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This is a list of the most-played video games ordered by their estimated player count, which include downloads, registered accounts, video game subscription services, and/or monthly active users. This list does not include games with official sales figures; those are located at the list of best-selling video games page instead. This list is also not comprehensive, because player counts are not always publicly available, reliable, or up-to-date.

The list does not include mobile games, unless versions of the game have also been released on non-mobile platforms. For a separate list of mobile titles, see the list of most-played mobile games by player count. Three of the top five most-played video games on this list are published by Tencent.

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Most-played video games by player count (with at least 25 million)
Game Number As of Business model Release date Publisher(s) Ref.
PUBG: Battlegrounds 1,770 million downloads[a] December 2022 Free-to-play December 20, 2017 Krafton / Tencent [b]
Crossfire 1,000 million February 2020 Free-to-play May 3, 2007 Smilegate / Tencent [5]
Dungeon Fighter Online 850 million December 2021 Free-to-play August 2005 Nexon / Tencent [6][7]
Minecraft 738 million[a][c] April 2021 Pay-to-play / free-to-play[c] November 18, 2011 Mojang / NetEase[c] [8]
QQ Speed / GKART / Speed Drifters 700 million[a] January 2020 Free-to-play January 23, 2008 Tencent / Garena [9]
Pac-Man Doodle 505 million peak daily players[d][a] May 2010 Free-to-play May 21, 2010 Bandai Namco / Google [10][11]
Candy Crush Saga 500 million downloads[a] June 2014 Free-to-play April 12, 2012 King [13]
Among Us 500 million peak monthly players[e] November 2020 Free-to-play / pay-to-play[f] June 15, 2018 Innersloth [14]
Microsoft Solitaire 400 million July 2015 Free-to-play May 22, 1990 Microsoft [15]
Mini World 400 million[a] April 2020 Free-to-play December 26, 2015 Miniwan [16][better source needed]
Crazyracing Kartrider 380 million registered accounts March 2020 Free-to-play June 1, 2004 Nexon [17]
Fortnite 350 million registered accounts[a] May 2020 Free-to-play September 26, 2017 Epic Games [18]
Fantasy Westward Journey 310 million registered accounts April 2015 Free-to-play December 2001 NetEase [19]
RuneScape 280 million registered accounts April 2020 Subscription / free-to-play January 4, 2001 Jagex [20]
Rules of Survival 230 million[a] October 2018 Free-to-play November 17, 2017 NetEase [21]
Roblox 202 million peak monthly players April 2021 Free-to-play August 27, 2006 Roblox Corporation [22]
Club Penguin 200 million registered accounts July 2013 Free-to-play October 2005 Disney Interactive Studios [23]
Dragon Nest 200 million March 2013 Free-to-play March 2010 Nexon [24]
MapleStory 180 million registered accounts March 2020 Free-to-play April 29, 2003 Nexon [17]
Tetris 177 million[a] September 2008 Pay-to-play / free-to-play June 6, 1984 Various [25]
Animal Jam 160 million October 2017 Free-to-play September 2010 WildWorks [26]
World of Tanks 160 million April 2020 Free-to-play August 12, 2010 Wargaming [27]
Grand Theft Auto V 140 million February 2021 Pay-to-play October 1, 2013 Rockstar Games [28]
Apex Legends 130 million February 2022 Free-to-play February 4, 2019 Electronic Arts [29]
The Legend of Mir 3 120 million registered accounts February 2012 Subscription October 2004 WeMade Entertainment [30]
League of Legends 111 million peak monthly players August 2018 Free-to-play October 27, 2009 Riot Games [31]
Transformice 100 million registered accounts April 2019 Free-to-play May 1, 2010 Atelier 801 [32]
World of Warcraft 100 million registered accounts January 2014 Subscription / pay-to-play[g] November 23, 2004 Blizzard Entertainment [33]
CityVille 100 million[a] October 2011 Free-to-play December 2, 2010 Zynga [34]
Happy Farm 100 million[a] August 2013 Free-to-play November 2008 5 Minutes [35]
Scions of Fate 100 million registered accounts April 2018 Free-to-play November 25, 2004 KRG Soft [36]
The Sims Social 100 million October 2011 Free-to-play August 9, 2011 Electronic Arts [34]
Zhengtu 100 million registered accounts April 2018 Free-to-play 2007 Zhengtu Network [37]
Microsoft Solitaire Collection 100 million August 2016 Free-to-play July 29, 2015 Microsoft [38]
Hearthstone 100 million November 2018 Free-to-play March 11, 2014 Blizzard Entertainment [39]
Call of Duty: Warzone 100 million[h] April 2021 Free-to-play March 20, 2020 Activision Blizzard [40]
FarmVille 83 million peak monthly players[a] March 2010 Free-to-play June 19, 2009 Zynga [41]
Westward Journey Online II 83 million registered accounts November 2006 Free-to-play 2001 NetEase [42]
