Database: Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, Activision-Blizzard-King, Game Pass playercounts

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Playercounts (Xbox/PC)

• Forza Horizon 5: 34 million in 23 months (2021 to 2023)

Spoiler: Forza Horizon 5

November 5: EA
November 9: launch
+1 day: 4.5 million
+10 days: 10 million
+15 days: 11 million
+1 month: 12 million
+2 months: 15 million
+7 months: 20 million
+11 months: 24 million
+22 months: 33 million
+23 months: 34 million (September 2023)

• Sea of Thieves: 30 million in 50 months (2018 to 2022)

Spoiler: Sea of Thieves

March 20: launch
+2 days: 1 million
+7 days: 2 million
+21 months: 10 million
+27 months: 15 million
+36 months: 20 million
+43 months: 25 million
+50 months: 30 million (June 2022)

• Forza Horizon 4: 24 million in 24 months (2018 to 2020)

Spoiler: Forza Horizon 4

September 28: EA
October 2: launch
+7 days: 2 million
+3 months: 7 million
+8 months: 10 million
+11 months: 12 million
+29 months: 24 million (March 2021)

• Halo Infinite: 20 million in 2 months (2021 to 2022 / Multiplayer is F2P)
• Grounded: 15 million in 28 months (2020 to 2022)

Spoiler: Grounded

July 28, 2020: EA
+1 day: 2 million
+18 months: 10 million
September 27, 2022: launch
+27 months: 13 million
+28 months: 15 million (December 2022)

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020: 12 million in 34 months (2020 to 2023, released in 2021 on console)

Spoiler: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

August 18, 2020: launch (PC)
+2 weeks: 1 million
+3 months: 2 million
+27 months: 10 million
+34 months: 12 million

• Starfield: 11 million in a month (2023)

Spoiler: Starfield

September 1st: EA
September 6: launch
+2 days: 6 million
+13 days: 10 million
+1 month: 11 million (September 2023)

• State of Decay 2: 11 million in 50 months (2018 to 2022)

Spoiler: State of Decay 2

May 18: launch
+2 days: 1 million
+2 weeks: 2 million
+1 month: 3 million
+10 months: 5 million
+48 months: 10 million
+51 months: 11 million (September 2022)

• Halo MCC (Game Pass PC + Steam only): 10 million in 16 months (2019 to 2021)
• Killer Instinct: 10 million in 46 months (2013 to 2017)
• High on Life: 7.5 million in 4 months (2022 to 2023)
• Descenders (Game Pass numbers only): 4 million in 24 months (2019 to 2021)
• Gears 5: 3 million during opening weekend (2019)
• Hi-Fi Rush: 3 million in 7 months (2023)

Spoiler: Hi-Fi Rush

January 25: launch
+1 month: 2 million
+6 months: 3 million

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps: 2.8 million in 8 months (2020)
• Redfall: at least 2 million in 1 month (2023)
• Scorn: 2 million in 8 months (2022 to 2023)
• Battletoads: 1 million in 2 months (2020)
• Chivarly 2: 500k in 3 days (2022)
• Ravenlock: 250k in a week (2023)
• Let’s build a zoo: 250k in a week (2022)
• Rain on Your Parade: 150k in a week (2021)
• [Never joined Game Pass] Forza Horizon 3: 10 million players in 23 months (2016 to 2018)

Games (1st-party or 3rd-party) that showed up on Game Pass but were also released on PlayStation:

• Minecraft Dungeons: 25 million in 40 months (2020 to 2023, Day One Game Pass ) + Switch

Spoiler: Minecraft Dungeons

May 26: launch
+8 months: 10 million
+12 months: 11.5 million
+20 months: 15 million
+40 months: 25 million (September 2023)

• The Elder Scrolls Online: 22 million in 9 years (2014 to 2023) (not on Game Pass PC)

Spoiler: The Elder Scrolls Online

April 14, 2014: launch (PC)
June 15, 2015: launch (Console)
+42 months: 10 million
+50 months: 11 million
+62 months: 13.5 million
+69 months: 15 million
+81 months: 18 million
+89 months: 19 million
+93 months: 20 million
+99 months: 21 million
+108 months: 22 million (April 2023)

• Fallout 76: 16 million in 57 months (2018 to 2023)

Spoiler: Fallout 76

Launch: November 14
+36 months: 11 million
+42 months: 12 million
+46 months: 13 million
+49 months: 13.5 million
+54 months: 15 million
+57 months: 16 million (August 2023)

• Back 4 Blood: 10 million in 4 months (2021 to 2022, Day One Game Pass)

Spoiler: Back 4 Blood

October 7: EA
October 12: launch
+14 days: 6 million
+4 months: 10 million (March 2022)

• SnowRunner: 10 million in 34 months (2020 to 2023)
• Metro Exodus: 10 million in 51 months (2019 to 2020)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: 8 million in 12 months (2021 to 2022)
• PowerWash Simulator: 7 million in 10 months (2022, Day One Game Pass)
• Hellblade: 6.3 million in 48 months (2017 to 2021)
• Ghostwire Tokyo: 6 million in 17 months (2022 to 2023, 1-year exclusive on PS5)

Spoiler: Ghostwire Tokyo

March 25, 2022: launch (PS5/PC)
April 12, 2023: launch (Xbox Series)
+13 months: 4 million
+14 months: 5 million
+17 months: 6 million (September 2023)

