Resident Evil 4 Remake makes top five most popular PS5, PS4 games

Resident Evil 4 has mopped up the PS Plus Extra competition as it enters the top five most popular PS5 and PS4 games for the week.

The scary times are back as players pick up Resident Evil 4 trophies and hope to live another day for another round of bingo. With PS Plus Extra also hitting the chart, the top 40 most popular PS5 and PS4 games have stiff competition this week!

Resident Evil 4 hits the top 4 of the PlayStation Chart

The top of the chart tends to be a static mix of games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Fortnite, and FIFA 23 in a post-Hogwarts Legacy release window world, but Resident Evil 4 has come out swinging on PS5 and PS4. Its total player count is straddled pretty much bang on between FIFA 23 in third and Grand Theft Auto V in fifth. That is a superb place to be, frankly — though we will delve into specific data in a separate story

Across the rest of the chart, it's worth noting that the PS Plus Essential games for March 2023 have been incredibly successful. We've dug deeper into the Battlefield 2042's PS Plus boom and now it's risen to fifth suggesting the modern war FPS appetite is incredibly strong even with Call of Duty dominating. Minecraft Legends is still in the top 20 suggestings staying power, and Code Vein is still in the chart at 38th, too.

Battlefield 2042 hits PS Plus and the most played PS5 and PS4 games chart

Then we move on to PS Plus Extra and Premium for March 2023. It's a massive caul of class additions, but Tchia is the clear big winner. Sean loved it in our Tchia review and — while we can't compare it to Stray as our datasets have undergone a change between now and then — the success of both on day one might make a few indie devs have a think about day one PS Plus.

Games like Uncharted Legacy of Thieves are missing (again, superb — check out our Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection review) which might suggest that Uncharted has reached its maximal audience amongst hardcore PlayStation fans who would subscribe to Extra. GhostWire Tokyo and Dragonball Z Kakarot have also performed wonderfully at 30th and 31st, respectively. As we will delve into further in a separate article, Untitled Goose Game is probably the second huge winner as it reaches 36th — for a lauded indie from years ago, that is a fantastic finish.

So, a huge PS Plus week with a big AAA game in Resident Evil 4 remastered! Some mighty successes here: what do you think of them? Let us know in the comments. Here are the top 40 most popular PS5 and PS4 games in the PlayStation Gameplay Chart for the week ending March 26th, 2023.

Most popular PS5 and PS4 games (week ending March 26th, 2023)

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Activision	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	3
4	Resident Evil 4	Capcom Entertainment	-
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	6
6	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	5
7	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	4
8	Rocket League	Psyonix	7
9	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	8
10	Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition	Mojang Studios	9
11	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	10
12	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	12
13	NBA 2K23	2K Sports	14
14	Destiny 2	Bungie	11
15	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	17
16	Minecraft Dungeons	Xbox Game Studios	13
17	Horizon Forbidden West	Sony Interactive Entertainment	16
18	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	19
19	Fall Guys	Epic Games	20
20	God of War Ragnarök	Sony Interactive Entertainment	18
21	Gran Turismo 7	Sony Interactive Entertainment	21
22	Genshin Impact	Cognosphere	23
23	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	24
24	The Last of Us Part I	Sony Interactive Entertainment	15
25	Madden NFL 23	Electronic Arts	22
26	Tchia	Kepler Interactive	-
27	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	25
28	Dead by Daylight	Behaviour Interactive	26
29	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	29
30	DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT	Bandai Namco Entertainment	RE
31	Ghost of Tsushima	Sony Interactive Entertainment	31
32	GhostWire: Tokyo	Bethesda Softworks	RE
33	The Last of Us Part II	Sony Interactive Entertainment	28
34	Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty	KOEI TECMO	27
35	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	33
36	Untitled Goose Game	iam8bit	-
37	WWE 2K23	2K Games	35
38	CODE VEIN	Bandai Namco Entertainment	30
39	Tekken 7	Bandai Namco Entertainment	32
40	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction	Ubisoft	RE

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 3 million active PlayStation accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights.

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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 God of War, PS Plus news, and his favourite games — The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed, and explosive racers — before an evening swim.