Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto dominate March playtime in the US
Circana data shows three titles were the most played games across PlayStation and Xbox, while Helldivers 2 led on Steam
Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto 5 and a trio of Call of Duty titles were consistently the most played games across consoles in the US last month.
Circana has started included engagement rankings alongside its monthly report on US spending, and reports that Fortnite was the biggest game base on monthly active users on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles.
On both consoles, Call of Duty HQ — accounting for activity across Warzone 2.0, Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 — came in second, followed by the remastered version of Grand Theft Auto 5.
However, it's Sony's Helldivers 2 that led the way on Steam, followed by Valve's own Counter-Strike 2.
These rankings echoed those compiled by Newzoo for six European markets, although Minecraft ranks higher in those territories.
It also further demonstrates a recent Newzoo report showing titles that are six years old or older accounted for 60% of all playtime in 2023.
The only newly released titles to make it into Circana's rankings were Sony's MLB: The Show 24 (amusingly, No.1 on Xbox Series) and Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 (No.6 on Steam).
Below are the ten most played games on PlayStation 5 based on monthly active users:
* Call of Duty HQ includes Warzone 2.0, Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3
| This month | Last month | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fortnite | Epic Games |
| 2 | 2 | Call of Duty HQ* | Activision |
| 3 | 3 | Grand Theft Auto 5 Remastered | Rockstar Games |
| 4 | 4 | NBA 2K24 | 2K Sports |
| 5 | 7 | Helldivers 2 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 6 | 5 | Madden NFL 24 | Electronic Arts |
| 7 | 6 | Roblox | Roblox Corporation |
| 8 | 8 | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 9 | 151 | Sifu | Sloclap |
| 10 | 10 | Minecraft | Mojang Studios / Xbox |
Below are the top ten most played games on Xbox Series X|S:
| This month | Last month | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fortnite | Epic Games |
| 2 | 2 | Call of Duty HQ* | Activision |
| 3 | 5 | Grand Theft Auto 5 Remastered | Rockstar Games |
| 4 | 6 | Roblox | Roblox Corporation |
| 5 | 7 | Minecraft | Mojang, Xbox Game Studios |
| 6 | 4 | Madden NFL 24 | Electronic Arts |
| 7 | 11 | NBA 2K24 | 2K Sports |
| 8 | 9 | Rainbow Six: Siege | Ubisoft |
| 9 | 8 | Dead Island 2 | Deep Silver |
| 10 | NEW | MLB: The Show 24 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
Below are the most played Steam games for March 2024:
| This month | Last month | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Helldivers 2 | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| 2 | 3 | Counter-Strike 2 | Valve |
| 3 | 5 | Badur's Gate 3 | Larian Studios |
| 4 | 19 | Balatro | PlayStack |
| 5 | 14 | Rainbow Six: Siege | Ubisoft |
| 6 | NEW | Dragon's Dogma 2 | Capcom |
| 7 | 54 | Stardew Valley | Chuclefish |
| 8 | 7 | Last Epoch | Eleventh Hour Games |
| 9 | 8 | Rocket League | Psyonix |
| 10 | 10 | Elden Ring | Bandai Namco |