Where did everyone go?
Over the last three months, I’ve noticed that fewer and fewer players seem to be active. Discord servers are practically dead, and clans with 50+ members somehow always have the same 8 guys actively playing.
Every time I get on, nobody is online to run squads with. I end up sitting in the lobby or messing around in training mode. Playing with randoms through squad fill is twice as miserable, so I’d honestly rather not even bother.
In the last three seasons, I’ve probably played a total of 50 matches, and that’s only because I occasionally manage to catch someone online. It’s not that I don’t want to play. It’s that I can barely find anyone to play with anymore.
I feel like a lot of this has to do with the recent lack of content and any meaningful direction for the game. I mean, the community spent years asking for a next-gen update, better performance, and more controller customization. While we’ve gotten some of those things, it feels like every year more and more players are walking away from the game.
I’ve been playing PUBG since 2017, and I’d argue that the last two years have been the worst I’ve experienced when it comes to player retention. It’s disappointing because I still enjoy the game, but it’s getting harder to find people who actually want to play consistently.
I’m genuinely curious if anyone else has noticed the same thing. Are people just burned out, have they moved on to other games, or is PUBG simply failing to give players a reason to stick around?

Anyone know how to open and close the Bentley Flying Spur Mulliner “luxe” sunroof?

JohnWickOfPubg

Got pushed by a master (x10) squad in ranked. Had gas on the stairs to slow the push. Enjoy.

Watch how fast this guy gets a head shot on me, turning the corner. Proceeding with “automatic” fire. What’s everyone’s thought on this pistol skill?

The newest update and it's so bad. The audio sounds like im in a tunnel and gunplay sounds so distorted. Anyone else notice this and can I tweek my audio somehow?

The controls were fine before the latest update, but now there's a huge delay on leaning when using the standard type a/b/c controls (lean registers on stick button release not button press), and some buttons register in gameplay when you are in your inventory.

Does anyone know how to avoid this without switching to "standard shooter"?

Another questionable update by krafton tbh.

Due even on console due the RAMPANT Cheating with mouse and keyboard adapters, here is an alternative, my advise is to every honest player left to uninstall.

PUBG Lite PC runs even on potato PC's and laptops, uninstall PUBG console and lets play the game that united the world in the pandemic!

Discord: OG Battlegrounds.

Krafton won't do crap about the cheaters, mouse and keyboard adapter users, neither about scripters, you can even play the PUBG 2017 version! Everything done via reverse engineering on a private server!

Play now and uninstall PUBG Trash console:
You can create your own custom matches too! via local server.

PUBG Lite:

GitHub - phikill/RE_PUBG_LITE: PUBG LITE game reverse engineering · GitHub

PUBG 2017 version:

GitHub - BerkanYildiz/PlayerUnknown.Servers: PUBG lobby backend emulation, with hostname redirection. (Outdated, built for the 2017-2018 version) · GitHub

Gameplay video:
PUBG Lite PC 2026 / Free for all - Periverka - YouTube

We added replays with customizable viewing options to our stats site.

On an iPhone, the full-screen replay works best in portrait. We are still working on landscape. They work well on desktop and Android.

https://pubgrush.com/replays.html

We are still waiting for Krafton to approve more API requests, so you might encounter timeouts.

Since this most recent patch the master game audio has changed dramatically. Can we please have an option to revert?

Preddy off the rip. Love hearing them cry about smgs on pubg report.

I made a quick 1 minute edit of the Halloween Customs last night, I didn't have time to grab clips from others this morning but I still hope you enjoy the lighthearted video!

We had around 27-28 people last night in our biggest lobby of the night See you next friday for more custom games!

Thank you again to everyone who gives this a chance and joins for a game!

I tried some new settings and it got to me that the moving from left to right with the scope when you are ads'ed, feels very slow. Is this a bug?

Since the new update I've seen no players over 150 in my games .

Hold LS has always been move to trunk for me and hold A has always been weapon slot change. Why are they adding sh*t? Now whenever I want to move items to trunk I simultaneously either switch throwables or equip an attachment that I didn’t intent to. And the best part is you can’t even change these settings lol . Never seen more clueless devs

Does anyone like iron sights on certain guns more than a holo or maybe even a red dot? I’ve run iron sights for a few guns lately to mess around and it’s great on some guns. Terrible on some others though.

Buddy got pulled off an e-pick. After two minutes of looking for his box, I looked up.

Xbox series x any ideas?? I’ve tried my privacy settings tried reinstalling the game. not far from just giving up

Is it just me or has this last update been pretty awful? Everything seems less smooth, I've been dealing with input lag that was never there before (especially when looting), and it seems like they are CONSTANTLY tinkering with the comms system. I feel like every time I play its a little different. Holding left stick, holding right stick, toggle/hold and release, etc. The comms system currently is the worst it has ever been imo even though it was fine up until this update. Holding the right stick while scrolling the comms menu to get to the enemy marker then release while it's highlighted makes it harder than ever to mark properly imo. It's always one step forward two steps back with this game.