PS Plus games wrestle amongst most popular PS5 games PS Plus October 2024's PS5 player counts reveal that at the top of the pile is WWE 2K24, while Dead Space follows alongside Doki Doki Literature Club.Kes Eylers-Stephenson Published 07 Oct 2024 FollowtopicsChartKes Eylers-Stephenson PS Plus October 2024's PS5 player counts have shown us that WWE 2K24 is the most popular of the Essential lineup. Our PlayStation Chart gives us great insight using a representative sample of 3.1 million active PSN accounts (not just TrueTrophies data, courtesy of GameInsights) into the most popular PS5 and PS4 games of the week.WWE 2K4 is the most popular PS Plus Essential game in October 2024PlayStation Plus in October 2024's lineup was incredibly strong and we're seeing the results in the data this week, particularly with the leading game WWE 2K24. Of the three games, the sports entertainment title claimed the #8 spot. There has always been a strong link between wrestling and gaming, but I think this proves that is the case is a busy month!Players used PS Plus to play some horror and pick up some Dead Space trophies while enjoying this remake of a classic PS3 game. Dead Space claimed the #11 spot this week, with a 20.4% difference in the player count between it and WWE 2K24. In any normal month of PS Plus, particularly in the lineups we've had for 2024 so far, Dead Space would normally be the most popular game of the month!Finally, we have Doki Doki Literature Club Plus in the #26 spot. This awesomely odd visual novel begs to deceive — which probably plays negatively with its mass market appeal. That means it's not performed massively well compared to the two other PS5 games it landed with, but given it's a nice anime-looking game in a niche genre, I think that's a good return!Another notable contender this week is Throne and Liberty, a new game from NCSoft and Amazon that is a free-to-play MMORPG. It's managed to claim the #16 spot, so we'll do a much deeper dive into the data later this week! I think another interesting surprise here is that The Last of Us Part I is still climbing — even if it is just up by one spot in #18.So, that wraps up another day and some of the most popular PS5 and PS4 games of the week. Check out Lee's big player breakdown on some of PlayStation Studios' biggest games on PS Plus Extra! In the meantime, here is the top 40 PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending Sunday, October 6, 2024.Most popular PS5 and PS4 games (week ending Sunday, October 6, 2024)PositionGamePublisherLast week1 FortniteEpic Games12 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIActivision23 EA SPORTS FC 25Electronic Arts34 Grand Theft Auto VRockstar Games55 RobloxRoblox66 Rocket LeaguePsyonix77 EA SPORTS FC 24Electronic Arts48 WWE 2K242K GamesRE9 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (2)Mojang Studios810 Overwatch 2Blizzard Entertainment911 Dead SpaceElectronic ArtsRE12 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeUbisoft1213 The Last of Us Part ISony Interactive Entertainment1614 NBA 2K252K Games1315 Black Myth: WukongGame Science Studio1116 ASTRO BOTSony Interactive Entertainment1017 Throne and LibertyAmazon Games-18 Apex LegendsElectronic Arts1519 Genshin ImpactCognosphere1420 EA SPORTS College Football 25Electronic Arts1821 Destiny 2Bungie2022 Gran Turismo 7Sony Interactive Entertainment2323 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Focus Entertainment1724 HELLDIVERS 2Sony Interactive Entertainment1925 Red Dead Redemption 2Rockstar Games2226 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!PLAYISM-27 Elden RingFromSoftware2128 Dead by Daylight 1/2Behaviour Interactive2429 Ghost of TsushimaSony Interactive Entertainment2630 VALORANTRiot Games2531 Baldur's Gate 3Spike ChunsoftRE32 Zenless Zone ZeromiHoYo2833 Astro's PlayroomSony Interactive Entertainment3134 Fall GuysEpic Games3235 TEKKEN 8Bandai Namco EntertainmentRE36 MLB The Show 24Sony Interactive Entertainment2937 The First DescendantNEXON3338 WarframeDigital ExtremesRE39 Marvel's Spider-Man 2Sony Interactive Entertainment3740 Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIActivision35Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 3.1 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.Related stories: Call of Duty's PS5 player count jumps 136% after Black Ops 6 launch Best PS5 horror games to play in November 2024 PS Plus’ October games lineup is the most popular of 2024 so far Don’t miss PS Plus’ creepiest horror game before it leaves PS Plus October 2024 games for PS5 and PS4 now available Chart Written by Kes Eylers-StephensonEditor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and Sony news. He writes about PS5 games like LEGO Horizon Adventures, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Concord, and Death Stranding 2 using experience from years of PlayStation gaming. He also covers PS Plus news, as well as his favorite games — The Witcher 3, God of War, and The Last of Us — before an evening swim.