The gaming story of 2018 is obviously Fortnite, which has made $3 billion in revenue, $2.4 of which was in 2018 alone, according to Superdata. It saw the burgeoning battle royale trend made popular by PUBG, and then jammed it into its own game, turning Fortnite from a PvE defense game into the multiplayer monster we know today. But even if there’s a narrative that Fortnite stole PUBG’s thunder and crushed its rival into dust, that’s actually…not at all what happened. 2018 wasn’t just a great year for Fortnite, but it was still an absolute monster year for PUBG as well, as according to the same Superdata figures, it made over $1 billion in revenue last year alone, a 20% increase from the previous year, which makes it the highest grossing premium (ie. paid) game in 2018.

Source: Forbes January 20, 2019 14:48 UTC