Super Animal Royale
Review

Super Animal Royale (2021) is a 64-player online battle where murderous animals fight to be the last one standing. You explore and track down other animal players, using the environment and line-of-sight to your advantage. It's unusual both for its simple visuals and controls, but really stands out for just how much content there is to keep things fresh.

Play involves dropping down the island, hunting down other players and then shooting them. It's, of course, a bit like Fortnite. Here though, you play a range of different animals and the action is viewed from above and simpler to control. You move with one control Stick and shoot with the other, in twin-stick shooter fashion.

As you progress through rounds of the game you collect and customize creatures and weapons. This gives you more options for tactics as you get better at using both your firepower and the environment to get the upper hand. For instance, you can only be seen by other players if they have a line of sight to your player.

Like similar online battle royale games, there are periodic events and updates that keep the game fresh with new content, outfits, animals, and weapons to collect. Most recently this has included vehicles like a Hamster Ball and Giant Emus.

The result is a goofy take on the popular online battle style. But also it's a version that offers some genuine strategy and tactics for players wanting to progress through the ranks.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Super Animal Royale 16 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 5 months ago.