With the arrival of PUBG, battle royale games become one of the favorite video game genres for gamers. Now Esports are organized based on battle royale games like PUBG and Fortnite and you can’t imagine the number of streamers who daily live broadcast different battle royale games through Twitch and YouTube.
The concept of battle royale became catchy, unique and engaging — a number of players deployed to strange locations either as solo or as a squad, where players have to find weapons to fight against each other and survive till last to become the last man standing.
Battle Royale genre got a huge following base from 2018. Now we have many best battle royale games for every platform — for PC, smartphone and other consoles. Maybe we can say, after the arrival of PUBG Mobile on Android and iOS many people came to know the existence of this genre of game.
But PC still have more collection of battle royales than any other platform. And all of them are unique in their own way with different gameplay and stunning graphics. In this article, we are going to list some of the best battle royale games out there for PC gamers.
Best Battle Royale Games for PC:
1. Call of Duty: Warzone
Developer: Infinity Ward, Raven Software
Available to download: Official Website
Free to play
Call of Duty: Warzone — from the world of Modern Warfare, is the latest free-to-play battle royale video game released on March 10, 2020, for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. It comes with a massive immersive battle royale map where 150 players have to battle their way to the top — the battle has been set in the fictional city of Verdansk which combines new and fan-favorite Call of Duty locations. At launch, Warzone allowed a squad capacity of three. A solo mode was added to Warzone a week later on 17 March 2020. On 14 March 2020, Activision announced that Warzone had surpassed over 15 million downloads in the first 4 days. New Warzone players, who do not own Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, will need approximately 80 – 101GB of hard drive space for the download.
2. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Developer: PUBG Corp
Available to download: Steam
Paid
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or popularly known as PUBG is the first game to be completely built on the battle royale foundation and it is released on December 20, 2017. For the first four months of release, over ten million rounds of Battlegrounds had been played, effectively equal to more than 25,000 man-years of time. With 4 different maps, realistic gameplay and awesome graphics, PUBG became one of its kind type of game.
3. Apex Legends
Developer: Respawn Entertainment
Available to download: Official Website
Free to play
Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game released on February 4, 2019. The game became an instant hit — exceeded over 25 million players by the end of its first week, and 50 million within its first month. Apex Legends differs from most battle royale games by incorporating Legends, pre-defined heroes with unique abilities that fall into roles such as Offense, Defense, Support and Recon.
4. Ring of Elysium
Developer: Tencent Games
Available to download: Steam
Free to play
In Ring of Elysium, the goal is to board the rescue helicopter which accommodates 4 people, so there could be possibly 4 winners on the game makes Ring of Elysium stand out the crowd. The game is developed by Tencent Games and published by Tencent Games and Garena and released on September 2018.
5. Fortnite Battle Royale
Developer: Epic Games
Available to download: Official Website
Free to play
Fortnite Battle Royale is free to play 100-player PvP mode in Fortnite. When it was launched, Fortnite Battle Royale became a cultural online phenomenon, with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using Fortnite emotes as victory celebrations. With the launch of the mobile version, just as PUBG Mobile, Fortnite Battle Royale also became the no.1 battle royale game.
6. Fear The Wolves
Developer: Vostok Games
Available to download: Steam
Paid
Fear the Wolves is a competitive Battle Royale FPS by Vostok Games released on 28 August 2018 — bringing unique elements inspired by classic FPS games to the world’s hottest genre. In the game, you not only have to survive from other competitors but also escape from Chernobyl pursued by mutants, radiation, horrific anomalies, and the weather.
7. Super Animal Royale
Developer: Pixile Studios
Available to download: Steam
Paid
Super Animal Royale is a 64-player battle arena released on 12 December 2018. Unlike other battle royale games, in Super Animal Royale you can see anthropomorphic animals — adorably murderous fox, panda, or sloth — who use a variety of weapons and firearms from a 2D overhead perspective
8. Last Tide
Developer: Digital Confectioners
Available to download: Steam
Paid
Last Tide is an aquatic battle royale game released on 28 August 2018. In the game, you have to face ferocious Megalodons, Great Whites and your enemies with unique aquatic equipment and experience underwater freedom of movement.
9. Realm Royale
Developer: Heroic Leap Games
Available to download: Steam
Free to play
In Realm Royale is a fantasy world battle royale, where you have to outrun the deadly fog on horseback and unleash devastating magic and forge legendary weapons to become last Champion standing.
Looking at the present trend, battle royale games are going to stay alive for a couple more years. Many new studios are experimenting to include new concepts and gameplay mode this genre. Soon we will see more battle royale games with more cross-platform support. And with the trend, we will also update this list.
