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What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 401 sampled Steam reviews (329 positive / 72 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Multiplayer & servers15% mention it
- Visuals & art9% mention it
- World & exploration8% mention it
- Story & writing7% mention it
- Performance7% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Multiplayer & servers26% mention it
- Bugs & crashes13% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
70%
73 reviews
5-15h
85%
104 reviews
15-40h
86%
95 reviews
40-100h
84%
76 reviews
100h+
83%
53 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) | – | 87 | 60 |
| Creator reviews (5 tracked) | – | 87 | 3 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 86% | 80 | 1356 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 85% | 78 | 3000 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: since the last significant patch (May 21, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 40514 total reviews in window · weighted 229.6 up / 26.5 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (121)
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.
- 90
“Battlefield 1 remains a fulfilling experience on par with this year’s other premier shooters. I get the impression from some commenters out there that I’m supposed to dislike this one, but I’m going to have to disappoint them, Battlefield 1 has provided me with a damn good time and I don’t regret it.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“The player has full control of each character, but not their fate, and so the senselessness of war always sticks out.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“All said and done, Battlefield 1 is slick, fresh entry in a franchise that helped pioneer the first-person military shooter genre. World War I has been thought of as the dawn of modern warfare and Battlefield 1 sets the standard of what to expect.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Its developer is afraid of settling down for even a moment, worried that players will grow bored with even a second of necessary peace. This approach works in the meat-grinder of multiplayer and the series of American corpses of its opening moments, but fails elsewhere. The result is a game pulling in all directions, aesthetically coherent, but with a muddled design ethos that allows it to come near something extraordinary without ever quite achieving it.”
read full review ↗ - 80
- 80
“An incredible game that marries beautiful presentation with fluid and fun gameplay. It tells a story set during World War I that feels believable and invokes thought when things go awry. With a reasonably short, but well planned, campaign and endless potential in the multiplayer, there is definitely value if Battlefront is one's preferred big shooter franchise. A thoroughly enjoyable game that takes the formula back toward the depth of the game's predecessors while keeping in the trends of the modern expectations of the genre.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Battlefield 1 feels like a massive improvement over its predecessor, and a genuinely great shooter. The single player campaign is fresh and exciting, and the multiplayer component rivals the series’ best.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Brilliant, infuriating, beautiful, frustrating, fantastic, and hateful. Battlefield 1 is a great game, but perhaps not one for the more casual solo player.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“While it can't resist urge to go over the top at times, in doing so, it at least delivers one of the best Battlefield campaigns to date.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Battlefield 1 might seem like a step backward, but it moves the genre forward in several areas. Mostly the campaign, which is the most polished, and enjoyable campaign I have played in years. I cannot recommend it enough. The multiplayer feels great, but it is still Battlefield”
read full review ↗ - 87
“The blessing and curse of Battlefield 1 is that it is another well-polished entry in a series that clearly follows a sacred gameplay formula. Fans who have enjoyed the series thus far will find the same enjoyment in this latest entry, and aspects of World War I have clearly been carefully curated and incorporated into the game. However, it does feel that the series is playing things too safe. As good as the multiplayer is, I'm hopeful that future entries will take more risk. In the meantime, Battlefield 1 is another great offering that follows the series' enjoyable gameplay template.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“If you're a fan of the Battlefield games, you absolutely must play Battlefield 1. It's everything that's great about the series, with a fun new game mode to boot.”
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Worth Playing
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Patch history
- 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