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Fall Guys (formerly known as Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout)[1] is a free-to-play platform battle royale game developed by Mediatonic and published by Epic Games. The game involves up to 32 players who control bean-shaped characters and compete against each other in a series of randomly selected mini-games such as obstacle courses and survival challenges. Players are eliminated as the rounds progress until, eventually, the last remaining player is crowned the winner. The game draws inspiration from game shows like Takeshi's Castle, It's a Knockout, Wipeout, and playground games like tag and British Bulldog.[2][3]
The game was released by Devolver Digital for PlayStation 4 and Windows on 4 August 2020. Following their acquisition of Mediatonic, the publishing rights were transferred to Epic Games. Subsequently, the game was made free-to-play on 21 June 2022 and released on additional platforms including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with full cross-platform play support among all platforms.[4][5] As part of the transition, the game adapted a battle pass system for its monetization, offering avatar customizations to players.
Fall Guys received positive reviews from critics for its chaotic gameplay and visual appearance. The game was a commercial success, selling more than 10 million copies and attracting more than 50 million players after the game went free-to-play. Since launch Mediatonic has released numerous updates.
Up to 32 players compete in shows with battle royale-style gameplay.[6][7][8] Players, represented as jellybean-like figures,[9] move around in a three-dimensional playing field, with additional moves such as jumping, grabbing/climbing, or diving to assist gameplay.[10] The aim is to qualify for subsequent rounds by successfully completing each of the randomly selected mini-games with randomly selected variations.[11][12] Certain mini-games include: Course rounds in which players need to make it to the finish line, Survival rounds in which players need to not get knocked off into the slime, Hunt rounds in which players need to collect items to win, Logic rounds in which players need to use their memory, Team rounds in which players are part of a team and need to win against the other teams, Invisibeans rounds in which there are 2 teams, with 1 team being invisible, and final rounds in which the remaining few players compete in a final match with a randomised mini-game designed for a smaller player size.[10] The winner of the match is the last player standing or the first to finish.[13]
Using an in-game currency, "Kudos", players can purchase single cosmetics, nameplates, nametags, patterns, faceplates, and colours, for their character to show off in-game.[14][15] Players obtain Kudos by completing the fame pass, or in events. Players receive crowns by winning a match.[16] Crowns were a premium currency until 21 June 2022, whereas they now only count towards Crown Rank. Any Crowns that users did not spend before the game went free to play were converted into Kudos.[17]
Players can also use "Show Bucks", a paid currency that's only available through the fame pass in limited quantities or through microtransactions. Show Bucks can be used to purchase everything kudos sells as well as full costumes and celebrations.
Season 4 added a basic daily challenge system, which allowed the user to get rewards for completing tasks in the game. It also added the "Crown Shards" currency, earned by playing in Squads Mode, where a team of four other players cooperates to earn points to progress to the next round, or by completing daily challenges. 60 Crown Shards are automatically converted into 1 Crown. In a mid-season update, they added to ability to host custom shows.[18][19]
Season 5 added limited time events, where players need to do certain challenges to earn exclusive costumes and other types of cosmetics. In game events usually last between one and seven days and can sometimes be based on different franchises.
Season 6 added a game mode called Sweet Thieves, where one team is invisible (only being visible when moving fast) while the other team is not. The invisible team (Thieves) needs to bring sweets to the goals while the other team (Guardians) tries to prevent them by using the grabbing mechanic to capture the Thieves and put them in a jail. A button can be pressed every 30 seconds to remove the jail barrier.[20][21]
Season 1: Free for All added a premium in-game currency called Show-Bucks, that can be used to purchase full costumes, premium colours, patterns, faceplates, emotes, and the current paid fame pass. Players are only able to obtain Show-Bucks through the fame pass or by purchasing them via microtransactions.[22]
The same season added Bean Hill Zone, the first collaboration round, with Sonic the Hedgehog.[23] The round came with a limited time event and its own show. In Season 3: Sunken Secrets the round was added to Solo Show, and it was removed from it the season after, but came back in the "Summer Breeze" update.[24] On 5 March 2024 the round was removed from the game, including 'The Vault' show, due to unknown reasons.[25]
Season 2: Satellite Scramble added a Halloween-exclusive gamemode called Treat Thieves, a Halloween themed version of Sweet Thieves which had new gimmicks. The round is exclusive to the Halloween event that comes every year.[26]
Season 3: Sunken Secrets added a dive sliding feature, where if the player presses the dive button while approaching a slime or ice path, the user will slide on it. It added a Time Attack show, where players were given 5 minutes to try and speedrun one round the fastest and was given the option to retry for a better time under those 5 minutes. The show was removed in December 2022 and can only be played in Custom Lobbies. The maximum lobby size was shrunk from 60 to 40 players for faster queue time.
