Twitch: The most popular game releases of 2024 (so far)

We are almost at the end of April and we continue to look at what the first quarter of 2024 delivered to the gaming world: major releases that became quite popular on streaming. And on Twitch, some titles stood out among these grand launches.

As the main platform for live streaming games, Twitch remains one of the main metrics for measuring the popularity of a video game, especially at its launch.

And according to a report from the website StreamsCharts, which measured the popularity of games released in the first quarter of 2024 through total hours watched, peak channels and peak audience, titles such as Helldivers 2, Last Epoch and Dragon’s Dogma II are some of the highlights of the period.

Popularity in the week of release

The week a game launches is the most talked about, for sure. The gaming world is all focused on these great titles that arrive on numerous platforms today and on Twitch, this period is also one of the main metrics to determine the popularity of a newly released game.

And in the first quarter of 2024, the competition was fierce, but the most popular game of the period was Last Epoch, an action RPG developed by Eleventh Hour Games. The game ended its launch week with an audience of 11.35 million hours watched.

Streamers Asmongold and Quin69 were mainly responsible for Last Epoch‘s popularity in its launch week, according to a report from the website StreamsCharts.

Check out the Top 10, in total hours watched in the week of launch:

Last Epoch – 11.35M
Dragon’s Dogma II – 10.93M
Helldivers 2 – 7.34M
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 7M
Tekken 8 – 6.74M
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – 3.4M
Skull and Bones – 2.22M
Pacific Drive – 2.1M
Granblue Fantasy: Relink – 2.05M
Persona 3 Reloaded – 1.93M

The most watched games released in 2024 on Twitch

After the buzz of the launch week, some games remained prominent on Twitch, with great popularity among viewers.

According to the website StreamsCharts, in the first three months of 2024, the most watched game released this year on Twitch is Helldivers 2, a title released in February for PS5 and PC.

In just over a month, Helldivers 2 achieved a total of 34.06 million hours watched, surpassing other major releases in the first quarter of 2024, such as Tekken 8 (released in January) and Last Epoch (released in February).

Check out the Top 10 of the quarter, in total hours watched: