Sci-fi muder thriller Amongst Us noticed its reputation soar once more final month after it lastly got here to Xbox and PlayStation. On PS4 and PS5 particularly, it was essentially the most downloaded sport for December, beating out Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Name of Obligation: Vanguard for the highest spot. Nothing sus about that.
The 2018 sport about murdering your folks after which voting harmless gamers out the house ship airlock hit PS4, PS5, and Recreation Cross with cross-play on December 14. That was a very long time after it had come to Nintendo Change, and even longer because it belatedly grew to become a mega-hit on PC and cell throughout the first 12 months of covid-19. After all, the pandemic remains to be round, and because of the Omicron variant is inflicting new spikes in an infection charges. So possibly it was excellent timing in spite of everything, as a brand new swathe of players had been staying indoors.
Listed below are the complete top download lists for final month:
PS4
- Amongst Us
- Name of Obligation: Vanguard
- GTA V
- Madden 22
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Spider-Man: Recreation of the 12 months Version
- NBA 2K22
- 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Safety Breach
- Minecraft
- FIFA 22
PS5
- Amongst Us
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Name of Obligation: Vanguard
- 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Safety Breach
- NBA 2K22
- Madden 22
- Battlefield 2042
- Murderer’s Creed Valhalla
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- It Takes Two
It’s value noting that Amongst Us is barely $5, whereas the remainder of these video games price a lot, way more. Nonetheless, it’s the one indie sport within the high 5 on PS4, and one among solely a pair on both full checklist.
The lists are additionally good reminders of the truth of which video games promote essentially the most on PS4 and PS5: third-party ones. Apart from 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, most of the high downloads are the same old suspects. Whereas that’s hardly surprising, it’s an fascinating context to bear in mind the subsequent time the web breaks out its pitchforks and torches to match gross sales of the most recent first-party Sony sport with Days Gone, which appears destined to occur at the very least each few months at this level.