Battlefield 4™

Large-scale military FPS with vehicles and destructible battlefields

DICE · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Jun 11, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 82K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 465 in 30 days
Playing now: 465; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Jul 18, 2025

What is Battlefield 4™?

A first-person military shooter built around large multiplayer matches where infantry fight alongside tanks, helicopters, jets, and gunboats across interactive, destructible maps. Its single-player campaign follows a squad evacuating American VIPs from Shanghai and trying to get home.

For you if...

+you prefer large multiplayer battles mixing infantry and vehicles
+you like maps that change through destruction and flooding
+you also want a separate military shooter campaign

Not for you if...

−you dislike large, vehicle-heavy competitive matches
−you prefer shooters focused only on infantry combat

What players say

85% of 81,897 reviews are positive · 80% of 465 in the last 30 days

Players praise the gunplay, varied maps, vehicle combat, and environmental destruction, and several say community servers remain active. Common complaints focus on EA launcher failures and PunkBuster kicks that require manual troubleshooting; players in parts of Asia also report scarce nearby servers and high-ping kicks.

Screenshots and trailer

Battlefield 4™ system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 8 32-bit
Processor: Processor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required.
Third-party account: EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 67
Steam features: Trading cards, HDR
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
First time setup requires active internet connection
Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese. Text only: Czech, Korean, Traditional Chinese.