8 Games Like Fortnite to Play in a Squad
Published November 11, 2026
The closest games to Fortnite are the battle royales Apex Legends, PUBG: Battlegrounds and Naraka: Bladepoint, where squads drop onto a shrinking map and one team is left standing. Marvel Rivals and The Finals are the pick if your squad wants team fights without the last-one-alive format.
Which games are the closest battle royales to Fortnite?
Drop in, find weapons and be the last team alive.
PCPlayStationXboxNintendo
3 online
Crossplay: Yes
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Apex LegendsFree
Squads drop onto a map that closes in, loot weapons and fight until one is left. Each character has its own abilities, and a teammate who falls can come back if someone carries their banner to a beacon.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PCPlayStationXbox
4 online
Crossplay: Partly
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Up to a hundred players parachute onto an island, loot buildings and fight while the safe zone shrinks. Bullets drop over distance, so it plays slower than Fortnite.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PCPlayStationXbox
3 online
Crossplay: Partly
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Up to 60 players land on an island and fight with swords, bows and hero abilities. Combat is built on attacks, blocks and counters, and everyone moves with a grappling hook.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PCPlayStationXbox
12 online2 on one screen
Crossplay: Yes
Split screen works on consoles, not on PC.
It gathers the recent Call of Duty games: team matches, round-based Zombies and Warzone, with squads on a big map that closes in. In Warzone, anyone who dies can come back by winning a duel in the Gulag.
On one screen one copy is enough, but online everyone needs their own. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PC
4 online
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Eternal ReturnFree
Everyone picks a character with their own abilities and roams the island of Lumia collecting materials to craft gear, while fighting animals and rival teams. The last team alive wins.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
Which Fortnite-like games are team fights with destruction?
No shrinking map, but buildings still come down.
PCPlayStationXbox
12 online
Crossplay: Yes
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
The FinalsFree
You compete in a virtual game show to pull money out of vaults and carry it to a cash-out station you then have to defend. Almost every building can be destroyed.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PCPlayStationXbox
12 online
Crossplay: Yes
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Marvel RivalsFree
Teams of Marvel heroes and villains fight to capture points or escort a payload. Some character combinations unlock team-up abilities, and parts of the map can be destroyed.
It's free to play. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
PCPlayStationXbox
64 online
Crossplay: Yes
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Two big teams of soldiers fight to capture points on maps with tanks, helicopters and planes. Each player picks one of four classes, from Assault to Recon, and much of the scenery can be knocked down.
Everyone needs their own copy. A typical session runs about two hours, and each round stands on its own, so you can stop after any of them.
Which one should your squad pick?
If you play in threes, Apex Legends and Naraka: Bladepoint. In fours, PUBG: Battlegrounds and Eternal Return. If your squad mixes consoles and PC, every game here except Eternal Return has crossplay. To try one without spending money, six of the eight are free. If you can't agree, make a poll and let everyone vote.
