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Battlefield 3™

DICE · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-11

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Franchise: Battlefield · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

91
playing now
72%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1068 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 56h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

91 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 91 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 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 385k–867k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,268 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 12 of 14 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

297722026-08-06 21:00 — 172 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 194 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 197 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 236 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 136 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 266 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 197 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 109 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 196 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 189 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 186 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 190 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 187 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 184 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 117 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 153 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 87 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 137 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 184 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 79 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 95 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 147 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 91 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$54.41$1.992015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-01-24 — best price $22.402015-03-17 — best price $29.992015-04-29 — best price $43.272015-06-09 — best price $22.622015-07-18 — best price $32.482015-11-03 — best price $29.992016-01-05 — best price $29.992016-05-06 — best price $28.832016-08-16 — best price $14.992016-12-27 — best price $39.992017-06-20 — best price $29.992018-02-20 — best price $5.992019-01-11 — best price $19.992019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-09-12 — best price $4.992019-12-20 — best price $4.992020-01-30 — best price $20.912020-02-14 — best price $20.582020-06-18 — best price $39.992020-10-01 — best price $7.992020-12-14 — best price $39.992021-04-15 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $39.992021-09-16 — best price $43.092022-02-11 — best price $39.992022-04-19 — best price $7.992022-07-21 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-04-13 — best price $39.992023-09-11 — best price $7.992024-02-06 — best price $1.992024-05-08 — best price $5.992024-09-26 — best price $39.992025-01-27 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $3.992026-08-13 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8182372026-05-29 — 327 pageviews2026-06-01 — 268 pageviews2026-06-04 — 293 pageviews2026-06-07 — 287 pageviews2026-06-10 — 253 pageviews2026-06-13 — 267 pageviews2026-06-16 — 261 pageviews2026-06-19 — 280 pageviews2026-06-22 — 818 pageviews2026-06-25 — 302 pageviews2026-06-28 — 293 pageviews2026-07-01 — 281 pageviews2026-07-04 — 283 pageviews2026-07-07 — 327 pageviews2026-07-10 — 292 pageviews2026-07-13 — 325 pageviews2026-07-16 — 334 pageviews2026-07-19 — 322 pageviews2026-07-22 — 328 pageviews2026-07-25 — 293 pageviews2026-07-28 — 317 pageviews2026-07-31 — 313 pageviews2026-08-03 — 269 pageviews2026-08-06 — 280 pageviews2026-08-09 — 312 pageviews2026-08-12 — 305 pageviews2026-08-15 — 274 pageviews2026-08-18 — 317 pageviews2026-08-21 — 339 pageviews2026-08-24 — 326 pageviews2026-08-26 — 284 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

802026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Player tags

FPSPvPWarCo-opActionShooterViolentMilitaryTacticalTeam-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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