Most popular Xbox games — Hell Let Loose shoots straight into top ten

We're a good way into January now, and onto our latest chart for the most popular Xbox games for the week ending January 7 — here's what's being played.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 08 Jan 2024

Here is the top 40 Xbox Gameplay Chart for the week ending January 7, 2024.

Despite the barrage of games we get during the holiday period, it's still the usual suspects for most of the top ten. Fortnite is in first, with Call of Duty in second and GTA V in third. The first big change is Hell Let Loose, which makes its debut appearance in the top 40 at ninth after joining Game Pass last week. It booted The Finals down to tenth, and there's a little wave of games falling down the chart to make room for this new appearance. Baldur's Gate 3 has slipped down a spot to 15th. It had jumped up quite a bit in last week's chart — perhaps this change is due to more players having to put down such a hefty RPG now that we're out of the holiday period.

Aside from a few games holding steady, such as Sea of Thieves sticking at 25th, it's a wave of falling games until we get to PUBG, which has climbed up from 29th to 27th. Battlefield 2042 is up three spaces to 30th, while Elden Ring has jumped up five spots to 32nd. It's not such great news for Diablo IV, which has fallen five spots to 35th, while Black Ops III and Warframe have dropped to 36th and 37th respectively.

This week's second new appearance is Pixel Strike 3D, which has just made it into the top 40 at 38th. It arrived in late December and is free, which might explain its appearance this week, but there are a formidable five unobtainable Pixel Strike 3D achievements to watch out for — in other words, half of the game's achievement list. Just below, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition has just managed to climb back into the chart at 39th.

Looking ahead, we have big launches like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown coming up, as well as everything coming to Game Pass in January, like Turnip Boy Robs a Bank.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Fortnite	Epic Games	1
2	Call of Duty	Activision	2
3	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	3
4	Minecraft	Xbox Game Studios	4
5	ROBLOX	Roblox	5
6	EA SPORTS FC 24	Electronic Arts	6
7	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	7
8	Rocket League	Psyonix	8
9	Hell Let Loose	Team17 Software	-
10	THE FINALS	Embark Studios	9
11	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	11
12	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	10
13	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	12
14	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	15
15	Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios	14
16	Destiny 2	Bungie	13
17	Madden NFL 24	Electronic Arts	16
18	NBA 2K24	2K Games	18
19	Far Cry 6	Ubisoft	17
20	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	20
21	Forza Motorsport	Xbox Game Studios	19
22	Starfield	Bethesda Softworks	21
23	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	23
24	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	22
25	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	25
26	Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt	24
27	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	29
28	Fall Guys	Epic Games	28
29	Goat Simulator 3	Coffee Stain Studios	26
30	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	33
31	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Games	31
32	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	37
33	Remnant II	THQ Nordic	32
34	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	35
35	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment	30
36	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	34
37	Warframe	Digital Extremes	36
38	Pixel Strike 3D	Vulcron	-
39	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	Bethesda Softworks	RE
40	Madden NFL 23	Electronic Arts	40

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.

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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.