

PUBG Corp has aggressively attempted to curb cheating in the game, but even so, the problem persists.Īnother reason why PUBG's player count has dropped could be due to the rising popularity of Fortnite. First off, the game has a problem with cheaters, with hacks making players immune to circle damage or just generally invincible. There are a couple of big possibilities that spring to mind immediately when it comes to the question of why players are leaving PUBG. Considering this, fans shouldn't write the game off, but some may be wondering what factors caused gamers to move on to other experiences.
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Its average number of players has also been declining since January, with an average of 854,115 players in the last 30 days.Įven though PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has had its concurrent player count cut in half, it's still one of the most popular PC games by a wide margin. Lately the 24-hour peak for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Steam has been hovering around the 1.5 million mark, meaning less than half of the people who played during its peak are still playing the game regularly. However, it appears as though PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is somewhat waning in popularity, as its concurrent player count on Steam has been cut in half since reaching its peak of 3,236,027 concurrent players last January.

For a time, it seemed as though PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was the new king of online multiplayer shooters, generating new interest in the battle royale genre and inspiring a number of other games, including the mega popular Fortnite.
