As the battle royale craze settles and the top games in the genre retain their popularity, games like Apex Legends and Fortnite have maintained their playerbase over time. A combination of constant updates, as well as refining the meta (for the most part) to a tight gameplay experience, has given the most popular battle royale games proper staying power. However, for a previously very popular battle royale game, Call of Duty: Warzone has fallen off quite a bit in comparison to its launch popularity. That's not to inherently disparage Raven Software's take on the battle royale genre, but it is important to point out the multiple contributing factors to Warzone's declining popularity.