
It's cartoony but don't let that fool you: it can still be intense. Surviv.io - It's free, it's fun, and it's fast-there's literally zero wait to get into a match in this top-down, browser-based BR. Ring of Elysium - Tencent puts a twist on PUBG by mixing extreme sports like BMX and snowboarding with deadly, dynamic weather.įorza Horizon 4: The Eliminator - Up to 72 players can race around the map looking for upgraded vehicles and challenging one another to head-to-head open world races. Loot and weapons are streamlined, and players regenerate automatically instead of through pickups. Hyper Scape - Ubisoft's free-to-play battle royale takes place in a dense futuristic city.

Spellbreak - Players mix and match spells and equip magical gear to take out their opponents in this creative and colorful mage-based battle royale. 60 players, all armed with grappling hooks, will clash in melee combat using swords, spears, fists, and sometimes a massive chainsaw. Naraka: Bladepoint - A martial arts battle royale feels like a fresh and much-needed twist on the genre. Expect new modes, weapons, vehicles, and even more maps to keep being added as they have since it was released. PUBG quickly overshadowed the (then) popular battle royale game H1Z1 in 2017 and became the battle royale game to beat, and it still draws hundreds of thousands of players daily. It combines a hero squad shooter with the last-man-standing formula, with novel systems that allow great mic-less communication and the respawning of dead teammates. We don't expect the surprising, game-changing experiments to stop anytime soon. FortniteĮpic isn't shy about experimenting with wacky modes like 50v50, making frequent and sometimes mysterious changes to its map, or by adding, of all things, airplanes. 60 players compete through 5 obstacle-filled rounds until there's only one left. Less like the head-to-head violence we've come to expect from battle royale games and more like the physical humor of Gang Beasts meets Ninja Warrior. There's also a second mode called Plunder, where players earn and steal money to win. (Image credit: Activision) Call of Duty: WarzoneĬoD's neat twist on the formula is The Gulag, a 1-on-1 fighting pit where dead players compete for a second chance to drop back on the map with their team.
