Currently, PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, Fortnite and Call of Duty Mobile are the top 4 most popular BR games in the world. Each game has its own style and approach to the formula - while the core gameplay is very similar, the visuals, mechanism, maps, and modes are much different from each other.
In this article, we would analyze all 4 games to see which one has the highest number of modes and maps.
1 - Battle Royale Maps
PUBG Mobile is probably the top one in this category. The mobile version of the game offers 5 maps: Erangel, Miramar, Sanhok, Vikendi, Livik... with the PC version having one more.
Call of Duty Mobile and Free Fire each offers 3 maps. Free Fire has Bermuda, Purgatory and Kalahari while CoD Mobile has Classic, Blitz, and Alcatraz. These maps are all relatively smaller than PUBG Mobile's. Overall, Call of Duty Mobile is more focused on normal modes and maps rather than battle royale.
Fortnite is a special case - it has only one map, but since the beginning, the whole thing has changed 32 times. Overall, the winner of this category is PUBG Mobile.
2 - Gameplay Modes
All 4 games follow the same format of dividing everything into 2 parts: the "main" part containing core gameplay and the "extra" part containing fun modes.
CoD Mobile:
- Core: Frontline, Team Deathmatch, Battle Royale, Domination, Kill Confirmed, Free For All, Hardpoint, and Search and Destroy
- Arcade: Holiday Aftermath, Secondary School, PTFO, Rapid Fire, Cranked, Hardcore... and more.
PUBG Mobile:
- Core: Battle Royale Classic
- Arcade: Quick Match, Sniper Training, War, Payload 2.0, Gun Game, Arena Training, Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Assault...
Free Fire:
- Core: Battle Royale Classic
- Arcade: Clash Squad, Kill Secured, Cold Steel, Rampage 2.0...
Fortnite:
- Core: Battle Royale Classic
- Arcade: Party Royale, Creative, and Save the World.
Overall, Call of Duty Mobile is ahead in this category. All the other games are focused on the BR mode, whereas CoD Mobile only has it as "one of the core modes". PUBG Mobile and Free Fire do have arcade fun modes, but they are not available year-round like Call of Duty Mobile.
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