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Top 10 Battle Royale Games

The concept of battle royale is by no means a new one. But for whatever reason, 2017 was a major year for this genre that blends survival, exploration and scavenging elements into a last man standing challenge. The name for the genre actually originates from the 2000 Japanese film of the same name. And while since then there’s been quite a few stories to explore the battle royale concept, successful video games that work within the genre really only started to boom recently, giving players the opportunity to engage in satisfying MMOs where the aim is to outlast the competition. So today, we’re taking a look at some of them with our list of the top 10 battle royale games.

10. The Culling
The Culling has often been compared to The Hunger Games; 16 players enter an arena, either on an island or in a prison, and they must interact with their environments to survive. This means navigating maps that include caves, bridges, explosive barrels, and poison gas, and tasks that require players to kill one another, obtain items from air drops, travel certain distances or complete a goal within the specific setting they are in. It’s immersive, and players can build up their characters through the in game currency they earn by completing tasks. The game looked like it was on the rise in terms of popularity, but after an update in 2017, the amount of regular players dropped excessively, and continued on a steady decline, currently pulling in around 10,000 and under players a day as of this recording.

9. Fortnite
Fortnite has managed to garner a lot of controversy when it comes to how it compares to other battle royale games - specifically, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, whose developers have called out Fortnite as being a carbon copy of their game, but more cartoon-ey. It was created on the Unreal Engine, the same as Battlgrounds, but was released as a free-to-play game. Whether or not you agree, Fortnite has still managed to be one of the more popular battle royale games, at times seeing similar player counts as Battlegrounds, but incorporating its own aspects that make fans want to return to it again and again. This includes incorporating crafting, and features a ton of fascinating new weaponry, which ultimately allows the player to get more creative with how they execute their wins.

8. Last Man Standing
If you're looking for a challenge – or a good ol blood bath – Last Man Standing might be the right pick for you. It's a 100 player battle royale military sim. While it isn't as well put together as some of the other games higher on this list, and doesn't feature any vehicles, its got that boots on the ground feel that leaves a lot of players coming back for more. You spawn in a random area when you start, and must scavenge nearby buildings for weapons asap. If that doesn't tickle your fancy, it also has a free to play option that has managed to win over some players who don't want to finacially commit to a battle royale game, especially if they're new to the genre.

7. Rules of Survival
Switching it up to a platform that you can play with on the go, Rules of Survival is for all of you who enjoy playing mobile games. Or, at least until the Battlegrounds mobile edition comes out, that is. Anyway. Rules of Survival is one of the standout mobile games when it comes to the battle royale genre, letting you face off on an island in which up to 120 players can partake. Critics have noted that it doesn't do anything new or innovative with the genre, and it has quite a few bugs, but despite all of this, is still very entertaining to play.

6 Ark: Survival of the Fittest Dinosaurs
I feel like that’s all I really need to say in order to sell you on this game. Basically, Ark is a battle royale spin off game of Ark Survival Evolved, and it’s the only one where you’ll find yourself threatened by dinosaurs. Although critics have called it buggy and called its user interface terrible, the game does offer a dose of epic in terms of creatures, beasts and prehistoric reptiles that you can interact with, that in turn, makes your matches unforgettable.

5. Arma 3 Battle Royal Mod
This mod for Arma 3 is what eventually lead to the success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, being the first dabble into the genre by PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Greene. Known as the Call of Duty of DayZ, the mod isn’t nearly as in depth or well developed as Battlegrounds itself, but the mod’s focus pretty much makes up for that. It’s much more about being patient and pursuing your enemies in a very realistic way. Unlike most other battle royale games, you can only play this mod solo, making it all the more intense.

4. GTA Online Motor Wars
When Grand Theft Auto online was released in 2014, it was a huge hit. Still is. They’ve been pumping out solid content and events over the past several years. So it should be no surprise that in August of 2017, Rockstar released an update that let players enter a battle royale mode. It made sense - in a world like GTA, people were already running around killing each other off in the other modes of the game. It was called Motor Wars, described by Rockstar as “a tense battle for survival” in which players are contained to something called a kill box - an area that increasingly shrinks as the gameplay progresses. Up to four teams parachute into the box and must hunt down a “lethal assortment” of guns, explosives and weaponized vehicles to work together and fight your opposing team.

3. Rust: Battle Royale
Rust is the battle royale game where you’re butt naked. Literally. When you spawn at the edge of the map, you’re in nothing but your birthday suit. And you have a torch, a map and a bandage. Critics have called this game fairly terrifying to play at times, due to it’s simplified barebones survival instincts; less strategy, more guttural, with an emphasis on just staying alive. For those wanting a more brutal and intense game play, Rust is definitely for you.

2. H1Z1 King of the Kill
H1Z1 features multiple game modes, including the ability to face off in an arena in which up to 150 players can compete, and features the likes of crafting and scavenging to enhance your gameplay. As the match progresses, a toxic gas cloud begins to close in on you, which can cause you damage, but ultimately pushes you towards taking out your remaining opponents as soon as possible. It was created by a collaboration between PlayerUnknown and Daybreak Games, the game is a step up from Battlegrounds, and focuses more on shooting than scavenging. In terms of mechanics, it’s also a simpler game than Battlegrounds, making it more accessible to a larger audience. It’s even got it’s own esport.

1. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Perhaps one of the most popular battle royale games to date, and a game we’ve mentioned already multiple times on our list, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the game that really set the genre on fire this past year. In a good way. Since it's release, it's been nominated for several different Game of the Year awards, and is highly considered to be the battle royale game that has defined the genre, becoming an esport as well. The game made $11 million US within its first three days of its Windows early access release, and has surpassed many other popular titles to become the mosrt played game on Steam back in August of 2017. Insane.

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