Battle Royale Game of the Year Awards

Lore & Background

By January 2026, PUBG Mobile had accumulated around 1.75 billion downloads while grossing over . It is also one of the most-played mobile video games of all time. In 2021, the game spawned an Indian version, Battlegrounds Mobile India, and a separate game taking place in the PUBG Universe, called New State Mobile.

Reader's Guide

PUBG Mobile features gameplay similar to that of the original PUBG: Battlegrounds, in which up to one hundred players fight in a battle royale. Players can choose to enter the match solo, duo, or with a small team of up to four people. The last person or team alive wins the match. Each match starts with players parachuting from a plane onto one of the several maps.

Players start with no gear beyond customized clothing selections which do not affect gameplay. Once they land, players can search buildings, ghost towns and other sites to find weapons, vehicles, armor, and other equipment. Killed players can be looted to acquire their gear. Players can opt to play either from the first-person or third-person perspective.

Every few minutes, the playable area of the map begins to shrink down towards a random location, with any player caught outside the safe area taking damage incrementally. During the course of the match, random regions of the map are highlighted in red and bombed. A plane will fly over various parts of the playable map occasionally at random, or wherever a player uses a flare gun, and drop a loot package. On average, a full round takes about 30 minutes.

Additional features unique to the mobile version include log-in bonuses, missions and micro-goals, crew recruiting, map and compass improvements, an auto loot system, and an increased number of bots.