Glossary
What is a battle royale game?
A battle royale is a last-player-standing match: many players drop onto one map, gear up and fight while the play area shrinks.
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How it works
Matches start with dozens of players or squads and end when one is left. A closing circle pushes everyone together. Most battle royales are free-to-play and earn from a battle pass and cosmetics.
In the games we track
- Fortnite: the Battle Pass costs 800 V-Bucks.
- PUBG: Battlegrounds: a 30-day Steam peak of 806,873 players (November 2026).
- Apex Legends: squads of legends, with Apex Packs.
- Naraka: Bladepoint: melee-focused, with an Extreme item guaranteed within 100 opens.
Sources
- Wikipedia – Battle royale game, published by en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata – Battle royale (Q30607131), published by wikidata.org
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