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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“1000x better thean fortnite great game has actual dificulty that isnt p2w slop made to appeal only to streamers my only dislike is the lack of linux support”
“I’ve played PUBG Mobile for years, and recently I tried PUBG PC on Steam for the first time. The first thing I noticed is that the gameplay feels a bit slower compared to mobile—not in terms of performance, but the…”
“fun game sometimes until you run into a camping hoee asss ♥♥♥♥♥”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Usually i'm good at shooters. If u also are, but wanna feels some hardships join the game. 800hrs in seems im starting to understand how to shoot people”
“One of the best games ever. It is always unknown what could happen in a game, who and where will appear and how it will end. Not too easy and too hard to play, right in the middle.”
“Even years after its launch, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS remains the gold standard for tactical battle royales because it prioritizes positioning and gunplay over high-speed movement gimmicks. The learning curve is steep, but…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“very fun pvp and with friends used to play back in the day this game is very much still poppin with a huge player base”
“yeah, its pretty good. fun game. cool players”
“I love the game mechanic and graphics, even though putting in low setting we can enjoy battel-ground map clearly and visually appealing. I would say after a long way of development of this game, lobby are real player…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“shoot first, lose. Aim correctly, Lag. Hackers, and no repurcussions. worst mmr ever.”
“the hacking is insane only fun that can be had is with the "casual" matches but you only get an hour a day limit to the gamemode. game has got to complete trash not even worth free”
“After more than 1500 hours in this game (if you count PlayStation), I am shocked and appalled by the amount of hackers in this game after it became F2P, not to mention how easy accessible and undetecatable these hacks…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“make fpp great again , KRAFTON is trying to kill what made this game great and it was fpp and hardcore gameplay yes u can have tpp in the game ,but actively trying to kill what made youre game on the top of the BR…”
“fun game sometimes until you run into a camping hoee asss ♥♥♥♥♥”
“the hacking is insane only fun that can be had is with the "casual" matches but you only get an hour a day limit to the gamemode. game has got to complete trash not even worth free”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I encountered a toxic teammate who used profanity, insulted throughout the entire game, and even tried to kill me and another teammate. I reported him using the replay, which clearly shows the evidence, but no action…”
“make fpp great again , KRAFTON is trying to kill what made this game great and it was fpp and hardcore gameplay yes u can have tpp in the game ,but actively trying to kill what made youre game on the top of the BR…”
“After more than 1500 hours in this game (if you count PlayStation), I am shocked and appalled by the amount of hackers in this game after it became F2P, not to mention how easy accessible and undetecatable these hacks…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“shoot first, lose. Aim correctly, Lag. Hackers, and no repurcussions. worst mmr ever.”
“So far so good. but, please fix network lag detected. sometimes i cant reconnect and i have to relaunch the game. hewll nah”
“Serious problems with package loss lately on the servers making the game unplayable.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I encountered a toxic teammate who used profanity, insulted throughout the entire game, and even tried to kill me and another teammate. I reported him using the replay, which clearly shows the evidence, but no action…”
“welp, i hit that magic number of 1k hours. what is there to say? not too many games give you this certain feeling that bring so many of us back after all these years. drop in with friends, scream at your teammates to…”
“Unplayable ... Only chinese people lvl 500 playing this ♥♥♥♥ game . server with 80 ping minimum . PUBG is dead. CHINESE SLOP”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 59.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“An excellent game to spend time with friends under the influence of heavy narcotic substances! I recommend it to everyone, if you don't have a dad”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played“Few games still create panic as well as PUBG. You can loot for ten quiet minutes, feel completely in control, then hear one distant shot and suddenly start moving like your real life depends on a helmet and a painkiller. That tension is why it still works. Gunfights feel heavy,…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“I am a veteran player who has been playing PUBG since 2018, with thousands of hours in the game. I truly appreciate the core gameplay of PUBG and some of the recent improvements, such as the deployable shield and vehicle dashboard features, which enhance immersion and realism.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,139 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Survival · Shooter · Battle Royale · Multiplayer · FPS · PvP · Third-Person Shooter · Action · Online Co-Op · Tactical · Co-op · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Custom Volume Controls · Stereo Sound · Surround Sound · Stats · Remote Play on Phone |
| Languages | English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000,000 – 200,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.pubg.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space