Payal Gaming A.K.A Payal Dhare Biography

She was introduced to gaming at a very young age when she watched her maternal uncle playing games on a PlayStation. Fascinated by it, she eagerly wanted to try playing herself. Her cousins taught her how to play, and she often played games with them. Due to financial constraints, she couldn't afford her own phone, PC, or gaming console. Coming from a conservative family background, gaming was discouraged. However, her grandparents always encouraged her to do something extraordinary.

She owned a PC mainly for studies, but during that time she secretly played pirated games shared by friends. This led to frequent arguments at home, and eventually her PC got corrupted due to viruses from those pirated games.

In Class 12, she discovered PUBG while playing with her college friends, which became a turning point in her gaming journey. Her friends motivated her to start streaming and posting gameplay videos. Through game, she connected with people already involved in esports, which gave her better exposure and understanding of the gaming ecosystem. Finally at this stage she talked to her father and asked time to proof herself that she took the right choice to start streaming & playing games and she proved it, also her mother was worried but eventually her parents became very proud when they saw her daughter achieving success.

In 2019, she met 8bit Goldy through a live stream chat. They later played together, and he became the first person to truly push and motivate her to start streaming seriously. He was also the first person from the gaming community she got to knew personally. During this phase, she regularly watched Mortal's streams, which further inspired her journey into gaming and esports.

Started recording gameplay and posting videos on Instagram. Upgraded to iPhone for lag-free gaming.

Launched YouTube channel as a hobby. Started with gameplay videos and crate openings, then moved to streaming with facecam.

Joined Entity Gaming (TSM Entity) as content creator, then later joined S8UL Organization in July 2021.

Became India's first female gamer to surpass 4M subscribers. Won multiple awards and inspired countless female gamers.