battle royale games are played between a lot of single players, pairs of two players or a number of small teams (usually 3-5 players). in each match, the goal is to be the last player or team standing by defeating all other enemies. a match starts by placing the player-characters into a large map space, typically by having all players skydive from a large aircraft within a short time limit. the map may have the players randomly placed or allow players to have some control over where they start. all players start with very little equipment, giving no player an obvious advantage at the start. equipment, usually used for fighting, survival or transport, is randomly placed around the map, often at landmarks on the map, such as within buildings in ghost towns. players need to search the map for these items while trying to avoid being killed by other players, who cannot be visually marked or revealed either on-screen or on the map, making the player use only their own eyes and ears to find their positions. equipment from defeated players can usually be taken as well. these games often include some mechanic to push enemies closer together as the game progresses, usually taking the form of a safe zone that slowly gets smaller, with players outside of the zone eventually being killed.