PUBG: Battlegrounds (2017) - How Long to Beat, Player Count

About

PUBG: Battlegrounds came out on December 20, 2017 for PC, then for Xbox One on September 4, 2018 and for PlayStation 4 on December 7, 2018. On Steam, 60% of 2,794,338 player reviews are positive (Mixed). 294,264 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 817,009 in the last 30 days. Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 3 hours. It won 4 awards, including Steam Award for Game of the Year and Golden Joystick Awards − PC Game of the Year.

PUBG: Battlegrounds is a battle royale shooter that pits 100 players against each other in a struggle for survival. Gather supplies and outwit your opponents to become the last person standing.

Story

PLAYERUNKNOWN, aka Brendan Greene, is a pioneer of the battle royale genre and the creator of the battle royale game modes in the ARMA series and H1Z1: King of the Kill. At PUBG Corp., Greene is working with a veteran team of developers to make PUBG into the world's premiere battle royale experience.

What is happening now

PUBG Battlegrounds remains the free-to-play battle royale available across PC, console, and cloud platforms. The game recently received update 43.1, which introduced support for modern upscaling technology including Nvidia DLSS 4.5 and AMD FSR 4.1. These additions allow PC players to achieve enhanced visual quality while maintaining performance, marking a meaningful technical upgrade for the long-running title. The update also brought a crossover with anime property Jujutsu Kaisen, continuing the game's pattern of seasonal collaborations.

How long to beat PUBG: Battlegrounds

from 10 players

Main storyrushing through the story

3 h

Main + extrasstory plus side content

4 h

Completionisteverything the game has

2.5 h

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Cast and crew

1 credits

Crew

Tom Salta

Composer

Awards

4 won, 4 more nominations

Other awards 2019

Won: Steam Award for Game of the Year

Other awards 2018

Won: Steam Award for Mom's Spaghetti

Golden Joystick Awards 2017

Won: PC Game of the Year

The Game Awards 2017

Won: Best Multiplayer Nominated: Best Ongoing Nominated: Game of the Year

British Academy Games Awards 2018

Nominated: Multiplayer Nominated: New Intellectual Property

Media

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Releases

Platform

Date

PC (Microsoft Windows)

December 20, 2017 (early access from March 23, 2017)

September 4, 2018

December 7, 2018

April 28, 2020

November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported Valve reports it does not run

Minimum

Recommended

64-bit Windows 10

Processor

Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300

Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Memory

8 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB

DirectX

Version 11

Network

Broadband Internet connection

Storage

40 GB available space

50 GB available space

Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.

PUBG: Battlegrounds player count

concurrent players on Steam

294,264playing now31m ago

738,066peak today

817,00930-day peak

817,009highest we have seenOct 24, 2026

Oct 23daily peak, last 11 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

PUBG: Battlegrounds achievements

37 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Shoot the Knee Kill 10 players with the crossbow.

0.7%

Fury Road Kill 10 players with a gun while in a vehicle.

3.9%

Nade King Master Kill 50 players with grenades.

The First Rule Is… Kill 20 players with bare hands.

5.6%

Ghost Equip a suppressed weapon in every weapon slot. Let's find out which weapon is suppressed!

Nade King Expert Kill 30 players with grenades.

7.3%

All 37 achievements by how many players unlocked them

Fast and Furious Kill 10 players by hitting them with a vehicle.

7.8%

CQB Master Kill 200 players with a shotgun, a submachine gun, and/or a pistol.

Don't Pan Me Bro! Kill another player with the frying pan.

8.8%

Long and Winding Road Kill 1000 players by any means.

9.5%

Cruising with the Enemy Get into a vehicle where an enemy player is already in.

11.6%

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Obtain a Chicken Dinner in Solo.

12%

Agent 48 Kill 50 players with suppressed weapons.

13%

Nade King Novice Kill 10 players with grenades.

13.4%

Okay, Now I'm Ready Equip a Lv.3 Helmet, Military Vest, and Backpack in 10 matches.

16.3%

CQB Expert Kill 50 players with a shotgun, a submachine gun, and/or a pistol.

16.8%

Last Survivor Win a game 10 times.

18.2%

Trigonometry Involved Headshot and kill 10 enemy players with a sniper rifle.

18.2%

First Come, First Served Loot 50 items from the carepackage.

18.7%

Marksman Master Kill 100 players with an assault rifle and/or a sniper rifle from over 100 meters away.

18.8%

Dynamic Duo Obtain a Chicken Dinner in Duos.

21.1%

Airborne Jump out from an airplane 101 times.

24.9%

Collateral Damage Kill 100 players by any means.

26.9%

Marksman Expert Kill 30 players with an assault rifle and/or a sniper rifle from over 100 meters away.

28.5%

CQB Novice Kill 10 players with a shotgun, a submachine gun, and/or a pistol.

28.9%

First Blood Get the first kill of a match.

30.1%

Now You See Me, Now You Don't Equip a ghillie suit for the first time.

31.6%

Top 10 Reach the top 10 10 times.

34.3%

Marksman Novice Kill 10 players with an assault rifle and/or a sniper rifle from over 100 meters away.

38.9%

Fantastic Four Obtain a Chicken Dinner in Squads.

40.8%

You Complete Me Wear the outfit of a dead player.

46.3%

Pacifist Reach the top 10 without killing anyone.

48.9%

Devil Inside Me Kill 10 players by any means.

49.8%

Killing Spree Kill at least 4 players in a single match.

50.3%

Guardian Angel Revive a knocked-downed teammate.

52.4%

Health Junkie Charge your boost gauge to the max with energy drink and painkiller overdose.

53.9%

Blood on My Hands Kill a player by any means.

64.7%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

In the news

2 stories

Donald Glover to direct, star in Netflix adaptation of PUBG Battlegrounds

5 outlets · Oct 31, 2026

Modern upscaling arrives in PUBG Battlegrounds with DLSS and FSR

1 outlet · Sep 11, 2026

PUBG: Battlegrounds 2017