Sometimes you just want to drop into a game and be part of something huge. Not a dozen people, not fifty — hundreds, maybe even thousands, all fighting at once.
Nothing feels quite like being one tiny part of a massive battle, where your team is pushing, falling back, regrouping, and charging again. It’s not just shooting or looting. It’s strategy, teamwork, and absolute madness happening everywhere you look.
We’ve pulled together the games that do this best. If you like huge wars with real stakes, keep reading.
Battlefield 2042
| Release date: | 2021-11-19 |
| Genre: | Shooter & Adventure |
| Developer: | EA Digital Illusions CE |
Battlefield 2042 brings back the franchise’s large-scale warfare with matches reaching 128 players on PC and next-gen consoles. Massive maps let infantry, vehicles, and aircraft all clash together. You can call in vehicles, swap attachments on the fly, and deal with wild weather like tornadoes ripping through the map.
At launch, it had problems. But after updates, more maps, and reworks, the game finally delivers those huge fights. Portal mode lets players make custom games, pulling in old Battlefield maps and rulesets.
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Planetside 2
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| Genre: | FPS, Shooter |
| Developer: | Rogue Planet Games |
PlanetSide 2 is all about scale. Thousands of players fight over entire continents, with air, ground, and infantry battles happening at the same time. Three factions are locked in constant war for control.
It holds the world record for biggest online FPS battle, reaching over 1,500 players.
With squads, platoons, and big coordinated pushes, every battle feels like it matters.
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Call of Duty: Warzone
| Release date: | 2024-10-25 |
| Genre: | Shooter |
| Developer: | Treyarch |
Warzone brings Call of Duty’s tight shooting to a big battle royale with up to 100 players.
Maps are large, movement is fast, and fights are brutal. Every match feels different.
Constant updates and cross-play keep the game alive. Landing spots, loadouts, and quick decisions shape each round.
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World of Warcraft
| Release date: | 2020-11-23 |
| Genre: | Role-playing (RPG) |
| Developer: | Blizzard Entertainment |
WoW mixes big PvE raids with faction PvP. Raids let 40 players take down huge bosses, while open-world PvP offers ongoing faction fights.
It’s not about one huge battle, but the constant clash between players.
Guilds organize both raids and PvP. War Mode lets you jump into PvP whenever you want.
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Fortnite
| Release date: | 2017-07-21 |
| Genre: | Shooter & Role-playing (RPG) & Strategy & Adventure & Simulator |
| Developer: | Epic Games |
Fortnite drops 100 players into battle royale matches where quick building matters as much as shooting.
The fast-paced fights get wild, especially with limited-time 50v50 modes.
Fortnite has grown beyond battle royale with creative modes, side games, and cross-platform play, keeping its huge player base coming back.
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PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds (PUBG)
| Release date: | 2017-03-23 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Bluehole, Inc. |
PUBG started the battle royale trend with its slower, tactical approach.
100 players drop, scavenge, and fight while the play area shrinks, forcing encounters.
It’s now free-to-play and offers solo, duo, and squad matches. Positioning, looting, and steady nerves decide who survives.
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Eve Online
| Release date: | 2019-04-10 |
| Genre: | MMO |
| Developer: | CCP |
Eve Online is a player-driven universe where politics, trade, and war are controlled by its community.
Battles can involve thousands, with ships worth real-world money destroyed in minutes.
Its massive economy and alliance wars make it unlike any other MMO. Battles like B-R5RB involved over 7,500 players.
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Guild Wars 2
| Release date: | 2012-08-28 |
| Genre: | Role-playing (RPG) & Adventure |
| Developer: | ArenaNet |
Guild Wars 2’s World vs. World pits servers against each other in big, ongoing sieges.
Dynamic events let players group up naturally for huge fights without needing formal parties.
The base game is free. Expansions add new classes, mounts, and elite specs.
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That’s the list. Some games throw you into thousand-player wars. Others drop you into battle royales where every decision counts. Either way, it’s you, your squad, and a whole lot of enemies waiting.