Battlefield 4™ Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-12
- Core gameplay is praised
- Multiplayer mode is excellent
- Destruction and maps are highlights
- PunkBuster kicks legit players
- Campaign has many bugs
- Low server population
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 79,984
- Positive
- 67,89884.9%
- Negative
- 12,08615.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 6,082,602
- Estimated revenue
- $243,243,254
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4614.49%
- Estimated copies lost
- 35,058
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,401,969
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4634.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1901.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,51614.8% Avg playtime 29.5h | 8,10678.9% Avg playtime 65.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 20.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 270.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,191.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,275 total
Organic purchasers9,34791.0%
Voted up: 80%
Key activations9289.03%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,275 total
First impression0-2h9459.20%
Voted up: 39%
Mid game2-10h4,40542.9%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h1,78417.4%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+3,14130.6%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
73.3%
Global baseline 80.7%
45 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 79,984 total.