Top Games of 2012

After many days of number crunching, here are the top games for 2012 based on average Unique Users per day connected to Xbox LIVE or full versions purchased between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Halo 4
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Call of Duty: Black Ops
FIFA Soccer 13
FIFA Soccer 12
Battlefield 3
Halo: Reach
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Borderlands 2
Assassin’s Creed III
Skyrim
Madden NFL 13
Gears of War 3
NBA 2K13
NBA 2K12
Far Cry 3 
Grand Theft Auto IV
Forza Motorsport 4 

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Trials Evolution
The Walking Dead
Pinball FX2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Castle Crashers
Gotham City Impostors
I Am Alive
Fruit Ninja Kinect
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
Trials HD
Magic 2013
Fez
Dungeon Defenders
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Peggle
The Simpsons Arcade Game
REAL STEEL
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Full House Poker 
  The above list is based on full versions purchased.

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)

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CastleMiner Z 
CastleMiner 
Total Miner: Forge
Avatar Deathmatch
FortressCraft Chapter 1
Murder Miners
The Impossible Game
Avatar Laser Wars 2
The $1 Zombie Game
Avatar Paintball
Avatar Legends
Fortress Wars
Miner Of Duty
Miner4Ever
Avatar Laser Wars
End Of Days: Infected vs Mercs 
Toy Stunt Bike 2
Flight Adventure 2
Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy!
Block World
  The above list is based on full versions purchased.

Games for Windows Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)

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GTA IV
Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
Age of Empires Online
Batman Arkham City
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Microsoft Flight
DiRT 3
F1 2011
Resident Evil 5
Fallout 3
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Fable III
Bioshock 2
Gotham City Impostors
Colin McRae : Dirt 2
Bulletstorm
Street Fighter X Tekken
Resident Evil Raccoon City
F1 2010
Street Fighter IV

These lists are based on global average unique users per day connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during 2012.

Some content may not be available in all Xbox LIVE regions (and therefore the links may not work.)