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Apex Legends Game Modes: Battle Royale, Ranked and Mixtape

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Three permanent modes carry the game today, and a fourth — Arenas — was removed years ago. Here is what is actually still playable.

Apex Legends game modes have narrowed since launch rather than expanded. Three permanent modes carry the game as of Season 30: Marked in August 2026, and a fourth that used to sit alongside them is gone entirely.

Battle Royale

The core mode: up to 60 players, dropped as 20 squads of three or 15 duos depending on the playlist, fighting down to one team standing across a shrinking map.

Ranked

The competitive version of Battle Royale, sorting players into tiers based on performance. The exact point system and tier structure gets tuned most seasons, so check the in-game Ranked screen for the rules live in your current season rather than trusting a fixed number from any guide.

Mixtape

A rotating playlist of three shorter modes:

  • Team Deathmatch — 6v6, first to 40 team kills.
  • Control — 9v9, capture and hold points on the map.
  • Gun Run — one squad against three, racking up kills through a fixed track of weapons.

What is not here any more

Arenas, the 3v3 round-based mode, was removed during Season 16 in 2023. Team Deathmatch launched as its direct replacement and was later folded into Mixtape alongside Control and Gun Run — so Arenas is not a mode you can queue into today.