Battlefield™ 2042
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (80%); after 15h it's 1 in 2 (49%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 71% of owners got the first achievement.
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 327,971 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.5h for positive, 11.4h 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 (70.9% 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 (34)
story milestone ending side
- Adapt and Overcome Reach Player Level 5 100%
- Foot Soldier Travel 25 km without using vehicles 74%
- Good Company Earn first place as a squad 72%
- Making Dunn Proud Reach Player Level 15 70%
- Showoff Outstanding performance achieved 69%
- Squad Wiper Kill 500 enemy soldiers while not in a Vehicle 54%
- Luck of the Irish Reach Player Level 25 52%
- Deadshot Perform 20 headshot kills in one round 50%
- Burnout Travel 15km using ground vehicles 49%
- War machine Killed 50 enemies while in Vehicles 45%
- Thank you, Santa Resupply 50 teammates 41%
- Dead in their tracks! Get a quad-kill while defending an objective 38%
- No-one gets left behind Revive 100 teammates 33%
- The Winner Takes It All Win 42 rounds across all game modes 31%
- Going Places Travel for 1000m in one round with Mackay's Grappling Hook 29%
- Wrecking Crew Destroy 50 Vehicles 27%
- I'm Five by Five, B Earn a Ribbon III of each type 21%
- Command and Conquest Capture 100 objectives in Conquest 20%
- A bird? A plane? Wingsuit fly from the Rocket Hangar to the Launch Pad on Orbital 13%
- One Careful Owner Perform a roadkill with an air vehicle 9.7%
- Doze this Perform 7 kills in one life with Dozer's SOB-8 Ballistic Shield 7.1%
- CQC Specialist Perform 20 melee kills in one round 6.9%
- Jack of all Trades Earn a T1 Mastery Badge with any Gadget or Throwable 6.6%
- Happy birthday Call in 15 Loadout Crates with Angel 6.5%
- Gun Master Earn a T1 Mastery Badge with any Weapon 6.3%
- Universal Soldier Earn a T1 Mastery Badge with any Specialist 5.2%
- Aerial Destroyer Destroy an air vehicle with a rocket launcher while parachuting 3.7%
- Tool Time Repair 1000 damage on Vehicles in one round 2.8%
- Doctor Falck in the house Heal 3000 points of damage within a single round with Falck's S21 Syrette Pistol 2.3%
- Clean Exit Successfully extract in Hazard Zone without anyone in the squad having died 2.3%
- Wheeled Warrior Earn a T1 Mastery Badge with any Vehicle 1.7%
- B gun's dry Inflict 2500 damage in one round while defending objectives using Boris' SG-36 Sentry Gun 1.0%
- Pack Rat Successfully extract with 50 Data Drives in Hazard Zone 1.0%
- Escape Artist Successfully extract 25 times in Hazard Zone 0.7%