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THE MOST PLAYED GAMES OF 2012
Welcome to Raptr’s second annual Most Played Games Awards,
the only awards based on what games people are actually playing.
These awards provide gameplay details on the most played new
releases of 2012 based on Raptr’s 15+ million users.
To determine winners, we used a combination of data points* that
we believe best capture how gamers invested their time, which
include:
• Total Playtime
• Average Total Playtime Per Person
• Average Session Length
*For more details on how we calculate winners and collect data, see our methodology slide.
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THE RAPTR AWARDS 2012
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Most Played New IP
Most Played Long-Awaited Sequel
Most Played XBLA Game
Most Played New Game
Most Played Game of 2012*
Most Successful Paid-to-F2P (Free-to-Play) Game
Biggest Boost From User-Generated Content
No Bathroom Break Award
*Includes games released pre-2012. This award is based on data from the entire year, rather than first month of release.
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MOST PLAYED NEW IP OF 2012
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This year’s new IP award was a tight race. Dishonored received the most total
playtime by a margin of less than 6%.
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TERA, however, proves that MMOs are still the king when looking at total playtime per
player. An average TERA player clocked 40 hours in the first month, 14% more than
the second place game, Dragon’s Dogma.
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Dragon’s Dogma won in the category for longest average session length at 3 hours.
Overall, Dragon’s Dogma had the highest average marks in each category.
Avg Playtime Per Person
40
30
20
10
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Avg Session Length
3
Hours
Hours
Hours
Total Playtime
2
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WINNER – DRAGON’S DOGMA
Fun fact: Apparently second time’s a charm: 9% of players have
beaten Dragon’s Dogma twice.
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MOST PLAYED LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL OF 2012
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Waiting more than two years for a sequel is painful, but these games below clearly
were worth it. Borderlands 2 stole the show with about 200% more total playtime than
its closest competitor, Diablo 3.
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As for average total playtime per person, the MMORPG Guild Wars 2 edged out both
Borderlands 2 and Diablo 3 by less than 3 hours total.
Avg Playtime Per Person
Avg Session Length
60
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40
2
20
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Hours
Hours
Hours
Total Playtime
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WINNER – BORDERLANDS 2
Fun fact: An average Borderlands 2 player logged 80 hours before
reaching level 50.
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MOST PLAYED XBLA GAME OF 2012
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Minecraft stole the show. The hit indie game launched on XBLA for the first time and
saw 350% more playtime than its closest competitor, Trials Evolution.
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If not for Minecraft, this would’ve been a pretty close battle between the remaining
games. Typically an XBLA game gets less than 10 hours of playtime in its opening
month.
Avg Session Length
Avg Playtime Per Person
25
20
15
10
5
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3
Hours
Hours
Hours
Total Playtime
2
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WINNER – MINECRAFT
Fun fact: 27% of players have tried to ride a pig in an attempt to fly.
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MOST PLAYED NEW GAME OF 2012
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The showdown for most played new game was intense this year. Black Ops 2 came
out ahead with an 11% margin for total playtime.
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However, when it came down to which game individual gamers invested the most
amount of their time playing, Borderlands 2 was the clear leader. The average
Borderlands 2 player logged 49 hours, almost 50% more than a Black Ops 2 player in
their respective opening months.
Avg Session Length
Avg Playtime Per Person
50
40
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20
10
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3
Hours
Hours
Hours
Total Playtime
2
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WINNER – BORDERLANDS 2
Fun fact: 11% of players completed all side missions.
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MOST PLAYED GAME OF 2012
(RELEASED ANYTIME)
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This new award recognizes that gamers are investing more time in games that
weren’t just released in the last year.
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While there is a mix of genres, platforms, and business models for the top games,
all these games constantly introduce new content and ongoing community
engagement activities to keep gamers engaged.
Avg Session Length
120
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80
60
40
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Hours
Avg Playtime Per Person
Hours
Hours
Total Playtime
2.5
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1.5
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WINNER – COD: MODERN WARFARE 3
Fun fact: What keeps gamers coming back for more is multi-player
combat. Only 57% of players have completed the single-player
campaign.
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MOST SUCCESSFUL PAID-TO-F2P GAME OF 2012
Avg Playtime Per Day
Total Playtime Per Day
2 Weeks Before and After
Going F2P
SWTOR Star Trek Everquest
Online
Before F2P
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Going Free-to-play (F2P) is a growing
trend, and like last year, a number of
popular games have made the switch
from play-to-play to F2P.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR)
saw the biggest increase in overall
playtime for its player base, with an
increase of 136% in playtime two weeks
after the switch to F2P.
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The showdown between Star Wars vs.
Star Trek isn’t even close. After the
switch to F2P for both games, overall
playtime for SWTOR was 168% higher
than STO.
Aion
After F2P
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WINNER – STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC
Fun fact: Talk about dedicated! The top 10% of Star Wars: The Old
Republic players have played over 250 hours!
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BIGGEST PLAYTIME BOOST FROM
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
Biggest Playtime Boost After
Major Release of
User-Generated Content
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Mod tools and user-generated
content have increased in popularity
in the gaming scene. This award
recognizes the games that saw the
biggest jump in playtime two weeks
after the release of either mod tools
or popular user-generated content.
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Portal 2 saw the biggest boost with
a 446% increase in daily playtime,
thanks to the release of mod tools
that allowed users to create their
own levels.
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WINNER – PORTAL 2
Fun fact: Not everyone is good at thinking with portals. Only 60% of
players have beaten Portal 2
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NO BATHROOM BREAK AWARD
Session Length Opening Day
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We’d like to take a moment this year to
award a game that suppressed nature’s
calling…to an extreme. This award gives
recognition to the game with the longest
playtime in one sitting on its opening day.
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This year, two games broke the ongoing
record for longest time played in one sitting,
averaging nearly 4 hours straight on their
respective opening days, with Borderlands
2 edging out the acclaimed RPG Mass
Effect 3 by the slimmest of wee margins.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown came in a close
second with 3.7 hours, followed by the two
FPS blockbusters, Halo 4 and Black Ops 2
at around 3.3 hours.
Hours
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WINNER –BORDERLANDS 2
Fun fact: About 50% of Borderlands 2 players have played Mass
Effect 3.
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RAPTR METHODOLOGY
Data used for these awards are from Raptr’s gameplay data tracking
service. Raptr is the leading community for gamers with more than 15
million users.
Raptr uses a proprietary formula to determine the winners of the most
played games of 2012. This formula is based on key statistics, including
total hours, average session length, and average playtime per person. The
most played games are determined based on a combination of total
playtime share and total individual playtime.
To create equal footing for comparison, all games are compared based on
the same time frames, typically defined as the first month after release.
Based on historical trends, first-month playtime data is a strong indicator of
a game’s overall performance.
Games on the Wii and PS3 platform are not factored into these awards,
due to data capturing restrictions.
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ABOUT RAPTR
Raptr is the leading community for gamers with 15 million users. Gamers love using
Raptr to connect with all things gaming, to track their gameplay activity, build their
gaming rep to see how they stack up against friends, and earn rewards for playing
games on console and PC. Over 40 game publishers use Raptr's Community
Platform to connect with our users and build a vibrant fan base around their games.
Created in 2007 by a world-class team led by CEO and founder Dennis Fong (cofounder of Xfire, Lithium, and Gamers.com), Raptr has raised more than $27 million
in funding from investors Accel Partners, Founder’s Fund, DAG Ventures, and
Tenaya Capital. For more information about Raptr, please visit http://raptr.com.
For inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].
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