How we wrote this page: every fact about a VPN comes from the provider’s own pages, checked on 23 October 2026. We did not run our own speed, streaming or gaming tests, so this page has no speed or ping numbers.
What a VPN changes for mobile gaming
A VPN encrypts your connection and sends it through the VPN’s server before it reaches the game server. For gaming that has two sides:
- It usually adds a little delay. Every extra hop costs some time, so on a good connection a VPN will not make your ping lower.
- It can help when your route is poor. If your internet provider sends game traffic along a slow path, a VPN server close to the game server can sometimes give a shorter route. Whether that happens depends on your provider and your city.
When a VPN is worth trying for BGMI
- Your ping is high only on one internet provider, and fine on another.
- You play on public Wi-Fi and want the connection encrypted.
- You want privacy on the same device you play on.
Before you try, read the game’s terms of service: using a VPN to appear in another country can break a game’s rules.
Our pick: NordVPN
NordVPNAd is our overall pick for India. What we can confirm from NordVPN’s own pages:
- up to 10 devices on one account;
- a no-logs policy checked six times by independent auditors (PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Switzerland in 2018 and 2020, Deloitte in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025);
- apps for Windows, macOS, Linux (with a graphical interface), Android, iOS and Android TV;
- a 30-day money-back guarantee;
- no servers physically in India since 26 June 2022, after the CERT-In directive.
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How to check it on your own connection
- Note your usual ping in the game’s settings without a VPN.
- Connect to a VPN server close to you and check again.
- Try one or two other nearby servers.
- If ping does not improve, play without the VPN; use the money-back period if you bought it only for gaming.
Sources: NordVPN, “India orders VPN companies to collect user data” (20 June 2022), NordVPN no-logs, split tunneling and Linux pages. All checked on 23 October 2026.