Battlefield 3™

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 20k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

DICE · Singleplayer · Jun 11, 2020

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
34
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio9 of 12
Subtitles7 of 12

Should I buy Battlefield 3™?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
107 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The single-player campaign in Battlefield 3 is also worthy of a special compliment, with a very good plot, musical accompaniment.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I've heard the multiplayer is outstanding, and with it being a Battlefield game, I would expect nothing less.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
As for the graphics, it is kinda unbelievable seeing this beautiful game was released in 2011 running at stupidly high framerates, while today we have to rely on DLSS and FrameGen to even get 60fps on some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cell-shaded game.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay is excellent, as expected, with a huge weapon variety, and the sound design is one of the best I've ever seen, it has DEPTH, even better than recent Battlefield games.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I really like the huge variety of weapons, weapon modifications, and military equipment, the atmosphere of total carnage and the battle for every inch of land (as reality has shown, war looks completely different, but it's better to not know what real war looks like and just play Battlefield).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sound design is great and the guns do feel realistic, however the hit detection is sometimes spotty and enemies often get back up after eating 4 shots from a rifle.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story107 reviews
Multiplayer75 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Combat39 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Co-op12 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Servers and matchmaking
65% still recommend
Cheating
57% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend
Interface
64% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

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Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

10 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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