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Interestingly, 11.6% of North American Overwatch players also checked out Realm Royale in June. players of other battle royale games in June played Realm Royale too, including players of H1Z1: King of the Kill (23.6%), PUBG (14.5%), and Fortnite (13.1%). Twenty-nine percent of Paladins players and 23.6% of Smite players played Realm Royale, which is unsurprising, given the visible ads for Realm Royale in these other Hi-Rez titles and the fact that the game was originally planned as an add-on for Paladins. Naturally, many North Americans who played other Hi-Rez games in June also played Realm Royale. also churned from Hi-Rez’s older titles to Realm Royale, including 15.2% of lapsed Paladins players and 13.7% of lapsed Smite players. Many U.S.-based players of other battle royale games in previous months moved on to Realm Royale in June, including 21.2% of those who stopped playing H1Z1: King of the Kill, 9.7% of those who stopped playing PUBG, and 8.8% of those who stopped playing Fortnite. Also, the average session time for Realm Royale was 47 minutes, which was significantly less time than Fortnite’s average of 86 minutes. Fans of Hi-Rez and Other Battle Royale Games
On a country level, the game was most popular with people in the Nordics it was played by 6.2% of Denmark’s players, 6.1% of Sweden’s players, and 5.9% of Norway’s players – compared to the 3.6% of people who played it worldwide. The title was also the most played Hi-Rez game globally for players of all the people who played Hi-Rez core PC games in June, 71.5% played Realm Royale, 23.4% played Paladins, and 14.6% played Smite.
In fact, 5% of all core PC players played a Hi-Rez game in June, compared to 2.1% and 1.7% in May and April, respectively. Realm Royale’s initial success helped Hi-Rez Studios jump to #11 in our publisher ranking for June, up from its #19 ranking in May. Following the game’s release on Steam Early Access on June 5, it peaked at more than 100,000 concurrent players and was broadcast by superstar streamers such as Ninja, which likely helped fuel the title’s popularity. Realm Royale was an overnight hit it entered the June ranking at #12 and was played by 3.6% of all players throughout the month. Interestingly, the game started development as Paladins Battlegrounds in January, but Hi-Rez decided to release the game as a standalone title after its short alpha release in Paladins. Just like Fortnite’s building mechanics, there are gameplay elements in Realm Royale that help it stand out from other games in the genre: it takes place in a fantasy setting, MOBA-style mounts can be activated to get around the map quicker, and there’s a class-based system that lets players choose between five different play styles. The game is similar to other titles in the genre, featuring 100-person last-player-standing matches in which combatants must collect different weapons and abilities from chests throughout the game’s map. With Realm Royale, Hi-Rez Studios – the developer behind Smite and Paladins – is looking to capitalize on the meteoric rise of the battle royale genre.
Trend Reports Free reports and whitepapersīattle Royale Games Continue to Gain Attentionįor June’s deep dive into our PC Game Tracker, we’re turning the spotlight on Hi-Rez Studios’ free-to-play Realm Royale, a new entry to our Top 20 Most Popular Core PC Games Ranking.Key Numbers Our latest market estimates.