a battle royale game is an online multiplayer video game genre that combines the survival, exploration, and scavenging (collecting useful items) in a game where only one can remain, also known as a last-man-standing game. battle royale games usually have a large number of players, ranging from tens to hundreds, that start with almost nothing who then try to defeat all other enemies/players while trying to stay inside of a play zone or "safe area" that gets smaller over time. the winner is the last player or team alive. the name for the genre is taken from the 2000 japanese movie "battle royale", which has a similar theme of a last-man-standing competition in a shrinking play zone.