It hasn’t even been half a year yet, but quite a few big hits have already been released, including Horizon Forbidden West , Dying Light 2 , Elden Ring , and Pokemon Legends: Arceus. However, what gamers played the most in the first quarter of 2022? This was told by the analytical firm NPD Group. Spoiler: This is not Elden Ring.

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Elden Ring is without a doubt one of the biggest releases of the year. The game broke records of sales speed among FromSoftware projects and received a very high rating on Metacritic. In the end, it will certainly take many Game of the Year awards from various publications. One would assume that it was played most often. However, according to the NPD Group report, this is not the case.

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Elden Ring unexpectedly ranked only 20th in the list of the most played games of the first quarter of 2022 in the US. According to analyst Mat Piscatella (Mat Piscatella), role-playing action from FromSoftware ahead of such projects as Call of Duty: Vanguard , Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Fortnite and Minecraft.

Keep in mind that Elden Ring was released at the end of February, so only one month of the game’s existence was counted in this report.