Over the weekend, Epic added skins to Fortnite primarily based on the hit indie co-op climbing recreation Peak. If you wish to use one among these skins within the well-liked battle royale, you’ll must pay greater than twice what it prices to purchase an precise copy of Peak on Steam. Ouch.
On March 21, Epic partnered up with Peak developer Aggro Crab so as to add a collection of Peak-themed beauty gadgets to Fortnite’s in-game store. The principle focus is a customizable scout skin primarily based on the playable and lovable characters from Peak. To purchase the fundamental Peak Scout pores and skin in Fortnite, which comes with a number of customizable choices and a backpack, you’ll need to plop down 2,000 V-Bucks. 2,400 V-Bucks costs you $23 so let’s say 2,000 is within the neighborhood of $20. In the meantime, a single copy of Peak will set you again $8.
Sound the bugle 🎺
Peak outfits have climbed into Fortnite! pic.twitter.com/p14vlGiJtZ
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) March 22, 2026
As pointed out by Twitter user cuzl2 (and lots of others on-line), if we do some primary math, meaning this one Peak-themed pores and skin and backpack prices greater than twice the traditional value of the indie recreation they got here from.
However wait, it will get worse. Peak proper now could be on sale as a part of Steam’s large Spring Sale occasion. So proper now, Peak only costs $5. Meaning you could possibly purchase 4 copies of the web co-op climbing recreation on Steam for the value of a single pores and skin in Fortnite. That doesn’t appear proper! But right here we’re. I simply hope the devs at Aggro Crab get an honest lower of the gross sales.
As identified by cuzl2 within the viral submit I linked above, earlier than Epic’s current enhance to the price of V-Bucks, the Peak pores and skin would have price round $18. For these conserving monitor at dwelling, that’s nonetheless greater than Peak by fairly a bit. However you should perceive, Epic has payments to pay and wishes the additional money, okay? Have some sympathy for the corporate behind one of the extensively used online game engines on the planet and the creator of one of the profitable live-service video games of the final decade.
