With the boom in mobile gaming, thanks to games like PUBG Mobile, Asphalt 9 and Call of Duty Mobile, the niche of gaming smartphones was created. Now the craving for Chicken Dinners has driven companies to build smartphones with a particular focus on gaming. Chipmakers like Qualcomm and MediaTek are putting out gaming-centric SoCs and phone makers are rushing to bring you the best budget gaming smartphone.

Now, are you someone who is thinking of investing in a good gaming smartphone to play FAU-G or PUBG Mobile when it relaunches in India? Well, we have compiled a list of the 10 best budget smartphones in India under Rs. 20,000.

Before we dive in and take a look at the best budget gaming smartphones, you need to familiarize yourself with some terms that define a good gaming smartphone in 2020. You may have seen terms like refresh rate, touch sample rate, thermals and others pop up in reviews online. Let me define each of these terms to help you make a better buying decision:

Now that we know what features you should look out for, let's take a look at the 10 best budget gaming smartphones under Rs. 20,000: