Most popular Xbox games — new DLC brings DayZ back to life in top 40

Our latest gameplay chart of popular Xbox games sees GTA V return to the top five, while further down, DayZ's new DLC boosts it back into the top 40.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 21 Oct 2024

Grand Theft Auto V and EA Sports FC 25 have swapped places in our latest Xbox gameplay chart, with GTA V returning to the top five and marking the only change in a top ten which is otherwise refusing to budge this week. Further down, it looks as though more players are charging in to do battle with the Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero achievements, which has moved up four spaces to 12th after launching earlier in the month.

After a fair bit of shuffling around, the next major change is South Park: The Fractured but Whole making its first appearance in the top 40 at 22nd after joining Game Pass, with MechWarrior 5: Clans, another recent Game Pass addition, following suit and making its debut appearance at 25th. Starfield, on the other hand, has dropped several places this week, presumably as players finish up with its Shattered Space expansion.

Newer Game Pass additions often coincide with a drop for older ones, and both Inscryption and Sifu have dropped this week, with Inscryption just dropping one place to 28th, while Sifu has fallen ten places to 29th. Throne and Liberty has dropped nine spaces to 32nd, and it's not until DayZ that we see an upward shift. The survival game re-joins the top 40 at 37th this week after the launch of its Frostline expansion, and it'll be interesting to see whether this boost will keep it in the chart next week. Rounding out the top 40 are Battlefield 2042 and Fallout 76, which have swapped places at 39th and 40th.

Top 40 Xbox Gameplay Chart for the week ending October 20, 2024

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty	Activision	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	Minecraft	Xbox Game Studios	3
4	ROBLOX	Roblox	4
5	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	6
6	EA SPORTS FC 25	Electronic Arts	5
7	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	7
8	Rocket League	Psyonix	8
9	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	9
10	Destiny 2	Bungie	10
11	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	11
12	Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO	Bandai Namco Entertainment	16
13	EA SPORTS College Football 25	Electronic Arts	13
14	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment	12
15	EA SPORTS FC 24	Electronic Arts	14
16	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II	Focus Entertainment	15
17	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	18
18	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	17
19	NBA 2K25	2K Games	20
20	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	22
21	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	25
22	South Park: The Fractured but Whole	Ubisoft	-
23	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	26
24	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	28
25	MechWarrior 5: Clans	Piranha Games	-
26	Starfield	Bethesda Softworks	21
27	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	32
28	Inscryption	Devolver Digital	27
29	Sifu	Microids	19
30	Forza Motorsport	Xbox Game Studios	33
31	EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25	Electronic Arts	31
32	THRONE AND LIBERTY	Amazon Games	23
33	VALORANT	Riot Games	29
34	Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios	30
35	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	35
36	Warframe	Digital Extremes	34
37	DayZ	Bohemia Interactive	RE
38	Microsoft Solitaire Collection	Xbox Game Studios	38
39	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	40
40	Fallout 76	Bethesda Softworks	39

Chart compiled using gameplay data from over 2.4 million active Xbox accounts. Chart information is copyright GameInsights. For details on how the chart is calculated, click here.

The time has almost come for the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which as one of the biggest releases this year and one of the biggest upcoming Game Pass games to boot, will no doubt cause some havoc in the top 40 for some time to come.

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Written by Heidi Nicholas

Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.