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Battle Grounds III

The Battle Grounds Game Development Team · 2024-07-14

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After 6 years of development, Battle Grounds III (BG3) is the next iteration in the classic franchise which began 17 years ago. Prepare for battle in the American War of Independence!

Battle Grounds III is an Action, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2024, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (86% of 4101 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (93 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 166 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (611 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48048020192026Week of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1245Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 124 · peak 295Oct 2019 — avg 35 · peak 120Jan 2020 — avg 36 · peak 159Apr 2020 — avg 59 · peak 202Jul 2020 — avg 47 · peak 155Oct 2020 — avg 36 · peak 168Jan 2021 — avg 33 · peak 164Apr 2021 — avg 37 · peak 138Jul 2021 — avg 24 · peak 95Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 84Jan 2022 — avg 18 · peak 95Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 74Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 33Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 31Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 70Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 67Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 63Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 48Jan 2024 — avg 21 · peak 55Apr 2024 — avg 21 · peak 69Jul 2024 — avg 39 · peak 162Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 39Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 34Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 36Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPIncludes Source SDKFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSModWarCo-opIndieActionAmericaShooterViolentHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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