10 Games Like ‘Fortnite’

Unless you’ve been living underneath a mountain, you’ve probably heard of the Epic Games phenom that is Fortnite. Players from 7 years old to 70 can battle it out in this Battle Royale survival fest. It’s spawned a lot of competitors, but the base of the gameplay has been adopted by a number of other games.

Let’s countdown some of the best ones.

Apex Legends

We’re starting this list with Apex Legends because it’s incredibly fun and is also a Battle Royale. It’s a fluid, huge open world-ish game with a slew of fun, futuristic playable characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Also unlike Fortnite, this one’s played in the first-person as opposed to third-person, so it has shades of classic first-person shooter vibes.

You can do things like call in airstrikes from a distance or traverse the huge terrain quickly with created ziplines or portals. It’s easy to get lost in time with this surprisingly fun game. Since its release in 2019, the game’s been continuously evolving and adding new content – keeping it fresh and exciting for long-time players and newcomers alike.

There are 16 playable characters to choose from and they all interact with each other differently on a team. If you like Fortnite but wanted something edgier that’s not a military game, then this is for you.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG, as it’s affectionately called, was actually the game that started off the whole 100-player Battle Royale craze. This is a much more nuanced game than Fortnite, however. Instead of running and gunning through cartoonish locales, PUBG has more a realistic setting that requires a bit more deft.

Players need to be tactical in PUBG or their game will not last long at all. Stealth is always a better option than running out in the open. Footsteps, for example, can give you away in a house but if you wait until there’s noise outside then other players won’t be able to hear you.

The game relies on what it calls “realistic bullet physics” and because of that it won’t feel as sharp in the gun department as some of its colleagues but this gives the gunfights a chaotic, tense feel that can only be experienced in-game.

This was a PC game first, so if you play it on a console it’s going to be clunkier than a traditional mouse and keyboard. Still crazy fun, though.