Garena Free Fire (also known as Free Fire Battlegrounds or just Free Fire) is a mobile battle royale game, developed and published by Garena Studios.The beta version game was released in 20 November 2018 for Android and was officially launched on 4 December 2018 for Android and iOS. It has crossed 500 million downloads on Google Play in 2020 making it one of the most popular battle royale game in mobile.
As of November 2019, the game has over 450 million registered users and has grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
The game consists of up to 50 players falling from a parachute on an island in search of weapons and equipment to kill the other players. Players are free to choose their starting position, take weapons and supplies to extend battle life.
Free Fire reached 500+ million downloads on Android devices in February 2020, becoming one of the most downloaded Android games of 2019. Due to its popularity, the game received the award for “Best Popular Vote Game” by the Google Play Store in 2019. Garena is currently working on an advanced version of Free Fire which will be called Free Fire Max
Garena Free Fire is an online-only action-adventure battle royale game played in a third person perspective.
When the player joins a game, they will enter a plane, which will fly over the play island. While the plane is flying over the island the player can jump where they want, thus allowing them to choose a strategic place to land away from enemies. After landing, the player must then go looking for weapons and utility items. Medical equipment, medium and large weapons, grenades, and other items featured can be found throughout the island. The ultimate goal of the player is to survive on an island with a maximum of 50 -51 players online; this requires eliminating all opponents the player encounters along the way and ensuring that they are the only survivor remaining.
