| Fortnite Creative | |
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| Developer | Epic Games |
| Publisher | Epic Games |
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| Series | Fortnite |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5[b] |
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| Release | December 6, 2018[a]
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| Genre | Sandbox |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Fortnite Creative is asandbox game, developed and published byEpic Games, part of the video gameFortnite. It was released on December 6, 2018, forAndroid,iOS,macOS,Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4,Windows, andXbox One, in November 2020 forPlayStation 5 andXbox Series X/S, and on June 6, 2025 forNintendo Switch 2.
In theFortnite meta-game, players can create structures on a private island and share them with up to 100[1] players (including the owner) for various multiplayer game modes with customizable rules.[2][3]
Players can place, copy and paste, move and erase objects, including ground tiles, items, and game buildings.[4][5] There are limits to the amount of structures on an island.[2][4] Players place objects from a palette with items of their choosing. They can also choose to build from predetermined structures like buildings.[3][4]
Fortnite Creative loads into a hub island from which other islands can be accessed, most prominently those deemed popular by Epic Games and in the community.[3][5] Players have the option to play custom games where they can practice their skills, compete against friends, or play minigames. Each player can have up to four private islands that they can build on.[3] In the game, players can walk, jump and fly.[2][3] Players edit the world using a mobile phone that their character holds in the hand. After a minigame is played, the island is reset to its previous state before the game started.[4]
The islands could previously be nominated to appear in The Block, a 25 × 25 tile area inFortnite Battle Royale, which replaced Risky Reels in the top right corner of the map in Chapter 1 Season 7.[2][6] In Chapter 1 Season 8 The Block was moved to the northwest of the map, replacing the motel.[7] After 4 years, Fortnite announced The Block 2.0 during Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2. This replacedTilted Towers, which is in the center of the map. Players created their versions of "The Block 2.0" in Creative.[8]
During the development of Creative mode, Epic Games prioritized completing quickly over creating a perfect mode upon release.[9] Because of this, there were several bugs upon release. Due to their focus on speed, Epic Games created the prefabs system, instead of the full selection of blocks seen in other creative mode games.[9] Epic Games was able to launchFortnite Creative earlier than planned.[9] Epic has updated creative mode several times since it was launched, fixing bugs, adding new buildings, and new island types. A scoreboard was added during the 8.40 patch.[10]
While Epic has usedFortnite: Battle Royale to perform a number of promotional events, such as virtual concerts, Epic partnered withTime to create a specialFortnite Creative area dedicated to celebrating the 58th anniversary ofMartin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 2021.[11] In August 2023, Epic approved avirtual holocaust museum designed byLuc Bernard; its release was delayed following concerns of vandalism after comments fromHolocaust denierNick Fuentes.[12][13][14]
A revamped system ofFortnite Creative, known asUnreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), or colloquially asCreative 2.0, was initially found in a presentation at Christmas 2020.Data miners found hints of code mentioning the system in early 2022.[15] It "combines the creation tools from Fortnite Creative with theUnreal Editor",[16] such as custom props and models, animations, sounds, and terrain generation.
UEFN was originally planned to release by the end of 2022,[17] but it was delayed until January 2023.[18] On March 16, 2023, it was announced that UEFN would arrive on March 22, 2023, and be available from theEpic Games Store.
Epic andUnity Technologies announced a collaboration in November 2025 that will allow games developed within theUnity engine to be used withinFortnite, while Unity Technologies'cross-platform commerce platform will see Unreal Engine integration.[19]
The game mode was announced on December 5, 2018. A trailer was released and Epic Games partnered with nine YouTubers to create demonstration videos of the meta-game.[20]Fortnite Battle Royale season 7battle pass owners were able to play the game starting December 6.[2] Players without a battle pass could join islands created by players with a battle pass.[21] The meta-game was released for all players on December 13, 2018.[2]
Fortnite Creative has been compared to the 2011sandbox gameMinecraft. Henry St Leger ofTechRadar wrote that thisFortnite installment shies away from taking inspiration from thebattle royale gamePlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds towards taking inspiration fromMinecraft. He called the meta-game "basically a blueprint" and wrote that it could become a "serious rival" toMinecraft due toFortnite's infrastructure and player base.[2]
The meta-game was expected to keep a healthy player base forFortnite.Polygon's Ben Kuchera wrote that the game is "a powerful new tool" and that "[sharing] your own maps and game modes, or just using the tools to create wild videos, is going to go a long way toward keeping Fortnite fresh for the foreseeable future."[20]
Players have recreated various structures inFortnite Creative; these include theStar Wars starshipMillennium Falcon andCastle Black fromGame of Thrones. Others have used musical tiles (which can be found inside of the Creative Inventory) to perform songs popular asInternet memes.[22] Maps from other video games such asCounter-Strike andCall of Duty have also been recreated in the meta-game by players.[23][24] Locations and plots from TV shows and movies such as survival drama television seriesSquid Game have been recreated in the Creative gamemode.[25]
Epic licensedSteal a Brainrot, a game developed inRoblox, for use inFortnite Creative, in mid-2025. By September 2025, theFortnite version of the game had more players than any of the other game modes inFortnite, leading Epic to add the ability for creators to sell in-game items via V-bucks fromCreative maps starting in 2025, with developers of theCreative modes earning 100% of the revenue from these sales for the first year.[26]
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