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What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 299 sampled Steam reviews (204 positive / 95 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Multiplayer & servers12% mention it
- Visuals & art6% mention it
- Story & writing6% mention it
- Combat5% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Multiplayer & servers18% mention it
- Bugs & crashes18% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
49%
65 reviews
5-15h
69%
99 reviews
15-40h
80%
74 reviews
40-100h
74%
39 reviews
100h+
73%
22 reviews
Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 79 | 65 |
| Creator reviews (2 tracked) | – | 70 | 1 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 71% | 67 | 1431 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 66% | 64 | 3000 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 5, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 17497 total reviews in window · weighted 164.5 up / 74.3 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (131)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 70
“With all its cons and shortcomings, Battlefield V turned out to be better than we expected. Multiplayer is much more interesting than what was in Battlefield 1 and last two Battlefront games, but the story is really weak. V still looks like a project that was released at least six months earlier than originally planned. We wanted more content from the start.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“Multiplayer modes are really fun, but Battlefield V doesn't feels like a complete game. It simply wasn't ready to be released, which is obvious when you look at the main menu with locked content, or the amount of bugs and other stuff like unbalanced progression system.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“Battlefield V‘s failure to communicate, whether the emotional disconnect of each War Story or the difficulty of organizing your fellow soldiers in a Grand Operation, is the crippling problem that holds the game back from greatness. ”
read full review ↗ - 60
“If you're looking for a fun military shooter with a decent single-player campaign, you're better off checking out past Battlefield or Call of Duty games. ”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Battlefield V offers tremendous multiplayer experience but has an incredibly dull single-player campaign. Simply focus on playing online and everything will be fine. The developers have taken to heart all support received from players during beta tests and have fixed the most important issues.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“It's a structure, like a gym or a concert, and we have our role to play in it. It is good for what it is, but it isn't more than that. This is a first-person shooter on a large scale, and if you've played one before and you're itching for the most-recent and best-looking Battlefield, then you've found it. Anything more or less than that and you're better off getting last year's model. It's probably gotten all the kinks worked out, at least.”
read full review ↗ - 60
- 90
“Gorgeous, fascinating, loaded with content, more ambitious and balanced than ever, Battlefield V is the ultimate war odyssey.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Even in its current state, Battlefield V succeeds in delivering that familiar, core experience in spite of missing some content, and while the thought of an incomplete game might deter some from pulling the trigger on a purchase, those eager to enlist will still find plenty to keep them occupied. Sure, it can occasionally be a bit rough around the edges, but this doesn't stop those epic 'wow' moments from coming thick and fast. Gorgeous visuals; incredible sound design; unprecedented levels of destruction - DICE is firmly focused on long-term player engagement here and its decision to scrap the Season Pass altogether is definitely a refreshing step in the right direction. Well played, guys.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Battlefield V's beautiful scenery and immersive gameplay is a reminder of DICE’s pedigree and proves that the company has evolved a winning formula.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“The most visually stunning FPS game on the market right now with a thoroughly engaging multiplayer. Sadly, it still remains incomplete.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Battlefield V has two different faces, first is a boring story mode name War Stories that is full of bugs, lacks having a good story and even level design isn't good at all, but the other face is a great multiplayer that has improved greatly since beta and while keeping the good things about Battlefield 1, provides enough new features to be a unique and new experience.”
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Paste Magazine
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Nexus Hub
PC Invasion
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Patch history
- Battlefield 6 - Community Update - Open Beta and the Road to LaunchAug 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- Battlefield Labs - Community Update - The Class System - Part TwoJul 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- Battlefield Labs - Community Update - The Class System - Part OneMay 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- BATTLEFIELD LABS - DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, MAY 2025May 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- Community Update - Battlefield Labs - DestructionApr 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- Battlefield Labs - Community Update - Gunplay and Movement PhilosophyMar 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- Battlefield V - Fall UpdateNov 17, 2020