Newzoo: Top 20 PC/Console Games of April 2024 by Revenue and MAU
Fallout benefitted from the TV series; Manor Lords had a huge launch.
Newzoo tracks the USA, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France data.
Revenue - All Platforms
Fortnite, the Call of Duty series, and EA Sports FC 24 were the revenue leaders in April.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor managed to climb 59 positions to reach 9th place in revenue. A 55% discount on Xbox helped.
Diablo IV saw significant growth in April, taking 5th place in revenue. The positive changes were influenced by recent updates.
Manor Lords is the only new entry in the top 20. The game, released by Hooded Horse, debuted at 16th place on the chart.
Revenue - by Platforms
Manor Lords (#5) and Content Warning (#12) were the main new entries in April on PC. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Island 2, and Fallout 76 also showed good performance.
Three new entries appeared on the PlayStation chart, two of which were from Microsoft: Sea of Thieves (#7 in platform revenue) and Grounded (#20). Stellar Blade took 12th place.
There were no new entries on Xbox, and the sales dynamics mirrored other platforms.
On Nintendo Switch, everything remained stable, with Grounded being the only new game in the top 20 revenue chart.
MAU - All Platforms
The main significant change in the MAU ranking was the appearance of Fallout 4. The game jumped 81 positions to take 13th place, thanks to the release of the series.
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Helldivers II started to decline. The game dropped 3 positions in the overall ranking.
The leaders remain the same: Fortnite, Call of Duty, Minecraft, Roblox, and Grand Theft Auto V.
MAU - by Platforms
Content Warning entered the top 20 MAU on PC, taking 19th place.
Fallout 4 took 13th place in MAU on PlayStation in April.
On Xbox, besides Fallout 4's success, Fallout 76 also saw a significant rise in the rankings.
There were almost no changes on Nintendo Switch, as the PC/Console-first Fallout games (Fallout Shelter is not it) have not been released on this platform.