• Atomic Heart: 5 million in 3 weeks (2023, Day One Game Pass)
• Rainbow Six Extraction: 5 million in 1 month (2022, Day One Game Pass)
• DEATHLOOP: 5 million in 17 months (2021 to 2023, 1-year exclusive on PS5)
• Two Point Hospital: 5 million in 45 months (2018 to 2022) (+Switch)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 4 million in a month (2023, Day One Game Pass)

Spoiler: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

August 18: launch
+1 day: 1 million
+1 month: 4 million

• MLB The Show 21: 4 million in 3 months (2021, Day One Game Pass, with 2M copies sold on PS/Xbox so assuming ~2M players through Game Pass)
• Wo Long Fallen Dynasty: 3.8 million in 1.5 month (2023, Day One Game Pass)
• Outriders: 3.5 million in 1 month (2021, Day One Game Pass )
• PAYDAY3: 3 million in 9 days (2023, Day One Game Pass)
• Minecraft Legends: 3 million in 10 days (2023, Day One Game Pass)
• Scarlet Nexus: 2 million in 9 months (2021 to 2022)
• Wasteland 3: 2 million in 15 months (2020 to 2021, Day One Game Pass )

Spoiler: Wasteland 3

August 27: launch
+2 months: 1 million
+15 months: 2 million

• Exoprimal: 1 million in 10 days (2023, Day One Game Pass)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley: 1 million in 10 days (2022, Day One Game Pass) (+Switch)
• A Plague Tale Requiem: 1 million in 1 week (2022, Day One Game Pass) (+Switch)
• Two Point Campus: 1 million in 3 weeks (2022, Day One Game Pass) (+Switch)
• Metal Hellsinger: 1 million in 3 months (2022, Day One Game Pass)
• Escape Academy: 1 million in 3.5 months (2022, Day One Game Pass)
• Weird West: 400k players in 2 weeks (2022, Day One Game Pass)
• Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2: 200k in 1 day (2023, Day One Game Pass)

Minecraft:

• Minecraft: 141 million Monthly Active Users in August 2021

Activision-Blizzard’s F2Ps:

• Call of Duty Warzone: 125 million players in 26 months (2020 to 2022)

Spoiler: Call of Duty Warzone

March 10: launch
+1 day: 6 million
+4 days: 15 million
+10 days: 30 million
+1 month: 50 million
+13 months: 100 million (April 2021)
+24 months: 125 million (September 2022)

• Overwatch 2: 40 million players in 2 months (2022)

Spoiler: Overwatch 2

October 4: launch
+10 days: 25 million
+1 month: 35 million
+4 months: 40 million (February 2023)

• Call of Duty Warzone 2.0: 25 million players in 5 days (2022)

Spoiler: Call of Duty Warzone 2.0

November 14: launch
+5 days: 25 million

Other Activision-Blizzard titles (playercounts):

• World of Warcraft: 100 million players in 110 months (2004 to 2014)
• Diablo 3: 65 million players in 120 months (2012 to 2022)
• Overwatch: 60 million players in 60 months (2016 to 2021)

Spoiler: Overwatch

May 24: launch
+10 days: 7 million
+3 weeks: 10 million
+2 months: 15 million
+4 months: 20 million
+8 months: 25 million
+16 months: 35 million
+21 months: 40 million
+59 months: 60 million (April 2021)

• Diablo IV: 12 million players in 2 months (2023)

Mobile:

• Candy Crush: $20 billion generated since 2020, 5 billion downloads
• Call of Duty Mobile: 650 million in 31 months (2019 to 2022)
• Minecraft (mobile + PC, China only): 400 million as of 2020 (+100 million added during the year 2020)
• King games: 238 million Monthly Active Users (Q2 2023)
• Fallout Shelter (mobile + consoles/PC): 180 million in 6 years (2015 to 2021)
• Heartstone (mobile + PC): 100 million in ~4.5 years (2014 to 2018)
• Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!: 33 million in 2 weeks (2021)
• Diablo Immortal (mobile + PC): 30 million in 2 month (2022)

Miscellaneous (number of units sold):

• Minecraft: 300 million as of October 2023
• Halo franchise: 81 million as of February 2021
• Fallout franchise: 55 million as of July 2020
• Elder Scrolls franchise: 54 million as of July 2020
• Gears of War franchise: 40 million as of 2019
• DOOM franchise: 10 million as of July 2020
• Skyrim (2011): 60 million sold as of June 2023

Spoiler: Skyrim

November 11: launch
+2 days: 3.5 million sold
+1 month: 10 million shipped
+26 months: 20 million sold (January 2014)
+60 months: 30 million sold (November 2016)
+104 months: 40 million shipped (July 2020)
+139 months: 60 million sold (June 2023)

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019): 30 million sold as of September 2020
• Fallout 4 (2015): 25 million shipped as of July 2020

Spoiler: Fallout 4

November 15: launch
+1 day: 12 million shipped
+56 months: 25 million shipped (July 2020)

• Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2018): 10 million as of February 2019
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018): 10 million as of September 2023
• Sea of Thieves (2018): 5 million on Steam as of December 2021
• The Outer Worlds (2019): 5 million as of May 2023

Spoiler: The Outer Worlds

October 25: launch
+3 months: 2 million shipped
+18 months: 3 million shipped
+21 months: 4 million shipped
+42 months: 5 million shipped (May 2023)

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: $1 billion generated in 10 days
• DOOM Eternal: $450 million generated in 9 months (rumor)

 

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Updated:

Candy Crush ($20B revenues / 5B downloads)
Minecraft (300M sold)
Forza Horizon 5 (34M players)
Minecraft Dungeons (25M players)
Starfield (11M players)
PAYDAY3 (3M players)