Is Fortnite Dying ?
Alberto Civale and Albert Arti
Source: Fortnite.com
Since the release of Fortnite Battle Royale, it has been one of the most popular games on the planet until recently. With recent updates, players are getting mad because of how much the game is changing. It used to be basic, but it was fun. However, with recent additions, there have been a decline in the player count.
The Past Fortnite Player Counts
Save the World Release (July 21, 2017) - The release of Fortnite introduced the save the world game mode and it attracted over 1 million players.
Release of Fortnite Battle Royale (September 26, 2017) - The most popular game mode in Fortnite ever released, still popular today attracted over 1 million players at the time. One month later Chapter 1, Season 1 was released.
December 2017 - Fortnite Released Chapter 1 Season 2 with a new map and new guns with a player count of about 30 million players.
Late 2018 – Fortnite has reached over 200 million registered players.
Covid-19 Pandemic – The Pandemic has led to a huge increase in players due to many people being quarantined.
Travis Scott Event (April 2020) - Fortnite had a collaboration with Travis Scott with a live event, causing the player to count to reach 12 million.
Fortnite OG Season (November 2023) - Fortnite brought back the old seasons of the game after many fans requested to bring it back reaching a player count of over 44 million each day.
May 2025 – In May 2025, Fortnite’s player count reached below 1 million players, the lowest it has been in a long time.
Fortnitemares October 2025 – Fortnite has released a Halloween event featuring many famous scary characters from movies and shows like Scream and Scooby-doo averaging about 2.5 million active players.
Fortnite’s player count has decreased due to many people disliking the number of updates that the game is adding. The game has way too many maps to play on and is losing its focus to win games. The game changed the item shop (place to buy cosmetics) for the worse. It used to be basic with a minimum number of 10 items. Now, it has more than 40 items and it looks way different. The menu to choose the game mode has also changed, it used to have a minimum of nine game modes but now it has more than 100. The movement has also changed in the game, which has caused a lot of people to stop playing the game.
