Popular Xbox games — April 17th, 2023

This week's Xbox Gameplay Chart of popular Xbox games sees Ghostwire: Tokyo give the top ten a scare but not quite manage to break in, while Forza Horizon spins out of the top 10 as its Rally Adventure DLC runs out of gas.

It's another week where the top five sees little action, with the one change in the top flight being Rainbow Six Siege sliding up into fifth to replace Forza Horizon 5 as it crashes to 11th, with a lot of players seemingly done with the Rally Adventure DLC and ready to move on. The rest of the top ten is a complete reshuffle, with a mix of ups and downs compared to last week's positions, with the only newcomer being Overwatch 2, getting a two-spot bump with the arrival of its fourth season to push it back into the top ten.

Just outside, Tango Gameworks' Ghostwire: Tokyo just misses out on a top-ten spot itself after finally arriving on Xbox a year after launching as a PlayStation exclusive. Aside from the newly-overtaken Forza, Ghostwire slots into a pretty static top 20, with minimal movement until just outside with the return of Monster Hunter Rise... the power of Game Pass Quests does it again. Fellow Quest title Descenders also saw a solid boost to return in 33rd, with that much lower placement likely due to the task being a bit more involved than Rise's simple 'play' one. As for last week's Quest stars, they're currently residing in the 'Where are they now?' file, with Garden Warfare 2 taking a 50-place drop to fall way off the list while Marvel's Avengers gets snapped all the way out of the top 100 as it enters its own endgame.

This week's only other newcomer is NHL 23, just managing to sneak in in 40th after joining EA Play and Game Pass Ultimate last week. Aside from the predictable plummet of the previous Quests titles, three other games tap out of the top 40 this week, although with the trio in the 41-43 spots, they're clearly not ready to go just yet — have we seen the last of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Atomic Heart, or will they be back? Let us know what you think down in the comments, and have a splendid week!

Top 40 Xbox Gameplay Chart (w/e April 16th, 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	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	6
6	FIFA 23	Electronic Arts	8
7	Rocket League	Psyonix	10
8	Destiny 2	Bungie	9
9	ROBLOX	Roblox	7
10	Overwatch 2	Blizzard Entertainment	12
11	Forza Horizon 5	Xbox Game Studios	5
12	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	11
13	Ghostwire: Tokyo	Bethesda Softworks	-
14	Halo Infinite	Xbox Game Studios	14
15	MLB The Show 23	MLB	13
16	NBA 2K23	2K Sports	15
17	Madden NFL 23	Electronic Arts	16
18	Battlefield 2042	Electronic Arts	19
19	Hogwarts Legacy	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	17
20	Resident Evil 4	Capcom Entertainment	18
21	Monster Hunter Rise	Capcom Entertainment	RE
22	Sea of Thieves	Xbox Game Studios	21
23	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	23
24	EA SPORTS UFC 4	Electronic Arts	25
25	FIFA 22	Electronic Arts	22
26	Fall Guys	Epic Games	24
27	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Activision	26
28	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Xbox Game Studios	28
29	Dead by Daylight	505 Games	30
30	PUBG: Battlegrounds	KRAFTON	27
31	Elden Ring	Bandai Namco Entertainment	29
32	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Activision	33
33	Descenders	No More Robots	-
34	ARK: Survival Evolved	Reverb Publishing	35
35	For Honor	Ubisoft	36
36	Star Wars Battlefront II	Electronic Arts	RE
37	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	Bethesda Softworks	39
38	SMITE	Hi-Rez Studios	38
39	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Activision	40
40	NHL 23	Electronic Arts	-

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.