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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

Released Dec 20, 2017 · early access since Mar 23, 2017 · Steam app 578080

Free to play

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 02:15 UTC

Playing now

30,170

at 02:15 UTC

24-hour peak

781,404

All-time peak

3,236,027

monthly peak, Jan 2018

24h change

-5.8%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

883

live on Twitch

Best price

€0.00

official store

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 30,170 players
Peak · 48h: 781,404 players
Average · 48h: 317,908 players
Lowest · 48h: 29,670 players

Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 AM: 30,170 players

What stands out

-83%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
#31Most played on Steam right now, by live players.
3Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.

All-time peak

3,236,027

Highest monthly peak on record, in Jan 2018. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 781,404.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	238,949	-22%-67,978	781,404
September	306,927	-4.5%-14,394	788,224
August	321,321	-1.8%-5,829	771,621
July	327,150	+3.2%+10,030	792,142
June	317,120	-1.4%-4,482	820,499
May	321,602	-8.9%-31,565	822,338
April	353,167	+7.9%+25,954	979,753
March	327,213	+22%+60,078	1,290,870
February	267,135	-8%-23,262	694,462
January	290,397	+3.9%+10,991	712,143
2025
December	279,406	+0.5%+1,421	751,295
November	277,985	+4.3%+11,426	691,068

Show all 116 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	266,559	-4.2%-11,537	750,442
September	278,096	-5.9%-17,408	707,773
August	295,504	-2.6%-7,757	724,503
July	303,261	-2.1%-6,631	944,484
June	309,892	+1.5%+4,639	778,327
May	305,253	-3.8%-12,188	804,674
April	317,441	-8.1%-28,086	861,598
March	345,527	+9.1%+28,751	1,329,605
February	316,776	+3%+9,226	818,843
January	307,550	-4.2%-13,548	786,821
2024
December	321,098	+1.7%+5,485	799,077
November	315,613	+7.6%+22,263	796,001
October	293,350	-1.7%-4,917	762,909
September	298,267	+4.6%+13,020	807,515
August	285,247	-2.8%-8,150	719,506
July	293,397	+2.1%+5,898	700,235
June	287,499	+6%+16,135	699,256
May	271,364	-3.4%-9,489	693,105
April	280,853	-0.2%-489	699,697
March	281,342	+12%+31,027	764,034
February	250,315	+0.3%+757	609,366
January	249,558	+1%+2,545	587,152
2023
December	247,013	+20%+40,804	623,852
November	206,209	+9.3%+17,538	502,374
October	188,671	+3.7%+6,715	444,585
September	181,956	+0.9%+1,583	415,099
August	180,373	+10%+16,865	397,857
July	163,508	-0.6%-935	356,738
June	164,443	-10%-19,056	376,727
May	183,499	-7.2%-14,237	414,957
April	197,736	-2.8%-5,669	444,973
March	203,405	-7.9%-17,467	459,344
February	220,872	+8.5%+17,214	490,332
January	203,658	-4.1%-8,632	465,423
2022
December	212,290	+15%+28,370	586,384
November	183,920	-6.4%-12,639	425,493
October	196,559	+0.6%+1,120	440,651
September	195,439	+6%+11,066	448,410
August	184,373	+4.2%+7,355	395,910
July	177,018	-2.3%-4,170	391,255
June	181,188	-9.8%-19,666	413,426
May	200,854	-10%-22,687	468,207
April	223,541	-1.1%-2,574	527,433
March	226,115	-6.2%-15,059	535,587
February	241,174	-0.5%-1,148	532,109
January	242,322	+58%+88,651	696,704
2021
December	153,671	+8.8%+12,410	363,839
November	141,261	-11%-17,177	341,570
October	158,438	-5.2%-8,664	393,496
September	167,102	-9.6%-17,726	400,709
August	184,828	-0.8%-1,422	444,355
July	186,250	+3.9%+6,912	413,274
June	179,338	-2.9%-5,363	427,913
May	184,701	-0.8%-1,410	419,509
April	186,111	-3.6%-7,003	453,579
March	193,114	-2.9%-5,844	464,480
February	198,958	-1.1%-2,289	447,390
January	201,247	+6.4%+12,013	451,998
2020
December	189,234	+5.4%+9,714	444,680
November	179,520	+10%+16,934	438,919
October	162,586	-3.9%-6,508	381,079
September	169,094	-12%-23,399	403,693
August	192,493	-9.1%-19,207	443,390
July	211,700	-8.1%-18,630	469,568
June	230,330	-5.3%-12,929	546,359
May	243,259	+0.2%+412	553,121
April	242,847	+6.3%+14,380	913,075
March	228,467	-11%-29,117	562,028
February	257,584	-6.5%-17,779	606,689
January	275,363	-11%-33,082	645,414
2019
December	308,445	+0.9%+2,786	686,239
November	305,659	+6.5%+18,526	695,920
October	287,133	-7.8%-24,311	637,870
September	311,444	-13%-47,087	660,864
August	358,531	+1.6%+5,642	750,941
July	352,889	-2.8%-10,194	745,224
June	363,083	-5.9%-22,758	745,960
May	385,841	-1.1%-4,260	817,595
April	390,101	-6.6%-27,712	886,255
March	417,813	-4.6%-20,146	931,407
February	437,959	-12%-59,844	931,754
January	497,803	+5.1%+24,262	1,084,606
2018
December	473,541	+13%+55,382	1,109,766
November	418,159	-11%-50,983	895,650
October	469,142	-14%-73,465	1,048,662
September	542,607	-12%-76,713	1,125,229
August	619,320	-10%-69,300	1,260,894
July	688,620	-14%-112,048	1,350,463
June	800,668	-8.6%-75,513	1,750,216
May	876,181	-21%-231,001	2,175,704
April	1,107,182	-15%-188,227	2,456,361
March	1,295,409	-6.9%-95,606	2,799,269
February	1,391,015	-12%-193,872	2,934,761
Januarybest month	1,584,887	+10%+148,728	3,236,027
2017
December	1,436,159	+7.6%+101,989	3,080,769
November	1,334,170	+23%+247,531	2,915,723
October	1,086,639	+65%+426,446	2,390,946
September	660,193	+69%+270,666	1,550,463
August	389,527	+70%+159,825	874,171
July	229,702	+64%+89,800	481,291
June	139,902	+30%+32,460	267,194
May	107,442	+54%+37,647	189,456
April	69,795	+298%+52,244	140,104
March	17,551	—	67,846

Players since 2017

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 1,584,887 players on average; January 2018
All-time peak: 3,236,027 players at once; January 2018
Last 12 months: -1.4%; 304,665 players on average, against 309,113 the year before

September 2026: 306,927 players on average, peak 788,224 · Point at a bar for its numbers.