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According to World Health Organization, Gaming disorder is defined in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as a pattern of gaming behavior characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences. For gaming disorder to be diagnosed, the behavior pattern must be of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning and would normally have been evident for at least 12 months. In the present study male respondents between age group 18-24 were targeted. There were cases found during study who performed low in academics or real life situation. PUBG users keep on getting aggressive and even get thoughts of killing people in real life. There are cases were the players have either killed or robbed their family members and even have attempted suicide due to the depression. Researcher came to the conclusion that this game is addictive and has many negatives effects on the players. The player become addicted and follows the habit loop of playing and connects with the unknown people as well. There are players who earn their income through PUBG by organizing PUBG tournaments, live streaming on YouTube as well.