Ragnarok Online 80 million registered accounts April 2018 Subscription[i] August 31, 2002 Gravity [30]
Moshi Monsters 80 million registered accounts July 2014 Free-to-play April 16, 2008 Mind Candy [43]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 80 million[a] November 2018 Free-to-play November 17, 2016 Konami [44]
Dragon Oath 75 million registered accounts February 2010 Free-to-play 2007 KRG Soft [45]
Rocket League 75 million July 7, 2020 Free-to-play[j] July 7, 2015 Psyonix [46]
Dofus 62 million registered accounts April 2018 Subscription[i] September 2004 Ankama [30]
Adopt Me! 60 million peak monthly players May 2021 Free-to-play July 14, 2017 Uplift Games [47]
Flyff 60 million registered accounts April 2018 Free-to-play August 16, 2004 Gala Lab [48]
Fall Guys 50 million July 2022 Free-to-play[k] August 4, 2020 Epic Games [49]
Overwatch 50 million November 2019 Pay-to-play May 24, 2016 Blizzard Entertainment [50]
Lineage 50 million March 2007 Subscription September 3, 1998 NCSoft [51]
Perfect World 50 million registered accounts April 2018 Free-to-play July 2005 Beijing Perfect World [30]
Team Fortress 2 50 million owners on Steam[l] July 2018 Free-to-play October 10, 2007 Valve [52]
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 50 million registered accounts September 2019 Pay-to-play December 1, 2015 Ubisoft [53]
Warframe 50 million registered accounts March 2019 Free-to-play March 25, 2013 Digital Extremes [54]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 46 million owners on Steam[l] July 2018 Free-to-play[m] August 21, 2012 Valve [52]
FarmVille 2 43 million peak monthly players[a] December 2012 Free-to-play September 2012 Zynga [55]
The Sims 4 36 million May 2021 Free-to-play[n] September 2, 2014 Electronic Arts [56]
Drakensang Online 35 million registered accounts April 2018 Free-to-play August 2011 Bigpoint [37]
FIFA 20 35 million November 2020 Pay-to-play September 27, 2019 EA Sports [57]
Teamfight Tactics 33 million monthly players September 2019 Free-to-play June 26, 2019 Riot Games [58]
Evony 33 million registered accounts October 2016 Free-to-play May 6, 2009 Evony LLC [59]
FIFA 18 32.5 million[o] December 2018 Pay-to-play September 29, 2017 EA Sports [60]
FIFA 21 31 million August 2021 Pay-to-play October 9, 2020 EA Sports [61]
Pac-Man 30 million peak monthly US players 1982 Pay-to-play May 21, 1980 Namco [62]
Black Desert Online 30 million[a] January 2020 Pay-to-play July 14, 2015 Kakao Games [63]
FIFA 17 30 million[o] December 2018 Pay-to-play September 27, 2016 EA Sports [60]
Sea of Thieves 30 million June 2022 Pay-to-play March 20, 2018 Rare [64]
Metal Slug Defense 29 million[a] February 2016 Free-to-play May 1, 2014 SNK [65]
FIFA 16 28.3 million[o] December 2018 Pay-to-play September 22, 2015 EA Sports [60]
TERA 28 million 2018 Free-to-play[p] January 25, 2011 Bluehole [66]
Unturned 27 million owners on Steam[l] July 2018 Free-to-play July 7, 2017 Smartly Dressed Games [52]
GetAmped 26 million registered accounts October 2008 Free-to-play April 26, 2002 CyberStep [67]
Overwatch 2 25 million October 2022 Free-to-play October 4, 2022 Blizzard Entertainment [68]
Street Fighter II 25 million US players 1994 Pay-to-play February 6, 1991 Capcom [69]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Includes mobile players.
  2. ^ PUBG: Battlegrounds
  3. ^ a b c NetEase publishes the free-to-play version in China, which accounts for 500 million players.
  4. ^ Estimates range from 505 million peak daily players[10][11] to over 1 billion total players.[12]
  5. ^ Free-to-play mobile version accounts for 97% of players. Pay-to-play PC version accounts for 3% of players.
  6. ^ Mobile version is free-to-play. PC version is pay-to-play.
  7. ^ Monthly subscription business model in Western markets, and an alternative pay-to-play business model in Asian markets.
  8. ^ Player count based upon PS4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows
  9. ^ a b Includes a free-to-play trial option.
  10. ^ Was previously pay-to-play until September 2020
  11. ^ Was previously pay-to-play until June 2022
  12. ^ a b c Not official; the numbers were estimated following a Steam API data leak in July 2018, which gave player ownership estimates for games on the platform that have achievements.
  13. ^ Was previously pay-to-play until December 2018
  14. ^ Was previously pay-to-play until October 2022
  15. ^ a b c Not official; the numbers were estimated by using public player trophy data shown by the "My PS4 Life" service in December 2018.
  16. ^ Formerly used a subscription business model before going free-to-play

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