Battlefield 3

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• first-person shooter

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

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^*

Series

• Battlefield

Localized titles

• Battlefield 3

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

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

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^*

Community tags · historical

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  192^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  189^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  188^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  184^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  132^*

• Team-Based^*

  Votes · historical

  131^*

• PvP^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Tactical^*

  Votes · historical

  121^*

• Destruction^*

  Votes · historical

  115^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  113^*

• War^*

  Votes · historical

  47^*

• Military^*

  Votes · historical

  46^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  46^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  36^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  20^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  18^*

• Co-op Campaign^*

  Votes · historical

  8^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• DICE

Publishers

• Electronic Arts

• 2011-10-25

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2011-10-27

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Australia

• 2011-10-28

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Europe

• 2011-11-02

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Japan

• 2011-10-25 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2011-10-25^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

• 2011-10-25 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2011-10-25^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jun 11, 2020^*

Detailed specifications