Since last year, the game genre called Battle Royale called a major influence in the game industry. This is because of the game called PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

In 2017, a game called ‘PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' burst out in the game industry. Nobody knew that this game will beat Overwatch and bring great effect in the game industry. This game started to get good review among the game streamers and started to get a great deal of popularity. The early access was launched on March 23, 2017. The game showed amazing popularity by showing an amazing rate of sales. Battlegrounds made US$11 million in the first three days of its early access release.

By February 2018, the game had sold thirty million copies on Steam. Battlegrounds reached the four million mark faster than Minecraft, which took over a year to reach similar sales amount. It is mentioned in the Steamspy site.

The game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is based on the genre called Battle Royale. Battle royal is from the 2000 film Battle Royale for inspiration. In the game, up to one hundred players fall onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed. According to the manual, at the completion of each round, players gain in-game currency based on how long they survived, how many other players they had killed, and how much damage they dealt to other players. The currency is used to purchase boxes which contain cosmetic items for character customization.

Experts who engage in IT field evaluated that this game brought big effect on the game industry. Before PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is released, Battle royal was only for buff that loves that genre. As PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds got a big hit, many other battle royal genre started to be released. Fortnite and got a amazing popularity. Many other game companies are trying to release games based on Battle royal.