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 Sep 29, 2026

Maps4.9K Creators3.2K Tags119 Stats

All 119 tags (>10 CCU)

Tag

tycoon	$689	11%	2.9K	12.7%364	252	37
simulator	$658	11%	2.9K	12.5%358	253	37
roguelike	$533	16%	434	23.0%100	79	26
platformer	$513	8%	408	12.8%52	48	32
edit course	$504	21%	981	11.1%109	90	31
boss battle	$487	11%	822	18.6%153	118	33
aim course	$472	21%	751	13.7%103	88	29
difficulty: hard	$458	9%	652	13.0%85	61	36
duo	$454	9%	696	12.8%89	70	39
difficulty: impossible	$454	8%	391	13.3%52	40	58
role playing	$439	16%	1.9K	13.7%255	214	34
physics	$428	5%	128	10.9%14	14	18
casual	$421	10%	4.8K	11.0%530	407	32
story	$408	3%	343	9.3%32	23	30
moving	$388	8%	216	5.1%11	11	23
pve	$377	11%	1.5K	13.6%197	148	27
one shot	$345	10%	1.3K	8.5%109	95	32
heroes	$343	9%	622	4.2%26	26	26
deathrun	$339	7%	4.2K	10.6%442	350	28
choices matter	$337	8%	101	7.9%8	8	24
just for fun	$337	9%	14.7K	11.3%1.7K	1158	30
open world	$336	13%	2.2K	12.2%264	210	34
co-op	$326	11%	1.3K	11.6%148	128	26
creatures	$324	9%	1.2K	15.6%183	142	31
first person	$316	4%	1.6K	13.5%210	125	28

tycoon

Median payout

$689

Median D1

11%

Maps

364

Creators

252

Median CCU

Total CCU

218K

simulator

Median payout

$658

Median D1

11%

Maps

358

Creators

253

Median CCU

Total CCU

214.3K

roguelike

Median payout

$533

Median D1

16%

Maps

100

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

16.7K

platformer

Median payout

$513

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

5.3K

edit course

Median payout

$504

Median D1

21%

Maps

109

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

17.3K

boss battle

Median payout

$487

Median D1

11%

Maps

153

Creators

118

Median CCU

Total CCU

17.9K

aim course

Median payout

$472

Median D1

21%

Maps

103

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

16.8K

difficulty: hard

Median payout

$458

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

9.8K

duo

Median payout

$454

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

32.4K

difficulty: impossible

Median payout

$454

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

8.2K

role playing

Median payout

$439

Median D1

16%

Maps

255

Creators

214

Median CCU

Total CCU

40.9K

physics

Median payout

$428

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

836

casual

Median payout

$421

Median D1

10%

Maps

530

Creators

407

Median CCU

Total CCU

232.9K

story

Median payout

$408

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

1.3K

moving

Median payout

$388

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

1.2K

pve

Median payout

$377

Median D1

11%

Maps

197

Creators

148

Median CCU

Total CCU

14.4K

one shot

Median payout

$345

Median D1

10%

Maps

109

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

10.8K

heroes

Median payout

$343

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

4.3K

deathrun

Median payout

$339

Median D1

Maps

442

Creators

350

Median CCU

Total CCU

38.3K

choices matter

Median payout

$337

Median D1

Maps

Creators

Median CCU

Total CCU

1.4K

just for fun

Median payout

$337

Median D1

Maps

1661

Creators

1158

Median CCU

Total CCU

401.7K

open world

Median payout

$336

Median D1

13%

Maps

264

Creators

210

Median CCU

Total CCU

25.6K

co-op

Median payout

$326

Median D1

11%

Maps

148

Creators

128

Median CCU

Total CCU

18.7K

creatures

Median payout

$324

Median D1

Maps

183

Creators

142

Median CCU

Total CCU

17.8K

first person

Median payout

$316

Median D1

Maps

210

Creators

125

Median CCU

Total CCU

18.1K

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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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