PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, better known as PUBG by all, kicked off the battle royale phenomenon earlier last year and has been all the rage ever since. It has made its way to our smartphones in the form of PUBG Mobile, followed by the launch of a slimmed-down variant called PUBG Mobile Lite as well. However, it seems like the gaming giant is looking to expand the game’s availability to more users around the world, which is why it has now launched a lightweight variant of their PC title – PUBG Lite.

As the name tells you, PUBG Lite is a lightweight and slimmed-down version of the popular battle royale game – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds that’s capable of running on PCs with less powerful hardware. It was first launched back in October last year as PUBG Project Thai and was available solely in, well, Thailand for testing – that too on an invite-only basis.

Minimum PC Requirements:

OS: Window 7,8,10, 64bit CPU: Core i3 clocked at 2.4GHz RAM: 4GB GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 HDD: 4GB

  • Recommended PC Requirements:

OS: Window 7,8,10, 64bit CPU: Core i5 clocked at 2.8GHz RAM: 8GB GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 HDD: 4GB

  1. Head to the PUBG Lite website via Google Chrome (so it automatically translates Thai into English for you to understand).

Steps to Install PUBG Lite on Your PC

  • Step 1: Get a VPN software

Moving on to the installation part, there’s one important thing you need to have in mind before you go ahead with the process. PUBG Lite (Beta) is only available in Thailand right now, so you would need a VPN to log in and play the game.

Step 1: Get a VPN software

Step 2: Install PUBG Lite for PC

You now have the PUBG Lite Launcher and VPN software available to you. The next step involves downloading the game itself and oh boy, it’s a long and tiring process. Here are the steps you need to follow to download PUBG Lite on your PC:

Note: There’s an option to change the language to English at the top right, but it doesn’t seem to be working for most. You could, however, click on the drop-down at the far right top to see if you can switch the language.

You may have downloaded PUBG Lite on your Windows PC, but we are still not ready to start playing the game just yet. If you try to play this lightweight variant of PUBG right away, the game will open but you’ll encounter a “Not yet available in your region” error. This is because the game is restricted to Thailand and it takes into account your system location, as well as timezone while initializing.

  1. First, you need to change the default location of your Windows PC. Assuming you are using Windows 10, navigate to ‘Settings -> Privacy’ and then ‘Location’ under the App Permissions section.

PUBG Lite Gameplay Experience

Talking about the gameplay experience, well, I have been playing PUBG Lite since the day it launched and I’ve been loving it. I’m a huge fan of PUBG Mobile and the experience the game has made available to so many users, especially through its PC emulator. But, PUBG Lite is not that diluted in terms of overall gameplay and feels, as well as plays, absolutely like its PC counterpart.

The graphics and textures may not exactly be on par with the official PUBG game and the VPN creates lag and rubber-banding from time to time but it’s a joy to finally get a chance to play this battle royale title on lower-end PCs. And the best part being, it’s free to play.

PUBG Lite is currently under beta testing in Thailand, but now you know how to get it up and running anywhere in the world. There is no official word on PUBG Lite’s availability in global markets, but if you see how well the game has been built and executed, you would want the company to launch it everywhere right away.