Top 20 Most Played Switch Games of 2017 in North America (according to Nintendo)

Neoxon · Jan 5, 2018

Nintendo just put up a newsletter on the Switch's News section talking about the most played games of 2017 in North America. For reference, they are...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Super Mario Odyssey
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Splatoon 2
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Stardew Valley
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
ARMS
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
NBA 2K18
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch
Fire Emblem Warriors
Lego City Undercover
Sonic Mania
Pokkén Tournament DX
1-2-Switch
FIFA 18
Disgaea 5 Complete
Rocket League

And of course, here are the images.

Nintendo News said:

Source: Nintendo News (via the Switch's News section)

bmdubya · Jan 5, 2018

It's awesome to see Stardew up that high!

SinCityAssassin · Jan 5, 2018

How many parties are people going to where they're taking 1, 2 Switch out?

Snake Eater · Jan 5, 2018

Seems right, when I do see a switch in public it's usually Zelda I see being played

Mr Swine · Jan 5, 2018

Sad to see no Doom on that list but i'm glad that Skyrim made it!

ApeEscaper · Jan 5, 2018

I suspect Minecraft to be always top 10 seller on the systems

Ridley327 · Jan 5, 2018

Seeing BoI so high confirms that Nicalis was really damn smart for getting in on the Switch so early on.

Skittzo · Jan 5, 2018

I feel like I alone caused Skyrim and Binding of Isaac to be that high (closing in on 200h for both).

psychowave · Jan 5, 2018

Interesting, I would've expected Binding of Isaac to be lower and Rocket League to be higher. Very happy to see Stardew Valley up there with 1st party games and Minecraft.

Zalman · Jan 5, 2018

It's interesting to compare this to the best-sellers list they released a few weeks ago.

Deleted member 35598 · Jan 5, 2018

No surprise there. Maybe NBA 2K18, I didn't expect it that high.

Also the lack of Doom is not a good sign saleswise.

Toxi · Jan 5, 2018

Shocked at Rocket League being so low.

Ex-Actarus said:
No surprise there. Maybe NBA 2K18, I didn't expect it that high.

Also the lack of Doom is not a good sign saleswise.

Doom is a 20 hour linear single-player one-and-done campaign. So it's gonna rank lower on this sort of list.

Wamb0wneD · Jan 5, 2018

Rocket League is 20? What?

Donizetty · Jan 5, 2018

It's sad that Xenoblade 2 isn't there :(
I'm happy for FEW tho.

TripaSeca · Jan 5, 2018

Oh FIFA lost that 17th place to 1,2 Switch.
So much for the "greatest portable FIFA ever"
I hope that won't discourage the announcement of my sweet PES 2019 Switch

brambles13 · Jan 5, 2018

Awesome to see Stardew doing so well. Sonic being top 20 is nice too.

Escalario · Jan 5, 2018

Nice seeing Disgaea 5 on there. I hope NIS ports 1-4 for Switch in the next couple of years.

PCPace · Jan 5, 2018

Rocket league came out later in the year

foxuzamaki · Jan 5, 2018

Looking over and try I f to find Xenoblade

Skittzo · Jan 5, 2018

Toxi said:
Shocked at Rocket League being so low.

Doom is a 20 hour linear single-player one-and-done campaign. So it's gonna rank lower on this sort of list.

Wamb0wneD said:
Rocket League is 20? What?

Keep in mind this is for the full year, and RL just launched a month and a half ago. Skyrim is just up there because it's Skyrim. Enormous game.

Zalman · Jan 5, 2018

The biggest surprise to me here is Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 being so high.

Neoxon · Jan 5, 2018

Donizetty said:
It's sad that Xenoblade 2 isn't there :(
I'm happy for FEW tho.

foxuzamaki said:
Looking over and try I f to find Xenoblade

To be fair, Xenoblade 2 came out near the end of 2017.

DarkSora · Jan 5, 2018

Surprised not to see DOOM on there.

Been playing multi-player every day since release and always find people online.

TripaSeca · Jan 5, 2018

Wamb0wneD said:
Rocket League is 20? What?

I guess this list is of hours played so Rocket league has the disadvantage of being more recent...

skullwaker · Jan 5, 2018

It's really interesting to see the inclusion of FE Warriors, Disgaea 5 and Dragon Ball XV2 considering their absence from the best sellers list released a couple weeks ago.

Skyrim already being that high is pretty damn impressive considering it's the most recent game to release, at least I think so.

Enforced · Jan 5, 2018

I expected Mario Kart 8 Deluxe being the top. Nice to see ARMS is on 8.

