Fortnite is still a very successful Battle Royale. However, many players claim the game is dead. Epic Games mocks the haters with a new skin.

Cary, North Carolina – Fortnite is a mass phenomenon, everyone has heard of it. But the game also has a lot of haters – people who hate its guts. They predict that the Battle Royale is a dead game. Developer Epic Games is now jumping on the bandwagon: A new skin specifically takes the topic for a ride. We take a look at how alive Fortnite really is in August 2022.

Fortnite is a “Dead Game” – What do the player numbers in 2022 say about the hit?

This is why Fortnite is dead: Ever since Fortnite rode its wave of success, gamers worldwide have been predicting the demise of the phenomenon. Virtually every day you hear on reddit that Fortnite is dead after all. Under every tweet from the developers, users write that Fortnite has passed its zenith.

But the freshly released update 21.50 of Fortnite today or the new crossover events almost every week, as now with Dragon Ball, speak a different language. The player numbers are in the millions. Epic, of all people, is now rekindling the discussion about the death of the game – albeit with a wink.

How many players does Fortnite have? A lot of time has passed since Fortnite was released in 2017. The Battle Royale evolved into a phenomenon that grew far beyond the boundaries of gaming.

• At events, simultaneous Fortnite users pop through the roof, Epic then always brags about that: In December 2020, for example, there were 15 million simultaneous players. Events like concerts with Travis Scott resulted in 350 registered Fortnite accounts.
• Fortnite turned young talents into millionaires overnight. The prize money at the tournaments attracted many viewers and streamers.
• The biggest streamer in the world owes his success to Fortnite. Even MontanaBlack has had some fun in Fortnite.
• Fortnite has since become an integral part of modern pop culture.
• But how many players Fortnite has now, in 2022, Epic is officially keeping a secret.

Here’s what the numbers say today: However, with third-party sites, player numbers can be quite accurate even without Epic’s announcements. A look at the site playercount reveals that Fortnite has almost 3 million concurrent players on August 30, 2022. Germany is the 5th most played country in Fortnite.

These 3 million Fortnite players are roughly the benchmark for the last few days. So the average number of players is huge. For comparison, the two most popular games on Steam right now are Counter Strike (about 750,000 concurrent players) and Dota 2 (about 500,000 concurrent players).

Epic makes fun of all the haters with new skin in Fortnite

This is the new skin: The well-known leaker HYPEX has shared the image of a new skin. On it we see a lady wearing a fancy check hat. But the most interesting thing is the shirt: there is emblazoned in large letters “Dead Game” – so in German dead game.

So Epic brings a skin to Fortnite that shows how dead the game is after all. So if you want to really piss off the haters, wear the shirt proudly. What do you think of Fortnite’s casual approach to the issue?