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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

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.

779
playing now
47%
positive of 326k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
69/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (141 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

779 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 779 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,507 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~688/week).
  • · Review velocity down 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61,677 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 6.5M–15M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 325,595 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$59.99

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 8 of 16 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: 311 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 183 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.8k6392026-08-06 21:00 — 969 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 728 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,528 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,118 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 896 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,682 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,293 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,023 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,806 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,202 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 735 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,601 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,017 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 775 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,596 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,020 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 741 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,556 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,361 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 668 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,019 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,153 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 837 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 1,275 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,197 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 709 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 885 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,255 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 779 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002021-06-092026-08-272021-06-09 — 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 $59.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4101962026-05-29 — 315 pageviews2026-06-01 — 292 pageviews2026-06-04 — 277 pageviews2026-06-07 — 313 pageviews2026-06-10 — 264 pageviews2026-06-13 — 280 pageviews2026-06-16 — 231 pageviews2026-06-19 — 317 pageviews2026-06-22 — 403 pageviews2026-06-25 — 318 pageviews2026-06-28 — 268 pageviews2026-07-01 — 315 pageviews2026-07-04 — 274 pageviews2026-07-07 — 264 pageviews2026-07-10 — 242 pageviews2026-07-13 — 254 pageviews2026-07-16 — 273 pageviews2026-07-19 — 253 pageviews2026-07-22 — 275 pageviews2026-07-25 — 246 pageviews2026-07-28 — 283 pageviews2026-07-31 — 260 pageviews2026-08-03 — 274 pageviews2026-08-06 — 264 pageviews2026-08-09 — 278 pageviews2026-08-12 — 294 pageviews2026-08-15 — 283 pageviews2026-08-18 — 262 pageviews2026-08-21 — 303 pageviews2026-08-24 — 281 pageviews2026-08-26 — 250 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23602026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 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…

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.

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