Fortnite revenue: What are Epic Games' numbers?

Fortnite is one of the absolute leaders when it comes to financial revenue in the games industry. Fortnite is a free-to-play game is, so is no purchase of the title is necessary to play. However, through in-game purchases, Epic Games is in the green.

How much money does the company make from Fortnite?

Analytics firm SuperData provides some interesting numbers on Fortnite:

1. In May 2018, the mobile version of Fortnite launched, so players could now access the battle royale via Android and iOS. In that month alone, Epic Games posted revenue of an estimated $318 million.
2. In2019, Fortnite posted revenue of $1.8 billion.
3. This puts Fortnite in first place among the top-selling free-to-play games on PC and console. It is thus ahead of games such as League of Legends, which had more players but slightly less revenue in 2019 at $1.4 billion.
4. Fortnite is expected to remain the top Battle Royale title, showing increasing growth in the coming months.
5. This is largely due to the breadth of its player base. Fortnite not only finds more and more enthusiasm, but extends through all possible age groups.
6. Independent of which target group Epic Games originally wanted to reach: The game invites young and old.