Most popular Xbox games — Spyro charges back into top 15 thanks to Game Pass boost

Death Stranding is on the rise in our latest gameplay chart of popular Xbox games, while Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been boosted almost into the top ten.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 18 Nov 2024

It seems everyone has been only too happy for an excuse to charge through the Spyro Reignited Trilogy achievements now it's in Game Pass, and thanks to that boost, Spyro has charged almost straight into the top ten of our latest Xbox gameplay chart, re-joining the top 40 at 11th.

There is the usual shuffle to make room for this reappearance, and the next more noticeable change is Halo Infinite dropping from 12th to 16th — perhaps players who returned to the game for its big winter update are now moving on to other things. Further down, we have Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II making a respectable leap from 27th to 23rd. It did have a patch and community event recently last week, but its next free Xbox update shouldn't be too far off either, so players might be preparing for that.

Death Stranding Director's Cut has moved up six places to 27th, but it's not such good news for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which has fallen four spots to 28th. Goat Simulator: Remastered has also seen a drop, falling five places to 30th. Dragon Age: The Veilguard was one of the biggest releases for the end of 2024, so it's interesting to see it lose the ground it gained in last week's chart. Goat Sim Remastered joined Game Pass over a week ago, so it might simply be the usual case of players moving onto newer Game Pass additions. Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, and Warframe are all up, although Stardew Valley has dropped three places to 37th. We have two more reappearances, too, with Madden NFL 24 at 39th and Call of Duty: Black Ops III at 40th.

Top 40 Xbox Gameplay Chart for the week ending November 17, 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	5
6	EA SPORTS FC 25	Electronic Arts	6
7	Rocket League	Psyonix	7
8	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	10
9	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	9
10	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	8
11	Spyro Reignited Trilogy	Activision	RE
12	Destiny 2	Bungie	11
13	EA SPORTS College Football 25	Electronic Arts	14
14	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	13
15	EA SPORTS FC 24	Electronic Arts	15
16	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	12
17	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	17
18	NBA 2K25	2K Games	16
19	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	21
20	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment	18
21	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	23
22	Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO	Bandai Namco Entertainment	20
23	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II	Focus Entertainment	27
24	Phasmophobia	Kinetic Games	22
25	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	28
26	Forza Motorsport	Xbox Game Studios	26
27	DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT	505 Games	33
28	Dragon Age: The Veilguard	Electronic Arts	24
29	EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25	Electronic Arts	29
30	Goat Simulator: Remastered	Coffee Stain Publishing	25
31	Microsoft Solitaire Collection	Xbox Game Studios	30
32	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	32
33	Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios	35
34	Starfield	Bethesda Softworks	36
35	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	Bethesda Softworks	38
36	Warframe	Digital Extremes	40
37	Stardew Valley	505 Games	34
38	Fallout 76	Bethesda Softworks	39
39	Madden NFL 24	Electronic Arts	RE
40	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	RE

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.

Looking ahead, we have some major upcoming Game Pass games arriving this week with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and the long-awaited Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, as well as the arrival of Genshin Impact on Xbox. It'll be a busy week for major releases, and so we can hopefully look forward to some big changes on next week's chart.

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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.