We will be focusing on the PvP aspects of the game only in this guide, meaning the Battle RoyaleĪ match normally consists of a solo drop with 100 players or can alternatively be played with 2-3 other friends for a max squad size of four. The game finances itself through cosmetic microtransactions, which enable players to purchase character and weapon skins with both real money and in-game currencies as well as through the purchasing of a Battle Pass model which rewards the player with exclusive goodies by accomplishing certain milestones. It was released in February 2017 on almost all platforms and has become a veritable cultural phenomenon.

Epic Games really pushed for the battle royal genre to become mainstream and kept on innovating with a co-operative PvE mode (Save the World) and a sandbox mode (Fortnite Creative). Fortnite is perhaps one of the most well known free-to-play cross-platform games ever developed.