$1.8 billion dollars is a staggering amount of money for a single game to earn in a year. While slightly less than the $2.4 billion
Fortnite earned in 2018, overall digital games revenue actually increased by 3% reaching $109.4 billion.
As Epic Games'
Fortnite revenue stabilized in 2019, the title still topped other free-to-play games, which represented 80% of the total digital games market for the year. The game's mega success is the result of consistent content updates such as October's Chapter 2 installment, monetization via Battle Pass subscriptions and crossover promotions with pop culture phenomenons like
Stranger Things and
Star Wars.
In addition,
Fortnite has been very successful at getting players to spend on in-game content.
After
Fortnite, the top free-to-play games in 2019 by revenue were
Dungeon Fighter Online and
Honour of Kings (both with $1.6 billion);
League of Legends and
Candy Crush Saga (both at $1.5 billion); and
Pokémon Go and
Crossfire ($1.4 billion each).
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