Popular Xbox games — April 11th, 2023

This week's Xbox Gameplay Chart of the most popular Xbox games doesn't show a whole lot of movement, although there is one notable surprise as Marvel's Avengers soars back into the top 20.

There's no change at all in the top five of this week's chart, with the usual suspects still sitting pretty, albeit with Fortnite continuing to close the gap in player count with Modern Warfare II at the top week-on-week. Forza Horizon 5 also holds steady in fifth as players keep heading back to Mexico, whether to finish up the Rally Adventure DLC or perhaps using this fresh series to finally go for the Min, Meet Max achievement.

Below, we see some minor reshuffling going on but there's not a huge amount of action until we reach the tail end of the top 20, where Marvel's Avengers makes an explosive re-entry thanks to a combination of an associated Game Pass Quest and the fact that the devs unlocked all cosmetic items for free with the action-RPG's final update before it is delisted and support ends in September. Game Pass Quests also helped make Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 the second of just three re-entries this week just outside the top 30, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare being the third right down in 40th.

Resident Evil 4, meanwhile, continues to hold its ground in the lower end of the top 20, but the PlayStation Gameplay Chart over on TrueTrophies shows Capcom's remake to be faring much better over there, unmoving this week in the top five — the fact that there's a last-gen version available will certainly be helping matters there, as will the fact that Resi has long been associated with PlayStation since the original game debuted on the first PlayStation console.

No new entries at all this week, surprisingly, with Game Pass newcomer Loop Hero only just missing out on forcing its way into the top 40 (check out our Loop Hero first impressions to see why you should give it a try and help it maybe hit the chart next week), while EA Sports PGA Tour seemingly landed in the rough after last week's launch, scraping in at the lower end of the top 100 so way outside of chart territory. This week's minor movement means only three games tap out of the top 40 — Far Cry 5 (boosted last week by a Free Play Days weekend), along with Hellblade and Outriders, both of which sink without a trace after the Quests that pushed them back up got cycled out for new ones.

Here's the top 40 in full... have a great week, and let us know your thoughts on this week's action down in the comments!

Top 40 Xbox Gameplay Chart (w/e April 9th, 2023)

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Activision	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	Minecraft	Xbox Game Studios	3
4	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar Games	4
5	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	5
6	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	7
7	ROBLOX	Roblox	9
8	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	10
9	Destiny 2	Bungie	6
10	Rocket League	Psyonix	8
11	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	11
12	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	12
13	MLB The Show 23	MLB	13
14	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	14
15	NBA 2K23	2K Sports	16
16	Madden NFL 23	Electronic Arts	17
17	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	15
18	Resident Evil 4	Capcom Entertainment	18
19	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	19
20	Marvel's Avengers	Square Enix	RE
21	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	20
22	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	21
23	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	24
24	Fall Guys	Epic Games	26
25	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	23
26	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	28
27	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	31
28	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	29
29	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	27
30	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	30
31	Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2	Electronic Arts	RE
32	Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty	KOEI TECMO	25
33	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	33
34	Atomic Heart	Focus Entertainment	32
35	ARK: Survival Evolved	Reverb Publishing	39
36	For Honor	Ubisoft	38
37	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Activision	36
38	SMITE	Hi-Rez Studios	35
39	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	Bethesda Softworks	40
40	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	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.

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Written by Luke Albigés

Luke runs the TA news team, contributing where he can primarily with reviews and other long-form features — crafts he has honed across two decades of print and online gaming media experience, having worked with the likes of gamesTM, Eurogamer, Play, Retro Gamer, Edge, and many more. He loves all things Monster Hunter, enjoys a good D&D session, and has played way too much Destiny.