Fortnite is undeniably the biggest game on the market right now, and is making a strong case for the most popular game ever made. Every time it seems like the game may have peaked, a new headline suggests that the game hasn't reached full potential quite yet. For instance, August was the game's biggest month ever, clocking in more than 78.3 million players.

While that's an astonishing number, there's a good chance that September could see an even greater number of active players than August did. This is largely due to the game's release on Android devices, which debuted at the end of last month with the release of Samsung's Note 9, a phone that even featured some sponsored Fortnite bundles.

So to what does Fortnite owe it's smashing success? The most obvious answer is Epic's free-to-play model for the game, eliminating any barrier to entry but enticing players with limited run cosmetic items and microtransactions. Then, of course, there are the regular content updates and in-game events. Every season brings fresh new content to the game and Epic has mastered the ability to tell a story through changes to the map, much like the cube that recently melted into Loot Lake.

Of course, the gravy train has to end sometime, but it certainly seems like that won't be the case anytime soon. New challengers to the throne pop up semi-regularly, much like Call of Duty's new Blackout mode, which seems like a promising blend of both Call of Duty and Battle Royale games if the beta is any indication of the final product, but none have been able to dethrone Fortnite just yet.

Epic will have to keep pushing out content if they want to keep a player base this large engaged, but they haven't had much difficulty doing so in the past. Even the regular challenges keep players coming back for more. Season 6 is also coming up soon, which always brings a ton of new skins and challenges for players to work their way through. Finally, Epic is working on making changes to the games competitive scene and infrastructure. Hopefully, those changes will help make the game even better, which should keep players engaged for even longer.

Fortnite is available now on pretty much everything.

Source: Epic