Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and NCSoft’s Guild Wars 2 were stable at Rank 5 and Rank 6 respectively. Overall, February was not an impressive month for big MMOs.

Freejam’s success is not only due to the growing attraction to voxel-based creative titles with competitive mechanics, but also the reduced barriers to entry offered by Robocraft‘s F2P monetization model and Steam accessibility.

Though it’s not surprising to see an indie title in the Core PC Game Rankings, Robocraft’s tenacity in the Top 20 these past four months is truly impressive. Although it dropped six places in January 2015, the title has moved up four spots to Rank 16, spurred on by the release of its ‘Dawn of the Megabots’ expansion on the February 18th. In December 2014, the game won ‘Indie Game of the Year’ on Indie DB, climbing the ranks driven by media coverage and positive reviews on Steam. A unique mix of Minecraft mechanics, sci-fi overtones and plenty of guns, Robocraft is a F2P title where players design and deploy robots to competitively battle each other out. We first pointed out Freejam Game’s indie title Robocraft back in November 2014. With the next content patch ‘Blackrock Mountain’ set for imminent release in April 2015, we may see a slight increase in session numbers as players return to accrue in-game currency to purchase the expansion on release day. Blizzard’s other title Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft dropped one place to Rank 10, the first decline in two months following the release of the ‘ Goblins vs. With a host of new items, challenges and ranked rewards, players have been returning in ever growing numbers. A major reason for the dramatic increase in unique sessions lies in the release of Diablo III‘s Season 2 on February 13th. This is doubly surprising since the title has not been in the Top 10 for more than three months. The biggest change in the February Rankings was the phenomenal rise of Blizzard’s Diablo III, climbing an impressive seven spots to Rank 9.

Riot’s League of Legend remains at Rank 1, having dominated in this position since we began publishing the Rankings in April 2014. For the first time in five months, the Top 3 of the Top 20 core PC Game Rankings have been disrupted: Minecraft (Mojang) has moved up a place to Rank 2 with Wargaming’s World of Tanks falling to Rank 3.

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