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Battlefield 3™

DICE · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-11

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Action

Franchise: Battlefield · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 28, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Oct 25, 2011 (Xbox 360), Oct 25, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.

Battlefield 3™ is a 2020 Action title priced at $39.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 19,355 reviews).

74
playing now
72%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1068 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (3.4k downloads)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 56h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

74 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twelfth installment in the Battlefield series and a sequel to Battlefield 2 (2005). The game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in October 2011. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows the stories of two characters, Henry Blackburn, a U.S. Marine and Dimitri Mayakovsky, a Spetsnaz GRU operative.

Trailer

Battlefield 3™ trailer thumbnail

Battlefield 3 launch trailer

≈349,118 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 74 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,936 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~242/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 387k–871k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,355 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at EA Store (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 33 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62562520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

239392026-09-14 20:00 — 130 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 68 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 128 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 232 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 126 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 132 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 209 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 95 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 133 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 229 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 100 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 67 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 139 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 99 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 107 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 191 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 127 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 139 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 153 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 82 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 117 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 142 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 74 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
44126Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 299 · peak 480Aug 2020 — avg 102 · peak 332Oct 2020 — avg 128 · peak 343Dec 2020 — avg 132 · peak 256Feb 2021 — avg 193 · peak 414Apr 2021 — avg 100 · peak 234Jun 2021 — avg 155 · peak 382Aug 2021 — avg 95 · peak 218Oct 2021 — avg 56 · peak 129Dec 2021 — avg 60 · peak 177Feb 2022 — avg 115 · peak 309Apr 2022 — avg 75 · peak 196Jun 2022 — avg 72 · peak 160Aug 2022 — avg 89 · peak 222Oct 2022 — avg 63 · peak 167Dec 2022 — avg 69 · peak 157Feb 2023 — avg 110 · peak 359Apr 2023 — avg 80 · peak 182Jun 2023 — avg 46 · peak 104Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 74Oct 2023 — avg 110 · peak 369Dec 2023 — avg 117 · peak 313Feb 2024 — avg 441 · peak 1,412Apr 2024 — avg 138 · peak 361Jun 2024 — avg 103 · peak 303Aug 2024 — avg 126 · peak 288Oct 2024 — avg 96 · peak 205Dec 2024 — avg 173 · peak 369Feb 2025 — avg 210 · peak 586Apr 2025 — avg 143 · peak 343Jun 2025 — avg 227 · peak 689Aug 2025 — avg 342 · peak 857Oct 2025 — avg 122 · peak 254Dec 2025 — avg 72 · peak 146Feb 2026 — avg 68 · peak 137Apr 2026 — avg 105 · peak 782Jun 2026 — avg 187 · peak 511Aug 2026 — avg 139 · peak 297
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$54.41$1.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-02-13 — best price $39.952015-04-09 — best price $39.992015-05-23 — best price $22.012015-07-18 — best price $32.482015-11-24 — best price $14.992016-04-01 — best price $14.992016-06-28 — best price $29.992016-12-27 — best price $39.992017-11-20 — best price $4.992018-11-20 — best price $4.992019-03-19 — best price $19.992019-09-12 — best price $4.992020-01-03 — best price $4.992020-02-08 — best price $22.022020-06-04 — best price $9.992020-10-01 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-05-04 — best price $39.992021-08-12 — best price $9.992022-02-11 — best price $39.992022-05-12 — best price $7.992022-09-27 — best price $39.992023-02-02 — best price $39.992023-09-11 — best price $7.992024-03-07 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-12-11 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992026-08-07 — best price $3.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-09-28 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8182332026-05-29 — 327 pageviews2026-06-02 — 311 pageviews2026-06-06 — 285 pageviews2026-06-10 — 253 pageviews2026-06-14 — 265 pageviews2026-06-18 — 270 pageviews2026-06-22 — 818 pageviews2026-06-26 — 344 pageviews2026-06-30 — 253 pageviews2026-07-04 — 283 pageviews2026-07-08 — 362 pageviews2026-07-12 — 277 pageviews2026-07-16 — 334 pageviews2026-07-20 — 283 pageviews2026-07-24 — 292 pageviews2026-07-28 — 317 pageviews2026-08-01 — 248 pageviews2026-08-05 — 328 pageviews2026-08-09 — 312 pageviews2026-08-13 — 335 pageviews2026-08-17 — 300 pageviews2026-08-21 — 339 pageviews2026-08-25 — 278 pageviews2026-08-29 — 289 pageviews2026-09-02 — 255 pageviews2026-09-06 — 353 pageviews2026-09-10 — 263 pageviews2026-09-14 — 235 pageviews2026-09-18 — 278 pageviews2026-09-22 — 267 pageviews2026-09-26 — 289 pageviews2026-09-30 — 233 pageviews2026-10-04 — 281 pageviews2026-10-07 — 282 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
9.6%
earned "M.I.A"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Hungarian, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-06-11 (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

FPSPvPWarCo-opActionShooterViolentMilitaryTacticalTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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