Fortnite Beats RDR2 and Fallout 76 as 2018's Trending Game in the US, According to Google

Fortnite was the most trending game this year in the United States, according to Google, beating the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Fallout 76.

Strangely enough, Pokémon Let's Go, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Marvel's Spider-Man aren't even in the Top 10.

[ccgr]

Not surprised

[Christopher]

Pointless metric in today's age.

Fortnite- a full year released game with weekly challenges that people look up regularly.

Fallout 76- a game without much need for out of game help and released only two months ago

RDR2- released only two months ago, articles segregated by activity type, otherwise doesn't require much help, recent focus in online gaming that doesn't really have much in it other than price gouging economy.

[The 10th Rider]

For sure. Plus Smash Bros was this month. Spiderman and Pokemon are both single player games, which don't get as much repeated attention (and both were released in the latter half of the year).

EDIT: Plus Fortnite is F2P and it also was in the center of some of the cross play discussion, and the whole platform-locked account issue, further giving it attention.

[Cybermario]

Fortnite is as hot as Hanzel right now

[NarutoFox]

Fortnite is a beast

[roadkillers]

Go Fortnite! Really an amazing game that had the power to push for crossplay when no game could. Free-to-play with fair rewards. Constantly evolving with map changes, weapon changes, vehicle additions, tournaments, and secrets (wreck it ralph was wrecking fortnite).

Really, this is amazing fan-service. My only grip is that Sony gave in to crossplay, Microsoft why do you make us pay for live to play.. Sony and Nintendo (along with any other device) don't force it.

[Kabaneri]

I thought Fortnite would decline after all the autumn games released but honestly most of them were disappointing. Everyone is attempting GAAS but it seems only Fortnite is doing it right. I came back for the new season, its simply more worthy of my grinding time than Black Ops4 and RDR2.

[Eonjay]

Fortnite also flipped the whole model on its head by being free to play making it more accessible. That is why it is still riding high.

[Puty]

@Eonjay
Yeah, this is quite brilliant. Personally I'm avoiding multiplayer games, and I'm not a fan of them at all, but this move was quite genious. The in game purchases are justified in such case. But now greedy publishers are forcing microtransactions in my SP experiences. That game is FREE, you hyenas!

[TheEnigma313]

fortnite is GaaS; it's free.

[WANNAGETHIGH]

Black ops4 is not just about grind, it’s about killing the enemy. TDM never gets old!!

[Kabaneri]

After 10 years, team deathmatch is beyond old.

[KaiPow]

Fortnite dominating everything isn't much of a surprise.

[TheEnigma313]

Ummmmm fortnite is free and on almost every platform, so it should dominate. Why is anyone surprised?

[nucky64]

this is what i thought.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Who si surprised?

[Traecy]

I don't play Fortnite at all but it's true the game is definitely trendy & I believe it's trendier than RDR2 & Fallout 76.

[demonicale]

Shows the state of gaming when that mess is still popular. Largely because it's free i'd imagine.

[gangsta_red]

Nice. Fortnite is truly a phenomenon this gen. Came off of another mode of the game I hardly hear anyone play at this point.

It'll be interesting to see what the next big thing will be.

[EpicFruityPie]

1 it's been out longer
2 it's free
3 enough said....

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

No surprise fortnite has gone mainstream.

[StrengthInNumbers]

" Strangely enough, Pokémon Let's Go, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Marvel's Spider-Man aren't even in the Top 10."

Interesting. I wonder why.

[Nicknasty]

Ehh, I dont trust Google. Its run by too many leftist crooks.

[SegaGamer]

More often than not, the trendy games tend to be the worst. Call of Duty, FIFA, Gta 5 online (single player was by far the best part of the game, online mode is full of hackers and idiots. It's a glorified online racing game) Now it's Fortnite, yet another crap game.

[Tross]

I question that metric as I can't imagine Fallout 76 sold anywhere near as much as Spider-Man. Fallout 76 shouldn't even be compared to RDR2 as although both are open world games in popular series, one is a well-designed game, and one is a shameful pile of feces. That said, I do genuinely believe Fortnite is this year's trending game. Granted, it has also had many more months to trend than the games it's being compared to.

[michellelynn0976]

Good for it, but I don't care for it as a game myself.

[Flewid638]

Damn....as an American I always have to apologize for dumb shit like this lol.

[Artemidorus]

I bet if Fornite charged full retail it wouldn't be as popular.