Fortnite

Fortnite is a shooter game developed by Epic Games and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 100 players online. Available modes: Battle Royale, Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Fortnite is the 12th of 52 entries we hold in the Fortnite series. It arrived 8 months after Fortnite: Darkfire Bundle. The next entry was Fortnite: Summer Legends Pack in 2020.

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Fortnite holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Players rate it 77, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

The main story runs about 298 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12,524.3 hrs, roughly 42 times the length of the critical path.

Fortnite launched on 29 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Desperados III and Persona 4 Golden. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Desperados III, Persona 4 Golden.

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