Essays 08 May 2023, 11:06

What's the Most Popular Game? List of Most-played Video Games

Call of Duty, Minecraft, or Red Dead Redemption 2? The most popular games in the world are much less obvious than it might seem to regular players.

Crossfire

Scale of popularity:

A billion registered accounts in 80 countries (as of February 2020);
4th place on the list of the highest-earning PC games in 2019 according to the SuperData report;
up to 240 million active players monthly (as of the end of 2020).

We are not surprised if you've never heard of the tactical shooter Crossfire, which debuted all the way back in 2007 – even if you thin you've got your ear to the ground in video games. Meanwhile, one billion registered accounts make this title number one when it comes to the number of created player accounts in large (meaning not prepared exclusively for the mobile market) productions.

Many people haven't ever heard of the game by Smilegate Entertainment. Both in Europe, and in the States. The game claimed all of its popularity in Asia, especially in China and South Korea, where it became the Asian equivalent of Counter-Strike. The game's attempts to expand to the West failed largely exactly because of the dominance of the game from Valve.

In 2017, Crossfire the number of concurrent online users peaked at 8 million players, and the game, despite being a free-to-play, earned $1.4 billion during that year. The developers did not boast the maximum number of people logged in at the same time in 2018, but since then, the title earned another $1.5 billion – which means the figure should be more or less the same.

It's hard to find current stats right now. It's only known that relatively few people play Crossfire in Europe. Players over there seem to prefer CS:GO.

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