Today, Sony released the PlayStation Store’s top downloaded games for the month of January in North America and Europe.

Notably, ARK: Survival Evolved, or ARK: Survivor’s Pack on PS4, topped both the North American and European list for the second straight month. Studio Wildcards' open-world survival action-adventure game was always likely to top December, seeming it was the only big release that month, but January saw many big releases such as Capcom's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, making it's second month feat very impressive. Also notable, is the lack of PS4 exclusive Gravity Rush 2 and Sega's Yakuza 0 in the top 20.

Here are the full lists for North America:

PS4 Games

1

ARK: Survivor’s Pack

2

RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard

3

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

4

Battlefield 1

5

Grand Theft Auto V

6

Rocket League

7

Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition

8

The Order: 1886

9

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition

10

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION

11

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

12

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE

13

Watch Dogs 2

14

Titanfall 2

15

Stardew Valley

16

Madden NFL 17

17

Overwatch: Origins Edition

18

MONOPOLY PLUS

19

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

20

Knack

PS3 Games

1

Devil May Cry HD Collection

2

Shadow of the Colossus

3

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare

4

Battlefield 4

5

Watch Dogs

6

STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN

7

Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition

8

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

9

Sniper Ghost Warrior 2

10

Resident Evil Revelations

11

The Last Of Us

12

Grand Theft Auto V

13

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

14

Okami HD

15

Resident Evil 6

16

EA SPORTS FIFA 17

17

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

18

Tomb Raider

19

Enemy Front

20

Need for Speed Most Wanted

PS4 Add-ons

1

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – DLC1 Sabotage

2

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited – ESO Plus

3

FINAL FANTASY XV Season Pass

4

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE – Year 2 Pass

5

Black Ops III – The Giant Zombies Map

6

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Season Pass

7

STAR WARS Battlefront Season Pass

8

Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Salvation

9

Rocket League – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack

10

Rocket League – Vulcan

PlayStation VR Games

1

Job Simulator

2

Fruit Ninja VR

3

I Expect You To Die

4

KYGO ‘CARRY ME’ VR EXPERIENCE

5

Batman: Arkham VR

6

PlayStation VR Worlds

7

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

8

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood

9

Lethal VR

10

Here They Lie

PS Vita Games

1

MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies

2

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom

3

STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN

4

Borderlands 2

5

Child of Light

6

Tetris Ultimate

7

Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition

8

Adventures of Mana

9

Jak and Daxter Collection

10

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

PS Classics

1

Dark Cloud 2

2

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

3

Rogue Galaxy

4

Psychonauts

5

Star Wars Bounty Hunter

6

Bully

7

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

8

The Warriors

9

Twisted Metal: Black

10

Castlevania: SotN

And the full lists for Europe:

PS4

  1. ARK: Survival Evolved (1)
  2. Rocket League (5)
  3. Grand Theft Auto V (3)
  4. Battlefield 1 (2)
  5. Mortal Kombat X (Re-entry)
  6. FIFA 17 (4)
  7. EA Sports UFC 2 (15)
  8. Battlefield 4 (RE)
  9. Star Wars Battlefront (RE)
  10. Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (New)
  11. Minecraft (12)
  12. Need for Speed (RE)
  13. Ratchet & Clank (RE)
  14. Need for Speed Rivals (RE)
  15. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (RE)
  16. Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition (RE)
  17. Dying Light (RE)
  18. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (14)
  19. Overwatch (RE)
  20. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (RE)

DLC

  1. Rocket League – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack (4)
  2. Star Wars Battlefront – Season Pass (3)
  3. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Year 2 Pass (6)
  4. Rocket League – Vulcan (1)
  5. Rocket League – Masamune (10)
  6. Fallout 4 – Nuka-World (7)
  7. Rocket League – Supersonic Fury DLC Pack (8)
  8. Fallout 4 – Far Harbor (11)
  9. Rocket League – Back to the Future Car Pack (16)
  10. Fallout 4 – Vault-Tec Workshop (13)

PS3

  1. Grand Theft Auto V (2)
  2. FIFA 17 (1)
  3. Battlefield 4 (4)
  4. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (5)
  5. Assassin’s Creed Rogue (RE)
  6. Need for Speed Rivals (7)
  7. WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship (10)
  8. Dragon Ball Xenoverse (9)
  9. Goat Simulator (6)
  10. Minecraft (3)

PlayStation VR

  1. Batman: Arkham VR (2)
  2. PlayStation VR Worlds (1)
  3. Job Simulator (4)
  4. Robinson: The Journey (New)
  5. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (5)
  6. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (RE)
  7. The Brookhaven Experiment (New)
  8. Driveclub VR (3)
  9. Sports Bar VR (8)
  10. Pinball FX2 VR (New)

PS Vita

  1. Persona 4 Golden (1)
  2. Uncharted: Golden Abyss (6)
  3. WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship (8)
  4. Darkest Dungeon (New)
  5. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – Trilogy (5)
  6. Hotline Miami (7)
  7. Resident Evil Revelations 2 (RE)
  8. Ratchet & Clank 3 (RE)
  9. Minecraft (2)
  10. Gravity Rush (RE)

PS1/PS2 Classics

  1. Crash Bandicoot (1)
  2. Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (2)
  3. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (3)
  4. CTR: Crash Team Racing (4)
  5. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (5)
  6. Spyro The Dragon Trilogy (6)
  7. Canis Canem Edit (10)
  8. Final Fantasy VIII (8)
  9. Final Fantasy IX (9)
  10. Disney Pixar Toy Story 2 (RE)

It's worth nothing that Europe had a substantial January sale, which heavily alters the lists, and additionally makes them harder to read into. As for North America, you can see a similar effect of sales influencing the charts: with games like The Order 1886 and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition charting were they normally wouldn't.

Personally, I'm happy to see indie farming simulator, Stardew Valley, coming in at number 15 on the NA charts, showing that even indies can tussle with AAA games in a month that saw a few big releases and numerous discounts on AAA games.