Rocket League Was PS4's Most Downloaded Game in 2016

A year after release.

By Joe Skrebels

Sony has revealed that Rocket League - the indie sensation released in 2015 - was the most downloaded game on the PS Store in 2016.

The soccer-with-cars competitive game topped the all-formats lists in the EU, and in North America, presumably down to its series of free DLC updates, $20 price point, and repeated appearance in sales.

We called Rocket League "a fast, fluid, absurdly good time" when it came out, and its enduring popularity is best shown by the fact that we recently called its latest port one of the best Xbox One games of 2016.

There were more surprises to be found in other categories, too. In North America, Job Simulator beat out Batman VR to become the most downloaded PSVR game since release, while Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth beat Minecraft to top the Vita list.

The top 20 most downloaded PS4 games in North America were as follows:

1. 1. Rocket League
2. 2. Battlefield 1
3. 3. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
4. 4. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
5. 5. Tom Clancy’s The Division
6. 6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. 7. Overwatch: Origins Edition
8. 8. Battlefield 4
9. 9. No Man’s Sky
10. 10. EA Sports FIFA 17
11. 11. NBA 2K17
12. 12. Need for Speed
13. 13. Star Wars Battlefront
14. 14. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
15. 15. Battlefield Hardline
16. 16. Madden NFL 17
17. 17. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
18. 18. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
19. 19. The Last Of Us Remastered
20. 20. Final Fantasy XV

You can see charts for PSVR, PS3, PS Vita and more on the PS Blog.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he is not allowed in cars anymore after Rocket League broke his brain. Follow him on Twitter.

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