Fortnite Map Niches

Name: Fortnite Creative Niche Dataset
Creator: Profitable
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Every Fortnite map niche ranked by what a typical map earns, how well it holds players, and how crowded it already is · Updated Oct 7, 2026

Maps4.4K Creators2.8K Tags122 Stats

All 122 tags (>10 CCU)

Tag

boss battle	$719	15%	741	17.1%127	100	31
tycoon	$689	16%	2.6K	13.4%345	245	32
simulator	$657	16%	2.6K	13.3%349	239	32
roguelike	$655	19%	385	21.3%82	63	28
edit course	$607	26%	936	11.3%106	88	34
clicker	$493	9%	65	10.8%7	7	31
creatures	$490	14%	914	15.7%143	113	29
pve	$489	14%	1.4K	12.4%170	127	24
aim course	$484	25%	720	14.0%101	86	25
difficulty: impossible	$480	9%	361	15.0%54	41	44
open world	$459	19%	1.8K	12.8%237	195	35
platformer	$455	10%	354	13.0%46	42	32
deathrun	$443	10%	3.5K	10.0%349	262	30
difficulty: medium	$443	8%	365	4.7%17	15	21
difficulty: hard	$430	11%	621	14.5%90	62	32
board game	$421	6%	235	9.8%23	23	39
co-op	$420	16%	1.1K	10.4%118	94	28
race	$419	13%	2.1K	10.0%206	164	34
just for fun	$403	13%	12.9K	11.6%1.5K	1049	29
sandbox	$401	19%	217	12.9%28	22	30
role playing	$398	18%	1.8K	14.9%263	222	32
duo	$388	10%	631	14.9%94	78	32
casual	$385	14%	4.4K	12.0%529	390	27
story	$380	5%	295	8.8%26	20	19
one shot	$368	14%	1.1K	8.6%94	83	23

boss battle

Median payout

$719

Median D1

15%

Maps

127

Creators

100

Median CCU

Total CCU

10.4K

tycoon

Median payout

$689

Median D1

16%

Maps

345

Creators

245

Median CCU

Total CCU

187.1K

simulator

Median payout

$657

Median D1

16%

Maps

349

Creators

239

Median CCU

Total CCU

183K

roguelike

Median payout

$655

Median D1

19%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

8.7K

edit course

Median payout

$607

Median D1

26%

Maps

106

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

16.2K

clicker

Median payout

$493

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

480

creatures

Median payout

$490

Median D1

14%

Maps

143

Creators

113

Median CCU

Total CCU

10.9K

pve

Median payout

$489

Median D1

14%

Maps

170

Creators

127

Median CCU

Total CCU

11.4K

aim course

Median payout

$484

Median D1

25%

Maps

101

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

14.3K

difficulty: impossible

Median payout

$480

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

7.6K

open world

Median payout

$459

Median D1

19%

Maps

237

Creators

195

Median CCU

Total CCU

22.1K

platformer

Median payout

$455

Median D1

10%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

3.5K

deathrun

Median payout

$443

Median D1

10%

Maps

349

Creators

262

Median CCU

Total CCU

29.8K

difficulty: medium

Median payout

$443

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

difficulty: hard

Median payout

$430

Median D1

11%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

9.1K

board game

Median payout

$421

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

1.2K

co-op

Median payout

$420

Median D1

16%

Maps

118

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

10.3K

race

Median payout

$419

Median D1

13%

Maps

206

Creators

164

Median CCU

Total CCU

21.4K

just for fun

Median payout

$403

Median D1

13%

Maps

1499

Creators

1049

Median CCU

Total CCU

364K

sandbox

Median payout

$401

Median D1

19%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

1.9K

role playing

Median payout

$398

Median D1

18%

Maps

263

Creators

222

Median CCU

Total CCU

36.8K

duo

Median payout

$388

Median D1

10%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

30.1K

casual

Median payout

$385

Median D1

14%

Maps

529

Creators

390

Median CCU

Total CCU

200.9K

story

Median payout

$380

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

975

one shot

Median payout

$368

Median D1

14%

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

7.1K

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Reading a Fortnite Niche Before You Build In It

Tags are the closest thing Fortnite Creative has to genres, and they are what turns a list of maps into a market map. Median payout is the number to lead with rather than the total: a niche's total earnings are dominated by two or three hits, while the median tells you what a typical map in that format actually makes. Set it against the map count, which is everyone who has published into the format rather than only the ones who succeeded, and the survival column, which is the share of those that ever cleared 10 concurrent players. Roguelike maps survive at four times the rate of secrets maps, and that gap says more about your odds than either niche's size does.

Sticky Formats Earn More Per Minute

Median day-one retention varies far more across niches than concurrency does, and it compounds directly into earnings because Epic weights retention into the engagement score. Skill formats like aim and edit courses hold roughly twice the share of players that tycoon and simulator maps do the following day, despite being smaller. A niche with modest median concurrency but high retention is a better place to build than its size alone suggests.

The Tags That Mean Nothing

Epic lets creators pick their own tags, and the most common one across the whole catalogue is 'just for fun', which describes no format at all. Broad tags like that sit near the top of any count-based ranking while telling you nothing about what to build. Sort by median payout, survival or retention rather than by map count, and treat a niche with thousands of maps but no coherent format as a labelling artefact rather than a market.

Fortnite Map Niches FAQ

What kind of Fortnite map makes the most money?

By median payout, physics, tycoon and simulator maps lead, which reflects how long players stay in them rather than how many turn up. Totals look different from medians: a niche with one enormous hit can top the total column while a typical map in it earns very little, which is why median is the honest column to sort on.

Which Fortnite map niches are least crowded?

Sort by survival rather than by map count. It is the share of maps published with a tag that ever cleared 10 concurrent players, so it answers what your odds are rather than how many rivals you have. Roguelike maps clear it at 23% against 5% for secrets maps. Then compare map count against creator count: a niche with far more maps than creators is dominated by a few studios publishing repeatedly, which tells you a proven formula exists.

What are Fortnite map tags?

Tags are the descriptors a creator attaches when publishing a map, and they power discovery inside Fortnite. They are self-assigned rather than curated, so they are useful as a market map but imprecise: broad tags like 'just for fun' appear on over a thousand maps and describe no particular format.

How many Fortnite maps are in each niche?

The map count here covers maps above 10 concurrent players, out of a catalogue of roughly 284,000. Niches with fewer than five such maps are left out, since a median across three maps is noise rather than a market signal.

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