Most played Games in the world - Top ten most played games in 2024

 FORTNITE

What is Fortnite

Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017.

The game is available in six distinct game modes that share the same general gameplay and game engine.

The game modes are Fortnite Battle Royale, Fortnite: Save the World, Fortnite Creative, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival.

Fortnite Popularity

Fortnite has around 400 million registered players worldwide.

Fortnite generated $9.1 billion in its first two years since its launch.

Fortnite events increase monthly revenue by around 23%.

The biggest Fortnite event had over 15 million concurrent players.

Around 85% of Fortnite players are aged 18 to 35.

MINECRAFT

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is an open-world electronic game where players manipulate an environment composed of virtual 3D blocks. It was designed to appeal to a wide audience, especially children and teenagers. It was developed by Markus Persson in Stockholm, Sweden.

Gameplay

Minecraft has three main game modes:

Creative mode: players have unlimited resources to use, and their characters can fly and cannot be injured

Survival mode: players start with nothing, they need to collect resources, gather food, and make tools. They can also be weakened by or die from various misfortunes

Hardcore mode: similar to survival mode, except that the player’s character has only a single life

Popularity

Minecraft has:

Over 166 million active players worldwide

Over 300 million units sold worldwide since its release in 2011

173.5 million players as of January 2023

Over 110,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch

425 million downloads of the Minecraft Chinese Edition since its release in 2017

Revenue

Minecraft generated

$380 million in 2021

$415 million in 2020

$102.6 million in mobile revenue in 2022

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

GTA 5 Cumulative Sales

Over 195 million units sold worldwide as of February 2024

Over 185 million copies sold since its launch in 2013

20 million copies sold in 2020 alone

Popularity

82% of people have heard of GTA 5

41% of people have a positive opinion of GTA 5

18% of people dislike GTA 5

24% of people are neutral about GTA 5

Revenue

 GTA 5 had a total revenue share of 69% between April 2013 and March 2014

 GTA 5 contributed between one quarter and half of Take-Two's overall revenue between 2013 and 2023

Other Facts

Released in 2013 by Rockstar Games

Open-world action-adventure game set in the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles

Available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows

PUBG MOBILE

Gameplay

Players parachute down to a remote island and fight to remain as the last player standing

Each match lasts about 30 minutes

Players can play alone or in teams of two or four, depending on the game mode selected

Popularity

Over 1.3 billion downloads while grossing over $9 billion by December 2022

Second most-played mobile video game of all time

Spawned an Indian version in 2021

Release

Initially released for Android and iOS on March 19, 2018

Published by multiple publishers in different regions, including Krafton, Tencent, and VNG Games

Awards

Won several awards in 2018, including The Game Awards, Gamers' Choice Awards, Google Play Users' Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India

Revenue

Grossed ¥3.58 billion ($32.42 million) in Japan in 2018

Grossed over $3.5 billion in revenue by August 2020

Grossed over $2.6 billion in 2020, making it the highest-grossing game of the year and bringing its total revenue to over $4.3 billion as of December 2020

Grossed over $9 billion as of December 2022

APEX LEGEND

Game Information

Game type: Free-to-play battle royale-hero shooter

Developer: Respawn Entertainment

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Release date: February 2019 (PC, console), February 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Popularity

Peak concurrent players: 463.93 thousand (March 2024)

Total players: Over 70 million (as of November 2019)

First month players: 50 million

Twitter mentions: 33.5 million (as of August 2021)

Player increase: 30% year over year (as of 2020)

All-time peak player count: 198,235 users (March 2020)

Mobile pre-registrations: 15 million players (Apex Legends Mobile)

Revenue

First month revenue: $92 million

Second quarter 2020 revenue: $180 million

Net bookings (quarter ended June 30, 2019): $150 million

Other

8.4 million hours of Twitch streams viewed in a single day (February 12, 2019)

90% of players in its launch month came from Fortnite

65% of players who tried Apex Legends in the first week after release are still playing a month later

Ranked 4th most watched game on Twitch in February 2021

Nearly 600,000 peak viewers during the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) year one championship finals in 2021