What is the most popular video game in the world? The answer to the question changes with the change of time. This article abstracted by minitool.com collects the top items of the most popular video games of different times as well as more information.
Most Popular Video Games Right Now 2022
The following is a list of current popular video games to be played this year.
- Call of Duty: Warzone (Modern Warfare)
- Minecraft
- Fortnite
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Super Smash Bros: Ultimate
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Overwatch
- Rocket League
- Roblox
- League of Legends
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Spider-Man (2018)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Super Smash Bros
Top 10 Most Popular Video Games 2021
These are ten of the video games that most played in 2021.
- Call of Duty Warzone
- Minecraft
- Animal Crossing: New Horizon
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- League of Legends
- Valorant
- Genshin Impact
- Outriders
- Valheim
- Apex Legends
Popular Video Games 2020
Below are the top ten most popular video games in 2020.
- Hades
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Last of Us Part II
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Fall Guys
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2
Most Popular Video Games of All Time
Below are the most popular video games ever.
- Minecraft
- Tetris
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Wii Sports
- Players Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Super Mario Bros
- Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow
- Wii Fit & Wii Fit Plus
- Mario Kart Wii
- Wii Sports Resort
- New Super Mario Bros
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Diablo III & Reaper of Souls
- Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal
- Duck Hunt
- Wii Play
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Terraria
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Popular Kids Video Games
The following are the popular video games for kids of different age periods.
Popular Video Games for Ages 3+
- Super Mario Maker 2
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- LEGO Mfarvel Collection
- Mario Golf: Super Rush
- Rayman Legends
- Untitled Goose Game
- Peggle 2
Popular Video Games for Ages 5+
- Mario Party Superstars
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Minecraft
- Rocket League
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Unravel Two
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Terraria
- Star Wars: Episode I – Racer
- Kirby Fighters 2
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Popular Video Games for Teens (Ages 10+)
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Overcooked! 2
- Overwatch
- Sea of Thieves
- Fortnite
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Splatoon 2
- Stardew Valley
Popular 90s Video Games
- Super Mario World
- Final Fantasy III
- Road Rash
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- The Legend of Zelda
- Mortal Kombat
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Dune II
- Doom
- Virtua Fighter
Popular 80’s Video Games
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
2. Tetris (1984)
3. Pac-Man (1980)
4. Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
5. The Legend of Zelda (1986)
6. Elite (1984)
7. Donkey Kong (1981)
8. Metroid (1986)
9. Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
10. Mega Man 2 (1988)
11. SimCity (1989)
12. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! (1987)
13. Duck Hunt (1984)
14. Contra (1987)
15. Castlevania (1986)
16. Galaga (1981)
17. Pitfall! (1982)
18. Prince of Persia (1989)
19. Missile Command (1980)
20. Adventure (1980)
Popular Video Game Genres
- Shooter
- Action adventure
- Simulation
- Racing
- MOBA
- Battle royale
- Sports
- Strategy
- Puzzle platform
- Action platform
- Online board games
- Fighting
- Free-to-play casino
Popular Video Game Characters
Who is the most popular video game character?
- Mario
- Pikachu
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Lara Croft
- Pac-Man
- Master Chief
- Link
- Crash Bandicoot
- Kratos
- Solid Snake
- Z-shaped Tetris Block
- Ellie
- Geralt of Rivia
- Spyro
- Nathan Drake
- Agent 47
- Chun-Li
- Cloud
- Gordon Freeman
- Rayman
- Samus Aran
- Commander Shepard
- Glados
- Leon S Kennedy
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Big Daddy and Little Sister
- Sam Fisher
- Max Payne
- Arthur Morgan
- Guybrush Threepwood
Most Popular Actor in Video Games
- Stormzy (Watch Dogs)
- Marshkmello (Fortnite Battle Royale)
- Tré Cool (Green Day: Rock Band)
- Run The Jewels (Gears of War 4)
- Danny Trejo (Call of Duty Black Ops 4 / Far Cry 6)
- El-P (Gears of War 4)
- Killer Mike (Gears of War 4)
- Mike Dirnt (Green Day: Rock Band)
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day: Rock Band)
- Wolfgang Van Halen (Guitar Hero: Van Halen)
- Alex Van Halen (Guitar Hero: Van Halen)
- Eddie Van Halen (Guitar Hero: Van Halen)
- David Lee Roth (Guitar Hero: Van Halen)
- Adrian Young (Band Hero)
- Tony Kanal (Band Hero)
- Tom Dumont (Band Hero)
- Gwen Stefani (Band Hero)
- Adam Levine (Band Hero)
- Taylor Swift (Band Hero)
- Derek Smalls (Lego Rock Band)
Most Popular Video Game Franchises
- Mario
- Tetris
- Pokémon
- Call of Duty
- Super Mario
- Grand Theft Auto
- FIFA
- Minecraft
- Wii
- Lego
- The Sims
Most Popular Video Game Console
- PlayStation 2
- Nintendo DS
- Game Boy / Game Boy Color
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation
- Wii
- PlayStation 3
- Xbox 360
- Game Boy Advance
- PlayStation Portable
- Nintendo 3DS
- NES/Famicom
- Xbox One
- SNES / Super Famicom
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