DICE

Battlefield 3

2011 first-person shooter · shooter game^*

At a glance

Genres

first-person shooter
shooter game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Series

Battlefield

Game facts

Developers

DICE

Publishers

Electronic Arts

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Platforms

Players by platform

PlayStation 3^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
24^*
Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
64^*

Content classifications

ESRB · PlayStation 3^*
Classification
M - Mature^*
ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Silver^*
Reports
51^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows 7 64-bit^*
Processor alternatives
2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
Graphics card (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance) Graphics card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)^*
Graphics API
Version 10^*
Storage
20 GB available space^*
Audio hardware
DirectX Compatible^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Processor alternatives
Quad-core CPU^*
Memory
4 GB^*
Graphics alternatives
Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950)^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
4 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Italian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Polish^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Russian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Japanese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Czech^*
Hungarian^*
Korean^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
Italian^*
German^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Polish^*
Russian^*
Japanese^*
Korean^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Multi-player^*
PvP^*
Online PvP^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Steam Trading Cards^*

Store genres

Action^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Battlefield 3

Screenshot 2 from Battlefield 3

Screenshot 3 from Battlefield 3

* Provisional data