Play Time: It takes between 10 minutes and 20 minutes to play a round of this game. Players are encouraged to quickly jump into the next game which can result in extended play sessions. You can set time-limits on consoles, and on Xbox for the Fortnite game specifically, and encourage them to play other games when the time is up.

This is a 100-player online game. Split-screen is available for two players to compete in online matches on PlayStation and Xbox.

Cross-Platform: You can play against people on different systems: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC and Mobile.

 
You can play this game in the following styles:

• Competitive Online
• Multiplayer Online Cross-Platform
• Split-Screen In The Same Room

This game has helped players develop their Behaviour, Knowledge and Skill as part of the following pathways:

This game has been the inspiration for the following activities:

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Fortnite provides parental controls (protected by a PIN) in the game to turn off mature in text chat, accepting friend requests, hiding names, turn off voice or text chat. It also offers weekly play reports. These are in addition to those controls provided on the console you are playing on.

Skill Rating

8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. Although you need good reactions and aiming skills to do well, the game aims to match you against players of the same ability. When you first start as a newcomer there are often easy to beat computer players in the matches to help you get started.

Our Game Pathways reveal how 9 - 12 year-olds play this game:

• 9-year-old: Untapped Teamwork
• 12-year-old: Trying Online Teamwork

Account Rating

Account required for online play that has 12 years old as minimum age. The age of your PlayStation account for the player of the game needs to be 12 or older. It's not possible to change the age of a PlayStation account after it has been created, and moving to a new account will lose items and progress in the game. The solution is to get Epic customer support to unlink the Epic account from your PlayStation account so you can link it to a new PlayStation account with the appropriate age.

You also need to enable Communication and User Generated Content in Network Features section of Parental Controls for the PlayStation account wanting to play the game. This grants access to see other players content and is required to play Fortnite. Otherwise you will get the error: "The playstation network account does not meet the minimum age requirements to play."
 
You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
 

Fortnite

This game is free to play. Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. Some of these purchases (known as 'loot boxes') are for a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent. These in-game purchases also offer a regular subscription fee (known as a 'battle/season pass') to unlock access to reward items and other aspects of the game.  

You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
 
You can buy Loot Llamas using V-Bucks, these offer unseen items when opened. Recently these have been changed to show players what it inside them before purchase. However, if you earn the Llamas through playing the game rather than purchase you can't see inside beforehand.

You can purchase the Fortnite Crew subscription for £9.99/$11.99 a month. This provides a Battle Pass for the full season, 1,000 V-Bucks each month and an exclusive "outfit bundle" each month.

Our Fortnite Accessibility Report documents 25 accessibility features:
There is an aim assist that makes targeting easier. As this is an online game difficulty depends on the other players in your match. But the game aims to find players of similar ability.

There is some reading required. Subtitles for in-game narration.

Sensitivity and button mapping is extensive with many options. You can opt to toggle rather than hold for sprinting and to tap rather than hold to interact. You can also get doors and pick-ups to happen automatically.

There's a setting to visualise audio cues via a circular overlay that shows the player the direction of any sounds nearby. It also includes icons and colours to give a visual representation of this audio information.

Control music, effects and chat volume independently. Audio cues offer direction and proximity of other players as well as wider activity in the area.

Motion aiming is supported on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, Android (usually mounted on a controller), and Windows (requires a DualShock 4 or DualSense controller plugged in). There's also the option to use Flick Stick with controllers on these platforms.

We haven't documented diversity and inclusion information for this game yet.