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Battlefield 4™

DICE · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-11

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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 21, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2014 (Xbox One)

Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.

1,007
playing now
85%
positive of 82k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1,007 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Battlefield 4 is a 2013 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released in October and November for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the thirteenth installment in the Battlefield series and is the sequel of 2011's Battlefield 3, taking place six years later during the fictional "War of 2020".

Trailer

Battlefield 4™ trailer thumbnail

Battlefield 4 Official Cinematic Trailer (HD)

≈423,974 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,007 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,763 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~720/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.6M–3.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81,574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at EA Store (2025-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 16 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.6k3.6k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,578 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,951 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 446 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,148 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,566 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 578 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,522 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 633 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,295 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,070 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k4652026-08-06 21:00 — 1,164 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 588 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 991 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,315 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 916 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,123 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,539 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 950 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,289 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,590 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 634 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 943 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,244 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 646 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 984 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,192 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 659 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 998 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,455 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 647 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 622 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,100 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 934 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 721 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,000 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 771 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 502 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 979 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,007 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-02-04 — best price $15.202015-04-09 — best price $19.992015-05-23 — best price $19.992015-07-17 — best price $14.092015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-01-22 — best price $18.982016-04-12 — best price $11.992016-10-18 — best price $9.992017-04-11 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992019-06-06 — best price $4.992019-12-14 — best price $19.992020-02-07 — best price $20.782020-04-09 — best price $4.992020-05-27 — best price $19.992020-06-22 — best price $19.992020-07-17 — best price $17.992020-08-11 — best price $9.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-10-13 — best price $17.992020-11-04 — best price $17.992020-12-01 — best price $4.502021-01-14 — best price $19.992021-02-06 — best price $17.992021-03-15 — best price $19.992021-04-27 — best price $4.992021-05-27 — best price $17.882021-07-29 — best price $18.992021-10-07 — best price $19.992022-03-02 — best price $21.132022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-12-11 — best price $1.392026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3872262026-05-29 — 358 pageviews2026-06-01 — 323 pageviews2026-06-04 — 329 pageviews2026-06-07 — 333 pageviews2026-06-10 — 243 pageviews2026-06-13 — 293 pageviews2026-06-16 — 229 pageviews2026-06-19 — 314 pageviews2026-06-22 — 306 pageviews2026-06-25 — 338 pageviews2026-06-28 — 310 pageviews2026-07-01 — 307 pageviews2026-07-04 — 281 pageviews2026-07-07 — 294 pageviews2026-07-10 — 292 pageviews2026-07-13 — 297 pageviews2026-07-16 — 285 pageviews2026-07-19 — 325 pageviews2026-07-22 — 293 pageviews2026-07-25 — 286 pageviews2026-07-28 — 283 pageviews2026-07-31 — 288 pageviews2026-08-03 — 270 pageviews2026-08-06 — 289 pageviews2026-08-09 — 283 pageviews2026-08-12 — 287 pageviews2026-08-15 — 279 pageviews2026-08-18 — 303 pageviews2026-08-21 — 317 pageviews2026-08-24 — 258 pageviews2026-08-25 — 289 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
48.8%
earned "Fishing in Baku"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsHDR available18 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvPWarCo-opActionShooterViolentMilitaryTacticalController

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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