Fortnite is a shooter game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly and published by Epic Games on July 25, 2017. The game is a mission- playing game with co-op gameplay for up to 4 people. The game includes three game modes, Save the World, Fortnite Battle Royale (survival), and Creative, which share the same game engine. The game grew in popularity after the survival mode was released in September 2017.

Fortnite Battle Royale has around 125 million players worldwide since its launch. According to data from SuperData, Fortnite was the highest-grossing game of 2018. It is known that the game generated a revenue of 2.4 billion dollars in 2018. In addition, the game increased the revenue of all free-to-play console games by 458% in 2017.

Sawe The World is available for macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative has been released for all these platforms, as well as Android and iOS devices and Nintendo Switch. The game also launched alongside the release of the ninth-generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles.