This is a list of battle royale games, sorted chronologically. A battle royale game is an online multiplayer video game genre that blends last-man-standing gameplay with the survival, exploration and scavenging elements of a survival game.
| Year | Initial release | Game | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Viewpoint (perspective) | Free-to-play | Standalone | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | (Early access) | Z1 Battle Royale | Daybreak Game Company | Daybreak Game Company | First-person | formerly known as H1Z1: King of the Kill[1] | |||
| 2016 | (Early access) | The Culling (video game) | Xaviant | Xaviant | Microsoft Windows, Linux, Xbox One | First-person | |||
| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | PUBG Corporation | PUBG Corporation | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, iOS, Google Stadia | First-person / Third-person | The game is based on previous mods that were created by Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene for other games, inspired by the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale,[2] and expanded into a standalone game under Greene's creative direction. | |||
| Fortnite Battle Royale | Epic Games | Epic Games | Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android | Third-person | The player can build structures as defense or buildings. It is a companion game to . | ||||
| (Beta) | Garena Free Fire | 111 Dot Studio | Garena | Android, iOS | Third-person | also known as Free Fire: Battlegrounds | |||
| Surviv.io | Justin Kim and Nick ClarkKongregate | Justin Kim and Nick ClarkKongregate | Browser, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Top Down | |||||
| (Beta) | Rules of Survival | NetEase Games | NetEase Games | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | ||||
| Knives Out[3] | NetEase Games | NetEase Games | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | a PUBG clone | ||||
| 2018 | Path of Exile: Royale | Grinding Gear Games | Grinding Gear Games | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS | Top-down isometric | A battle royale mode in Path of Exile, initially released for April Fools Day 2018, but later fleshed out and re-released on July 16, 2021.[4] | |||
| (Beta) | Realm Royale | Heroic Leap Games | Hi-Rez Studios | Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | Third-person | The game is a spin-off of the hero shooter Paladins, where it originated as a game mode known as Paladins: Battlegrounds.[5] [6] | |||
| June 5, 2018(Beta) | Totally Accurate Battlegrounds (TABG) | Landfall Games | Landfall Games | Microsoft Windows | First-person | A spin-off of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS) with heavily exaggerated physics. It became free to play in 2021 | |||
| Rec Royale (Rec Room) | Rec Room Inc. | Rec Room Inc. | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Oculus Quest 1/2 | First-person | A battle royale mode in Rec Room for up to 16 players (solo play) or 18 players (squads of 3 players). | ||||
| Creative Destruction[7] | NetEase Games | NetEase Games | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | a Fortnite clone | ||||
| (Early access) | Ring of Elysium | Aurora Studios | Garena | Microsoft Windows | First-person / Third-person | The game features extreme sports like BMX and snowboarding with deadly, dynamic weather. | |||
| Battlerite Royale | Stunlock Studios | Stunlock Studios | Microsoft Windows | Top-down Isometric | Battle royale mode based on the MOBA Battlerite. | ||||
| Blackout (Call of Duty: Black Ops 4) | Treyarch | Activision | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First-person | a battle royale mode in [8] | ||||
| (Beta) | Cyber Hunter | NetEase Games | NetEase Games | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | ||||
| Danger Zone (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux | First-person | A battle royale mode in for up to 16 or 18 players. It is possible to play with group of friends as a squad of two or three players, or to play solo. | ||||
| Brawl Stars | Supercell (video game company) | SuperCell | iOS, Android | Third-Person | Showdown mode in Brawl Stars for up to 10 players. | ||||
| 2019 | Apex Legends | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS | First-person | The game features squads of three players using pre-made characters, called "Legends". | |||
| Firestorm (Battlefield V) | EA DICE | Electronic Arts | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First-person | a battle royale mode in Battlefield V[9] | ||||
| Nuclear Winter (Fallout 76) | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First-person / Third-person | a battle royale mode in Fallout 76 | ||||
| Rogue Heist | Lifelike Studios | Time2Play Gaming Studios | Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows | Third-person | Rogue Heist is a competitive third-person shooter set in a world of organized crime. The game is designed to promote teamwork between players in order to complete objectives. | ||||
| Red Death (Civilization VI) | Firaxis Games | 2K Games | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android | Top-down | Turn-based strategy, game mode inspired by other battle royales | ||||
| Call of Duty: Mobile | TiMi Studios | Activision | Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | |||||
| October 25, 2019 | ScarFall - The Royale Combat | XSQUADS Tech Pvt Ltd | XSQUADS Tech Pvt Ltd | Android, iOS | Third-person | Third-person | A made-in-India battle royale game that gained traction after PUBG got banned in the country. | ||
| Darkflow Studio | Gaijin Entertainment | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch | First-person / Third-person | ||||||
| The Eliminator (Forza Horizon 4) | Playground Games | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | First-person / Third-person | Players drive around the game map collecting car upgrades as the round goes on. They can challenge others to head-to-head races to eliminate rivals. The player is disqualified if they either leave the safe zone after a given time limit, or lose a head-to-head race. After 10 players remain, head-to-heads will disable (any in course will be aborted) and a final sprint race will dictate the winners of the game mode. | ||||
| 2020 | Darwin Project | Scavengers Studio | Scavengers Studio | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Third-person | ||||
| Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch, Beenox | Activision | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First-person | The game is a part of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game but does not require purchase of it. | |||||
| (Retired) | Hyper Scape | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | First-person | ||||
| Fall Guys | Mediatonic | Devolver Digital | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Third-person | Up to 60 players control jelly bean-like creatures and compete against each other in a series of challenges. It became free to play in 2022[10] [11] | ||||
| Spellbreak | Proletariat | Proletariat | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | Third-person | Players use magical spells in place of guns, choosing from one of six classes wind, fire, ice, lightning, stone and toxic. | ||||
| Farlight 84 | Lilith Games, Miracle Games | Miracle Games | Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS | Third-person | |||||
| Eternal Return | Nimble Neuron | Nimble Neuron, Kakao Games | Microsoft Windows | Top-down isometric | Battle royale with multiplayer online battle arena elements. | ||||
| Population: One[12] | BigBox VR | BigBox VR | PCVR, Oculus | First-person | VR Battle Royale where you can climb, fly, and build.[13] | ||||
| 2021 | Sausage Man | XD Entertainment Pte Ltd | XD Entertainment Pte Ltd | Android, iOS | Third-person | Wiggle Wiggle Sausage Battle | |||
| (Android), (iOS) | Battlegrounds Mobile India | Krafton | Krafton | Android, iOS | First-person / Third-person | Modified version of PUBG Mobile for the Indian market. | |||
| 24 Entertainment | NetEase Games Montreal | Microsoft Windows | First-person | ||||||
| Super Animal Royale | Pixile Studios | Modus Games | macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Third-person | |||||
| (Windows) | Sharkmob AB | Sharkmob AB | Microsoft Windows | Third-person | Based in the World of Darkness universe. | ||||
| The Eliminator (Forza Horizon 5) | Playground Games | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | First-person / Third-person | Same rules as in Forza Horizon 4. | ||||
| Babble Royale | Everybody House Games | Everybody House Games | Microsoft Windows, macOS | Top-down | Battle royale word game. | ||||
| 2024 | World of Warcraft Plunderstorm | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | Microsoft Windows, macOS | Third-person | A pirate-themed Battle Royale game mode called Plunderstorm was released with patch 10.2.6. Players play separate characters specifically for Plunderstorm, rather than their usual characters. | |||
| Sonic Rumble | Sega, Sonic Team, Rovio Entertainment | Sega | Android, iOS | Third-person | A Sonic the Hedgehog battle royale game.[14] |