When does Battlefield™ V get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (28%). The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.

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Battlefield™ V

Oct 22, 2020 Steam: Mostly Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 69% of owners

Steam reviews 71% positive of 270,914

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (28%).
The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 69% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 272,677 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 13.3h for positive, 8.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (68.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (21)

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Last Man Standing In Multiplayer, have 3 squad members spawn on you 100%
Enemy Attrition In Multiplayer, get 10 kills in a round 74%
Grim Reaper In Multiplayer, kill 30 enemies 72%
Heads Down In Multiplayer, fully suppress 5 enemies 68%
Not On My Watch In Multiplayer, perform 10 squad revives 65%
Combat Engineer In Multiplayer, build 10 fortifications in a round 46%
Eager Beaver Earn 150,000 score as a Player 36%
Lovely Complete Under No Flag War Story 36%
Call ’em in! In Multiplayer, as a squad leader call in 2 reinforcements in a round 33%
Store fuglar fanga ingi flugor Complete Nordlys War Story 23%
Ou La Mort Complete Tirailleur War Story 21%
Elite Earn 500,000 score as a Player 18%
Fender Bender In Multiplayer, roadkill 5 enemies 12%
Globetrotter Play a round of Conquest on each of the launch maps 12%
Jack of All Trades Earn 100,000 score as an Assault, Medic, Support and Recon 8.4%
Storyteller Complete the War Stories Under No Flag, Nordlys & Tirailleur on Medium 7.6%
Off-hand In Multiplayer, kill 10 enemies with secondary weapons in a round 5.1%
Death from Above In Multiplayer, destroy 5 manned stationary weapons with a Airplane 3.2%
Veteran Complete the War Stories Under No Flag, Nordlys & Tirailleur on Hard 2.3%
Hoist the Flag In Multiplayer, capture 10 flags in Frontlines 1.5%
Sins of the Fathers Complete the War Stories Under No Flag, Nordlys & Tirailleur on Hardcore 1.3%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.