Battlefield 4™
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ActionMultiplayerFPSSingleplayerShooterMilitary

506 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 1,090

Peak in the last 7 days: 1,273

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Game description

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

Basic info

DeveloperDICE
PublisherElectronic Arts
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateJun 11, 2020
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 8 32-bit
ProcessorProcessor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Memory4 GB
GraphicsGraphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Storage30 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 403 reviews from the past 1 year

75.5/ 100
Bottom 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (85%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Large-scale military battles still draw players to Battlefield 4™, which scores 75.5 from 403 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

106 reviews still find it fun, and some call the gameplay loop addictive years after release. 48 say the graphics hold up well, and a few single out the destruction. Visuals & Sound ranks 459th of 1249. 45 enjoy the online matches, and some describe full servers with huge maps, vehicles and intense fights. Multiplayer ranks 408th of 642, and Content Volume ranks 520th of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

63 reviews report bugs, and some describe a campaign mission that breaks while swimming, while others mention crashes and stuck allies. 31 dislike the story, and some call the campaign short, shallow or nonsensical. Story & World ranks 916th of 1096. 25 criticize the community, and some call it toxic while others say the online population keeps shrinking and servers are hard to find. Tech & Support appears in 33% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1179th of 1399, and Gameplay ranks 612th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“still the best battlefield game 13 years later” · 106 reviews
“game-breaking bug in South China Sea campaign mission” · 63 reviews
“2013 game looks much better than half of modern projects” · 48 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 35% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.88 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “gunplay is honest, raw, absolutely brilliant” · 19 reviews
Negative “swimming controls feel unresponsive, took 10 minutes to swim dozens of meters” · 8 reviews

Progression 5% · Difficulty 8% · Onboarding 7% · Freedom 4% · Strategy 9%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.25 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “atmospheric modern military chaos, ships, rain, tech sounds evoke 2010s vibe” · 13 reviews

Story 39% · Characters 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety +2.83 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Positive “large variety of close-quarter and open maps with different environments” · 5 reviews
Negative “everyone fights in same tunnel, gets repetitive and boring” · 2 reviews

Volume 15% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.42 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “2013 game looks much better than half of modern projects” · 48 reviews
Negative “visuals are dated, UI feels clunky, smaller player base limits variety” · 3 reviews

Audio 12%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 46% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.30 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “multijugador sigue siendo muy bueno, servidores llenos entreteniendo” · 45 reviews
Negative “kicked immediately in multiplayer, cannot play properly” · 6 reviews

Community 22% · Servers & Connection 10%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Anti-cheat -0.24 · How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
Negative “Javelin anti-cheat not great compared to Punkbuster” · 15 reviews

Pricing 10% · Balance 9% · Matchmaking 6%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.69 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “game-breaking bug in South China Sea campaign mission” · 63 reviews

Performance 7% · Developer support 11%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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