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Battlefield™ 2042 cover art

Battlefield™ 2042

DICE · Electronic Arts · 2021-11-19

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ActionAdventureCasual

Franchise: Battlefield · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 19, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 19, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 19, 2021 (Xbox One)

Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.

656
playing now
47%
positive of 326k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
19
twitch viewers (latest)
2.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
69/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (141 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (4.3k downloads)
3.14★
PlayStation Store rating (61,301 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

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

Battlefield 2042 is a 2021 online-only multiplayer first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The seventeenth installment in the Battlefield series, it was released on November 19, 2021, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Unlike previous games in the series, Battlefield 2042 is solely multiplayer and does not have a single-player campaign. It is also the first installment to feature support for cross-platform play. It was the final Battlefield game to be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms.

Trailer

Battlefield™ 2042 trailer thumbnail

Battlefield 2042 Official Reveal Trailer (ft. 2WEI)

≈209,701 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 656 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,506 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~688/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61,677 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 6.5M–15M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 325,849 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$5.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at EA Store (2025-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 26 of 33 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40k40k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 21,612 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40,065 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,119 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14,760 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,209 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8,134 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,691 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,520 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,788 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,079 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,548 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,402 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,409 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,270 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,061 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,731 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,463 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,072 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,351 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,151 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,535 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,545 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,025 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,176 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,573 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,698 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,213 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,455 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,597 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,528 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 906 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,358 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,554 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,721 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,364 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,468 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,637 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,807 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,071 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 736 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9,799 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7,330 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,926 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,558 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,075 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,727 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,019 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,149 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,136 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,147 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,116 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,251 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,338 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,150 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,591 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,424 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,091 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,197 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,962 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,897 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,210 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 851 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 778 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,387 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,955 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,886 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,236 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 808 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 683 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,438 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 806 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,302 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,240 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,999 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4,249 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,556 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,230 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,422 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 843 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 47 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.9k5222026-09-15 11:00 — 910 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 991 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 617 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 1,298 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,549 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 587 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 795 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,405 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 751 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,239 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,486 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 666 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 791 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,594 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,126 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 767 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,293 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 886 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 546 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 1,284 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,339 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 564 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 656 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51k1.1kNov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 51,299 · peak 100,590Jan 2022 — avg 7,833 · peak 17,448Mar 2022 — avg 2,004 · peak 3,241May 2022 — avg 1,945 · peak 3,528Jul 2022 — avg 4,894 · peak 8,128Sep 2022 — avg 6,945 · peak 12,968Nov 2022 — avg 5,334 · peak 17,885Jan 2023 — avg 6,904 · peak 15,697Mar 2023 — avg 11,111 · peak 24,293May 2023 — avg 7,821 · peak 18,899Jul 2023 — avg 8,227 · peak 15,261Sep 2023 — avg 5,182 · peak 11,843Nov 2023 — avg 20,645 · peak 55,041Jan 2024 — avg 10,939 · peak 25,192Mar 2024 — avg 13,892 · peak 43,541May 2024 — avg 10,247 · peak 22,052Jul 2024 — avg 12,113 · peak 27,436Sep 2024 — avg 7,018 · peak 15,484Nov 2024 — avg 13,818 · peak 34,494Jan 2025 — avg 7,253 · peak 14,451Mar 2025 — avg 7,133 · peak 17,158May 2025 — avg 5,895 · peak 12,499Jul 2025 — avg 5,481 · peak 10,158Sep 2025 — avg 21,077 · peak 55,781Nov 2025 — avg 1,949 · peak 4,525Jan 2026 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,221Mar 2026 — avg 1,919 · peak 5,886May 2026 — avg 1,256 · peak 3,512Jul 2026 — avg 1,180 · peak 2,547Aug 2026 — avg 1,073 · peak 1,929
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002021-06-092026-10-152021-06-09 — best price $52.792021-08-13 — best price $50.992021-12-01 — best price $59.992021-12-16 — best price $39.592022-01-06 — best price $59.992022-01-28 — best price $34.792022-02-22 — best price $29.992022-03-31 — best price $59.992022-06-23 — best price $29.992022-07-21 — best price $59.992022-09-06 — best price $59.992022-11-22 — best price $19.792022-12-15 — best price $19.792023-01-19 — best price $19.792023-03-16 — best price $59.992023-05-18 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-08-03 — best price $59.992023-09-14 — best price $17.992023-10-28 — best price $9.592023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-02-09 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-05-14 — best price $7.792024-07-18 — best price $7.792024-09-26 — best price $59.992024-11-27 — best price $4.792025-01-09 — best price $59.992025-03-26 — best price $4.792025-05-21 — best price $4.792025-08-19 — best price $2.992026-04-23 — best price $2.992026-07-02 — best price $59.992026-08-20 — best price $59.992026-09-16 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4032102026-05-29 — 315 pageviews2026-06-02 — 320 pageviews2026-06-06 — 296 pageviews2026-06-10 — 264 pageviews2026-06-14 — 230 pageviews2026-06-18 — 269 pageviews2026-06-22 — 403 pageviews2026-06-26 — 315 pageviews2026-06-30 — 287 pageviews2026-07-04 — 274 pageviews2026-07-08 — 295 pageviews2026-07-12 — 270 pageviews2026-07-16 — 273 pageviews2026-07-20 — 230 pageviews2026-07-24 — 255 pageviews2026-07-28 — 283 pageviews2026-08-01 — 240 pageviews2026-08-05 — 284 pageviews2026-08-09 — 278 pageviews2026-08-13 — 337 pageviews2026-08-17 — 271 pageviews2026-08-21 — 303 pageviews2026-08-25 — 277 pageviews2026-08-29 — 260 pageviews2026-09-02 — 243 pageviews2026-09-06 — 302 pageviews2026-09-10 — 243 pageviews2026-09-14 — 256 pageviews2026-09-18 — 245 pageviews2026-09-22 — 256 pageviews2026-09-26 — 294 pageviews2026-09-30 — 229 pageviews2026-10-04 — 261 pageviews2026-10-07 — 258 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

21202026-10-01 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 212 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 19 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
71%
earned "Adapt and Overcome"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesColor Alternatives2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-05-26, latest 2024-10-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvPWarActionCombatModernShooterMilitaryFuturisticTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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