PlayStation Reveals 2022's Most Downloaded Games

By Tanner Dedmon

PlayStation offers users insights into the most popular games of any given month with routine recaps of the most downloaded games in the prior month, and this week, the company did players one better. Following the previous reveal of the top gams from December, PlayStation has now revealed the most downloaded games throughout all of 2022, and while many of them are expected sightings, there are some surprises and interesting things to take note of.

The charts revealed by PlayStation this week divided games up into either PS5 or PS4 titles. For both of them, however, it should be no surprise that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most popular game on both consoles in the United States. The came put up incredible numbers to dethrone Elden Ring overall after that game had already been out for months.

What is surprising to see, however, is how the charts start to differ once you get away from the No. 1 spot occupied by Modern Warfare 2. The game downloaded second most on the PS5 was God of War Ragnarok, but the same wasn't true for the PS4. That No. 2 spot went to Grand Theft Auto V followed by Minecraft. Elden Ring took the No. 4 spot in both charts, but it shows that PS4 owners preferred sometimes to play older games on that console even though they could've played newer ones on the PS4, too. God of War Ragnarok, for example, was all the way down at No. 9 in the PS4 chart.

You can see both consoles' lists of most downloaded games below:

PS5

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. God of War Ragnarök
  3. NBA 2K23
  4. Elden Ring
  5. Madden NFL 23
  6. Grand Theft Auto V
  7. FIFA 23
  8. Horizon Forbidden West
  9. Gran Turismo 7      
  10. Dying Light 2
  11. MLB The Show 22
  12. Cyberpunk 2077
  13. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  14. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  15. NBA 2K22
  16. WWE 2K22
  17. Gotham Knights
  18. Sifu
  19. Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  20. Stray

PS4

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. Grand Theft Auto V
  3. Minecraft
  4. Elden Ring
  5. NBA 2K23
  6. Red Dead Redemption 2
  7. NBA 2K22
  8. Madden NFL 23
  9. God of War Ragnarök
  10. FIFA 23
  11. MLB The Show 22
  12. The Last of Us Part II
  13. Horizon Forbidden West
  14. Batman: Arkham Knight
  15. Gang Beasts
  16. Need for Speed Heat
  17. WWE 2K22
  18. Dying Light 2
  19. Among Us
  20. The Forest
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