9 Most Exciting Upcoming Battle Royale Video Games

8. Hunt: Showdown

The next game from graphical maestros Crytek, Hunt: Showdown combines Resident Evil 7-esque bayou-crawling with tight, responsive shooting and teamwork.

You'll play as one of five teams of two people, tasked with eliminating one another to survive, but also taking out three specific demonic creatures that inhabit the environment. Doing so gives you much-needed buffs to armour and weapons if you're successful, letting you stand a better chance against other players as the match progresses.

In any given match you'll hear distant firefights, fall prey to jump-scares and have to choose which battles to engage with or run the other way - regardless of whether they're human or otherwise. Various demos have left VERY strong, positive impressions (Crytek did bring us the mighty Crysis, after all), and though the actual player count is low, the tension and claustrophobic feel of any battle royale game's most intense moments is spiking throughout.