Garf02 · Jan 5, 2018

>1-2Switch
>Above FIFA 18
and everything is right in the world

Wamb0wneD · Jan 5, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
Keep in mind this is for the full year, and RL just launched a month and a half ago. Skyrim is just up there because it's Skyrim. Enormous game.

TripaSeca said:
I guess this list is of hours played so Rocket league has the disadvantage of being more recent...

Even then the game is addicting and multiplayer with a strong fanbase. Well, let's see how it pans out.

psychowave · Jan 5, 2018

skullwaker said:
It's really interesting to see the inclusion of FE Warriors, Disgaea 5 and Dragon Ball XV2 considering their absence from the best sellers list released a couple weeks ago.

I suppose the people who buy those games are the kind of "core" gamers who would play them for many, many hours.

Kangi · Jan 5, 2018

Surprised people managed to clock that many hours into 1-2-Switch. Unsurprised by Stardew Valley.

Lunar15 · Jan 5, 2018

Very curious to see the actual numbers: What's the dropoff?

Deleted member 5764 · Jan 5, 2018

I'm really surprised to see Mario Odyssey so high on the list! I put 45 hours in to complete everything, but I wouldn't think that'd mean so much in the long run. Especially compared to an "evergreen" game like MK8D that came out much earlier in the year.

I guess a ton of people got a Switch with Mario for the holiday!

Neoxon · Jan 5, 2018

Enforced said:
I expected Mario Kart 8 Deluxe being the top. Nice to see ARMS is on 8.

Yeah, it's good to see ARMS in the Top 10.

Donizetty · Jan 5, 2018

Neoxon said:
To be fair, Xenoblade 2 came out near the end of 2017.

I know, but Rocket League is in the same situation and it did rank

Neoxon · Jan 5, 2018

Donizetty said:
I know, but Rocket League is in the same situation and it did rank

Yeah, at the very bottom. If you couple that with the fact that JRPGs are a niche genre in general, you can understand how Xenoblade 2 didn't rank in the Top 20 for 2017.

Zedark · Jan 5, 2018

Can't say doom missing is that big of a surprise to me: it released only a month and a half ago, compared to other games being out for multiple months, and it also is a short experience for the most part, so that limits it in this list ranking.

Donizetty said:
I know, but Rocket League is in the same situation and it did rank

Rocket League is 40 million unit franchise, though. It has probably a lot more units.

Skittzo · Jan 5, 2018

Donizetty said:
I know, but Rocket League is in the same situation and it did rank

It likely sold a lot, lot more than Xenoblade 2. Skyrim also probably sold way more.

Papaya · Jan 5, 2018

Not surprised at all to see Splatoon and Zelda so high. I have atleast 6 friends with +200 hours in either. 1 of each has 400 plus :0

Zedark · Jan 5, 2018

ARMS number is probably quite good, but I'm positive half of that number comes from GoreMagala

Deleted member 2793 · Jan 5, 2018

Puyo Puyo Tetris demo was robbed.

Deleted member 4037 · Jan 5, 2018

1-2-switch is criminally low

Poutine Runner 2049 · Jan 5, 2018

Binding of Isaac up there. Great timing getting it out early.

Kangi · Jan 5, 2018

Heartskips said:
Puyo Puyo Tetris demo was robbed.

I'm pretty sure that's actually my #3 behind Stardew and Zelda.

Neoxon · Jan 5, 2018

Heartskips said:
Puyo Puyo Tetris demo was robbed.

I'm not gonna lie, I actually did play the shit out of that demo early in the Switch's life.

IrishNinja · Jan 5, 2018

WONDER BOY WAS ROBBED

skullwaker · Jan 5, 2018

psychowave said:
I suppose the people who buy those games are the kind of "core" gamers who would play them for many, many hours.

Definitely.

Also curious that Bomberman isn't listed here, despite being a launch title (and one that sold quite well last we heard).

Gotdatmoney · Jan 5, 2018

Donizetty said:
It's sad that Xenoblade 2 isn't there :(
I'm happy for FEW tho.

If you looked at their best seller list Xenoblade 2 was on it. That basically says it didn't have enough time to accumulate hours. Which is to say it came out too late. Lots of games on that list sold less than it.

Mediking · Jan 5, 2018

All great games.

Xenoverse 2 on Switch was so addicting. Lol

Argot · Jan 5, 2018

Couple of thoughts:
-Pretty good results for NBA. Wonder if the disparity between it and FIFA is just based of success of both franchises in NA + release timing or whether it indicates Switch owners are willing to take a hit on performance to maintain feature parity.
-Very good result for Sonic Mania considering it isn't going to be a 100+ hour timesink for most people like a lot of the examples provided

LegendofLex · Jan 5, 2018

It's an incredibly good thing that the two high-profile sports games on Switch both charted here.

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