Peacekeeper Elite
Tencent Lightspeed's battle royale: a hundred players parachute in, the last squad standing wins
First principle
People like to share an adventure with friends. Peacekeeper Elite turns a match into a trip for four on voice chat, parachuting, looting and racing the zone, where even a poor shot has a job.
The needs it meets
- Staying in touchCore
- Keeping up with family, friends and colleagues; belonging to a circle.
- Entertainment
- Passing time and unwinding, carried off by stories, music and video.
- Being seen
- Making things and showing yourself; being seen and approved of.
Why it wins
- A squad of four has plenty of jobs, driving, scouting, looting, reviving whoever is down, so friends and couples of different skill can play together.
- The flight path and the safe zone change every match; the first half is mostly looting and moving, with time to chat, and the last circles are tense enough.
- Money goes where others can see it: outfits, gun and vehicle skins are on show to teammates and rivals alike, and the Maserati collaboration cars sat in paid draws.
- Its user made content platform, Oasis Genesis, had more than 150,000 modes and maps by autumn 2025, so the same group of friends always has something new.
What keeps it ahead
- Playing together
- Alliances, teams and leaderboards: with or against others.
- Endless supply
- Something new every day: uploads, a licensed library or AI.
- Live operations
- Events, seasons and new levels without end.
How it makes money
In app purchases
Free to play; it earns from looks, with outfits and gun and vehicle skins sold outright or through draws, plus season handbooks and a privilege card.
What a small team can take from it
A hundred player match is beyond a small team, but the division of labour is not: give the weakest player in a group something useful to do, and friends will bring friends.
This week
- China: top grossing games, number 4
- China: top free games, number 5
updated 29 October 2026
- Developer
- Shenzhen Tencent Tianyou Technology Ltd
- Category
- Game
- Stores
- App Store
- First in a list
- 29 October 2026
Sources
- “吃鸡”人民币玩家顶层鄙视：玛莎拉蒂，你有吗？（虎嗅） 13 April 2020
- 和平精英绿洲启元 DAU 突破 3300 万，让更多创意落地生花（IT之家） 10 October 2025
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