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Battle Grounds III
After 6 years of development, Battle Grounds III (BG3) is the next iteration in the classic franchise which began 17 years ago. Prepare for battle in the American War of Independence!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Children, mothers, fathers, people of the world. This game... This game will change a generation. The mere intensity of a single battle between the monarchical British regime and the poor but brave American revolutionaries that founded what we now know as the United States of…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Despite the reviews, I joined into a lobby and immediately found an entire crew of people talking and joking about. I don't have any friends or such, but the game would be cool to do with those people. For free, can you ask for more in this day and age? As long as the jews have…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Still a great game/mod! It's like going back in a time machine: 1776 for the actual game, 2007 for the community that plays it (I love it! I miss those days!). If you don't have thick skin and hate one shot weapons with 20 second reloads, go play COD or BF6 or something.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
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Mini Balance Update
In accordance with voted-on changes from the Battle Grounds Discord, the following changes have been made: Snipers now move at the default speed when reloading, as opposed to being slower than other c
Re-Updated to undo reversion
Re-updated the game with the changes that had been reverted, this time with a fix for the suspected root cause of the crash.
Reverted Yesterday's Update
Due to crash reports, yesterday's update is being reverted until a solution is found. The update remains available on the beta branch.
Preseason Balance Update
The next BGU season is upon us! In accordance with the community poll and group discussion, the following changes have been made. Nerfed Spanish Musket accuracy Slow debuff damage cap on grenade incre
Super-Mini Chat Message Update
Added cvars sv_periodic_message and sv_periodic_message_interval. Can be used by server owners to add periodic chat messages to unmodded servers. Does nothing when sv_periodic_message is empty.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Historical · Free to Play · Multiplayer · Action · FPS · Indie · War · Violent · Shooter · First-Person · America · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Includes Source SDK |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://battlegrounds3.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 10/7/Vista/XP Processor: Pentium 4 Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card with 256 MB or more DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard