using our sample of 3.2 million PSN accounts, we've gathered the top 40 most popular PS5 games into a weekly chart for you. These aren't just the best PS5 games, but the ones everyone is booting up including the latest PS Plus November 2023 day one game.

PS Plus' latest day one Teardown beats out Gran Turismo 7 on debut

With Teardown on PS Plus available to all PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers right now, it's clear that everyone was willing to jump into the destruction-heavy sandbox-puzzle game and have a blast (literally). It finished in 15th place, finishing just above Grand Turismo 7 by a player count difference of 0.4%. It's slim margins, then. However, the real measure of success will be how Teardown does next week with a full week on the market: will it be a one-and-done for most players, or will they stick to it?

Across the rest of the chart, things are a little tamer as the big releases finally begin to slow down. At the top of the chart, it is noticeable that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is slowing down more considerably now — it has put in a truly superheroic performance over the last five weeks, though. Its player count is down around 23% week-on-week which means it has slid to fourth place as EA Sports FC 24 has overtaken it. We're sure it'll stick around until well after Christmas, though.

Baldur's Gate 3 is obviously flying high in 13th, but at the bottom of the chart GOTY nominations are making themselves felt. The first is 34th place with Hogwarts Legacy which, along with Starfield, was truly snubbed across every award this year. Players might be putting more time in now as chatter about that snubbery is rife. Then you have Final Fantasy XVI, a game our own Staff Writer Lee Brady feels was left out of The Game Awards 2023 highest honor awards. The JRPG is currently in 38th place as players pick it back up.

If you want cutting edge information, check out the PS Plus November 2023 Essential player count deep dive Lee wrote up last week. What do you think of this week's chart, though? Let's not dilly-dally! Here are the top 40 most popular PS5 games for the week ending Sunday, November 20, 2023.

Top 40 most popular PS5 games of the week (ending Sunday, November 20, 2023)

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Fortnite	Epic Games	1
2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Activision	2
3	EA SPORTS FC 24	Electronic Arts	4
4	Marvel's Spider-Man 2	Sony Interactive Entertainment	3
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	5
6	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	6
7	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	7
8	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	9
9	Rocket League	Psyonix	8
10	NBA 2K24	2K Games	11
11	Mortal Kombat 1	Warner Bros. Games	12
12	Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition	Mojang Studios	13
13	Baldur's Gate 3	Spike Chunsoft	17
14	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment	14
15	Teardown	Saber Interactive	-
16	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	15
17	Aliens: Fireteam Elite	3goo	10
18	Madden NFL 24	Electronic Arts	22
19	Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt	23
20	Genshin Impact	Cognosphere	16
21	Destiny 2	Bungie	20
22	Dead by Daylight	Behaviour Interactive	18
23	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	19
24	Fall Guys	Epic Games	24
25	Alan Wake 2	Epic Games	25
26	Mafia II: Definitive Edition	2K Games	26
27	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	27
28	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	33
29	Elden Ring	FromSoftware	32
30	Assassin's Creed Mirage	Ubisoft	30
31	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	28
32	Dragon Ball: The Breakers	Bandai Namco Entertainment	21
33	Astro's Playroom	Sony Interactive Entertainment	RE
34	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Games	RE
35	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	29
36	God of War Ragnarök	Sony Interactive Entertainment	38
37	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Sony Interactive Entertainment	31
38	FINAL FANTASY XVI	Square Enix	RE
39	Warframe	Digital Extremes	34
40	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	39

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 3.2 million active PlayStation accounts (not just TrueTrophies accounts). Chart information is copyright GameInsights. Regarding this data:

When an account opens a game, this is registered as a game being played. Accounts can only register a game once per week.
Our data is good for suggesting general trends — we represent this using percentages, not numbers.

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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.