The same season also added two shows, one called 'The Vault', which features all rounds regardless of vaulted status in one show, which is only available in Custom Lobbies, and another called "Xtreme Party", which is a single player version of the show "Xtreme Solo Show", both rounds have the rule that you cannot respawn.[27] Both shows were removed from Customs on 7 May 2024.
Season 4: Creative Construction added a level editor called Creative. Creative allows users to create rounds with various obstacles and objects. Players can choose between making Race or Survival rounds. There is a budget that limits how many objects a round can contain. Players can submit their rounds and can share their rounds to others via share codes. Creative made rounds can appear in the Discovery tab.[28][29]
The Power Party update introduced powerups, a feature that was teased back in the announcement livestream for Season 4: Creative Construction.[30] Powerups can give the player unique abilities for either a limited amount of time or until the round ends depending on the rounds settings. As of February 2024 there are three powerups: Bean Ball which allows players to curl up into a ball,[31] Invisibility (taken from Sweet Thieves), and Party Crasher which allows beans to send a rhino shaped bomb in a straight line before detonating.[32]
The Fall Forever update added the 'Piggyback', an ability that lets players assist others via picking them up and carrying them for as long as needed. The update also added a social wheel which allows players to pick between short dialog options in game to communicate with other players.[33]
The same update also added the show Explore, a show that allows up to 10 players to play back to back creative rounds for as long as they want. Players are able to skip rounds and go to the next round once qualified.
The Fame Pass is an optional purchase that gives players extra cosmetics, and in-game currencies. Before Season 1: Free for All the fame pass (known as the fame path) only had 40 tiers and was completely free. Season 4 increased the path to 50.
Starting in Season 1: Free for All, the renamed 'season pass' was extended to 100 tiers with half of them being free and the other half being paid. Season 2: Satellite Scramble added 100 extra tiers to the season pass, offering mostly crown shards and 3 bonus costumes.
Season 4: Creative Construction changed the model offering multiple 'fame passes' over the course of the season.[52] These passes would have 40 main tiers with the rest of the 100 tier pass consisting of bonus costumes and crown shards. The same season also introduced the first collaboration Fame Pass with the game Final Fantasy XIV,[53] featuring tiers themed around the Warriors of Light.[54]
After the discontinuation of seasons, future passes would stay the same however it was extended from 100 to 160. For The Survival update, the fame pass was extended to 300 tiers but only 70 would consist of proper rewards. The Fall Forever fame pass onwards decreased the pass to just 70 tiers.
Fall Guys used to host new seasons approximately every 4 to 6 months, hosting a new theme and additional content every season.[55][56][57] The game had 6 seasons from its release in 2020 to 2022, but on 21 June 2022, it was reset to Season 1. After that, it went on to have 3 more seasons before 16 August 2023, where it was announced that Seasons would be phased out in favor of more frequent updates.
The conception of what became Fall Guys began when Mediatonic was discussing another project in January 2018.[93] Lead designer Joe Walsh said that it reminded him of game shows such as Takeshi's Castle and Total Wipeout. He drew from that inspiration to create a pitch document for what would become Fall Guys.[2][94] Originally titled Fools' Gauntlet, (also later under development using the name "Stumble Chums"), Walsh's pitch featured 100 players competing in a battle royale composed of physical challenges.[95] Creative director Jeff Tanton, while initially skeptical that creating another battle royale game would be successful, was quickly convinced of the game's potential, and forwarded Walsh's pitch to Mediatonic's founders.[93]
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