Raptr has once again tracked the habits of PC gamers to see just what players were spending time with in June. WildStar, the new MMORPG from Carbine/NCSoft, had a strong launch, Battlefield 3 made a comeback thanks to Origin’s On the House program, and Payday 2 climbed the ranks due to new content and Steam’s Summer Sale. Overall, gameplay time among Raptr members in June was up 15 percent over last month.

Highlights

League of Legends playtime climbed 13.26 percent in June, despite a decrease in the game’s Share percentage. The game received character, item, and map patches throughout the month and featured a limited run of the One For All: Mirror Mode that ended early in the month. Overall, League of Legends had a steady increase in playtime in June, which was probably driven in part by Raptr’s growing userbase.

DOTA 2 regained the number two spot from World of Warcraft, helped by a 24.52 percent playtime boost in June compared to May. Increased Summer Sale-related Steam activity was likely a factor, and on the content side the game added team ranked matchmaking. World of Warcraft, on the other hand, saw an 8.76 percent playtime decrease in June, due in part to WildStar stealing some players.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive‘s playtime rose 10.88 percent in June despite losing a small percentage of Share time. The game was part of Steam’s Summer Sale in June and also had the Arms Deal Update that included major weapon balancing.

WildStar made a resounding 6th-place entry into Most Played as it released on June 3, with weekly patches throughout the month. The new MMO impacted the playtime of The Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, Dark Souls II, and Final Fantasy XIV Online, and was definitely a factor that led to those games slipping in the ranks.

Watch Dogs jumped 11 spots to claim 8th place. The game released very late in May, so June was its first full month of availability. A stability/performance patch on June 18 had little impact on the expected post-launch playtime fall-off.

Battlefield 4 saw a slip in the rankings due to the Battlefield: Hardline beta. Gameplay time for BF4 cratered between June 19-26, which coincided with the opening of Hardline‘s beta to all PC players. Battlefield 3, on the other hand, saw a 230 percent playtime surge. BF3 benefited from Origin’s On the House Program, which offers up a free game to Origin members for a limited amount of time.

Payday 2 also got a major bump in the rankings thanks to the June 17 release of the Big Bank Heist DLC and a Summer Sale discount late in the month. As with all Payday DLC, those who don’t purchase the addition can still partake in the new heist by joining a game hosted by someone who has it, which most likely encouraged players to get their friends to play the weekend after its release.

Elder Scrolls Online was in bad shape in June as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim edged out the MMO in the rankings. This is most likely due to a big Summer Sale discount for Skyrim and WildStar claiming a chunk of ESO playtime; ESO hours were down by nearly half in June compared to May. We could very well see both Elder Scrolls games out of the top 20 in July.

Note: The Share number by each game represents that title’s gameplay time as a percentage of the total time spent on all the PC games played by Raptr members, and is useful for comparing the relative amount of playtime between particular games.