Battle Grounds III
Free-to-play first-person multiplayer battles with muskets and bayonets
The Battle Grounds Game Development Team · Released Jul 14, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 4,103
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 11 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1
- peak 24h 11
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 13, 2026
What is Battle Grounds III?
This first-person shooter takes place during the American War of Independence, with British forces and their Native American allies fighting Continental and French troops in online matches. Choose a soldier class, capture objectives or defend forts, and fight with muskets, rifles, bayonets, and swords.
For you if...
- +you like historical multiplayer battles with team objectives
- +you want to roleplay in line formations
Not for you if...
- −you prefer rapid-fire weapons to slow-reloading muskets
- −you want a solo story campaign instead of PvP matches
What players say
86% of 4,103 reviews are positive · 90% of 11 in the last 30 days
Players praise the musket battles and the social side of matches. Many report sparsely populated servers, while others describe shooting as inaccurate and melee combat as clunky. Some also report lag or crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Battle Grounds III system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10/7/Vista/XP
- Processor
- Pentium 4 Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card with 256 MB or more
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Mouse, Keyboard
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10/7
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
- Graphics
- DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card with 1 GB or more
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Mouse, Keyboard, Microphone
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Historical
- Free to Play
- Multiplayer
- FPS
- Action
- War
- Indie
- Violent
- Shooter
- First-Person
- Singleplayer
- Early Access
- Mod
- Co-op
Recent updates
- Aug 13, 2026 · SV_PURE Update and crash issues
- Apr 19, 2025 · Mini Balance Update
- Aug 17, 2024 · Re-Updated to undo reversion
- Aug 16, 2024 · Reverted Yesterday's Update
- Aug 16, 2024 · Preseason Balance Update
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