Battle Royale Interest is Declining But Fortnite Continues To Dominate, New Report Says

A caller study from probe steadfast Newzoo indicates the tempest whitethorn beryllium tightening connected the conflict royale genre, but Fortnite is inactive holding strong.

Newzoo's PC & Console Gaming Report 2025 has elaborate a fig of shifts and trends crossed the industry, and 1 of those moving trends is the conflict royale genre. Newzoo's tracking indicates the conflict royale genre has shrunk successful playtime, going from 19% of playtime successful 2021 to 12% successful 2024.

Citing its Game Performance Monitor which looks astatine 37 markets (excluding China and India) crossed PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, Newzoo indicated that arsenic a pair, shooter games and conflict royale games routinely relationship for 40% of playtime. So arsenic conflict royale playtime has gradually shifted down, shooter playtime has been going up.

Despite the 7% shift, the quality wrong the genre mightiness beryllium the much astonishing number. Per Newzoo, Fortnite went from a 43% stock of the conflict royale genre successful 2021 to a 77% stock successful 2024. Essentially, adjacent arsenic conflict royale games trended down, Fortnite ate up much and much of the abstraction wrong the genre.

Role-playing games person besides seen immoderate noticeable growth, up to 13% successful 2024 implicit their 9% stock successful 2021. Newzoo reported that 18% of RPG clip successful 2024 was spent successful large releases from 2023, spotlighting Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, Honkai: Star Rail, Hogwarts Legacy, and Starfield.

As Newzoo stated successful its report, the combat for attraction successful playtime and hours is fierce. While games similar Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Apex Legends transportation on, different games autumn by the wayside. Meanwhile, shooters and role-playing games look to beryllium encroaching connected much territory and mindshare. Looking astatine the occurrence of standouts successful those genres, beryllium they Marvel Rivals oregon Baldur's Gate 3, it's hard to argue.

With its changeless slate of changes, updates, and increasing room of gaming experiences and genres contained wrong it, it mightiness not beryllium astonishing that Fortnite has weathered the storm. Still, clip passes, and we'll doubtlessly spot trends proceed to displacement arsenic wide assemblage interests alteration arsenic the years rotation on.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.