Is The Battle Royale Genre At Death's Door?

Battle royale games may not be the topic of conversation anymore but the genre's impact on gaming can be felt to this day.

[SinisterMister]

Battle royale games are super relevant, but could use a new, Fortnite-like competitor.

[LordoftheCritics]

You can't kill Fortnite.

[shinoff2183]

That'd be dope but there's still some out there doing well the obvious one being fortnite. The genre isn't going anywhere soon

[Deathdeliverer]

Battle Royale as a genre may be “die” but Fortnite might be freaking eternal.

[Godmars290]

Its been dead but its most noticeable games will linger on for quite a while yet.

[YourMommySpoils]

Boring as F@k. Tried them, never liked one of them.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Noop, Factions hasn’t even been given a release date yet, and they are monetized by the same designer as fortnite.

[tbagmonster]

warzone rules

[smolinsk]

The mode is absolutely dying and new stuff needs to move ind an takes its place. The excitement and the magic for winning a battle royale match is not there anymore. Getting boring. Maybe the Tarkov Style games are the next thing. Something like that.

[lucian229]

Speak for yourself. Winning a match in fortnite is still fun. Apex doing well too.

[GoodGuy09]

They're still popular, just tired out and hit that steady mid point. Everyone is kinda just waiting for that next new big multiplayer game, mp games are just really scattered right now with how much there are. Why even a ubisoft-made game, xdefiant, is getting hyped lol. I remember that bf veteran made game called The Finals got hyped but nobody talks about it anymore.

[matt139]

We can only hope so, the genre is so stale now.

[SpacedDuck]

Hope not as I still don't think anyone has truly nailed the genre.

Best for me was sadly the one nobody played as EA was stupid and didn't make it free to play.

Firestorm was incredible with balance and a kick ass engine that you could simply just level your enemies hiding spot with a V2.

My squad and I had a ton of fun in that one.

[ChronoJoe]

Fortnite and Apex are still massive... so, obviously not.

Maybe the novelty has worn off with it being the only game mode, though. Both Fortnite and Apex have transitioned beyond that. Perhaps battle royale isn't a genre unto itself.

[anast]

It would take an extremely creative team to break new ground in this area.