You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026

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Home News You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026 Financial battlegrounds. Though it may no longer make the headlines, it remains a constant sight in Steam's top five most played games, trading blows with the platform's biggest releases regularly. That popularity, it turns out, has also made it very profitable for Krafton.

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▪Home News You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026 Financial battlegrounds.
▪Though it may no longer make the headlines, it remains a constant sight in Steam's top five most played games, trading blows with the platform's biggest releases regularly.
▪That popularity, it turns out, has also made it very profitable for Krafton.

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Home News You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026 Financial battlegrounds. Image credit: PUBG Corporation, Krafton. <img alt="Sherif Saed avatar" src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&height=2048&fit=bounds&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" style="aspect-ratio: 1" width="1638" height="1346" > News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on July 29, 2026 Follow Playerunknown's Battlegrounds PUBG, once the biggest multiplayer game on PC, has quietly continued to do very well. Though it may no longer make the headlines, it remains a constant sight in Steam's top five most played games, trading blows with the platform's biggest releases regularly.

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