The game features multiplayer, which allows players to form four-man cooperative parties or fight against one another in four-on-four player versus player (PvP) matches. While fighting, players are provided with a wire that can allow them to quickly move around although the wire is not in the canonical Gun Gale Online, a Bullet Line system – which serves as an assist in defending the user – is included in Fatal Bullet. A third-person shooter and role-playing game hybrid, players can level up and gain skills as the game progresses. As the player progresses through the story, they can also unlock the ability to dual-wield a gun and photon sword in a similar manner to Kirito. Unlike past installments, Fatal Bullet features original character creation and the usage of firearms in battle, though other weapons like Kirito's photon sword are also available. Taking place in the virtual reality MMORPG (VRMMORPG) Gun Gale Online, Fatal Bullet features an alternate timeline to the light novels and anime. The Nintendo Switch version was release as a Complete Edition, including all DLC, on August 8 in Japan and August 9 worldwide. The PlayStation 4 version was released in Japan on February 8, 2018, with a worldwide release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows on February 23.
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It is the fifth game in the series and is the successor to the 2016 game Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is a third-person shooter action role-playing video game developed by Dimps for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows based on the Sword Art Online light novel series.