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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“if u want to play a musket gam then this is the one for you. rember to kneel fire for acurasy”
“This game is generational and fun for all ages, I highly recommend downloading it and playing. I love this game with all my heart and wish I could date/marry the creator because of how good it is. My only issue is the…”
“Yea ok game's fun ngl. Rly wish more folks would play. Usually only 1 active server. Download it ffs. It's free.”
8 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“I met my punjabi bhais and desi wife in game so it good i guess.”
“They made the best game in human history and nobody noticed, this ♥♥♥♥ is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ funny and there are usually people on at least one server”
“Pretty Good Game, me and buddy Gerard had some good laughs and chuckles. Tally Ho. Bottoms up for the Grog and Gruel at the Pub tonight with the boy's. Getting our scran on. Good Game Chaps!”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this.
15 of the 71 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This game surprisingly sucked. - Barely any players if-and-whenever possible. - Network lag storm slugs like a MF'er. - Gameplay mechanics are way too clunky. - Race swap in British faction. Ho well... At least its…”
“This game is generational and fun for all ages, I highly recommend downloading it and playing. I love this game with all my heart and wish I could date/marry the creator because of how good it is. My only issue is the…”
“Yea ok game's fun ngl. Rly wish more folks would play. Usually only 1 active server. Download it ffs. It's free.”
9 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game surprisingly sucked. - Barely any players if-and-whenever possible. - Network lag storm slugs like a MF'er. - Gameplay mechanics are way too clunky. - Race swap in British faction. Ho well... At least its…”
“dev is a ped, used to be a REALLY fun game.”
“This game could be great but its not. Combat is genuinely bad, just not good. AI acts like a headless chicken with aimbot. Lack of difference in classes is just boring, every class just feels like they are useless, no…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“dev is a ped, used to be a REALLY fun game.”
“Don't even bother, none of the guns actually hit their target and the melee is pure ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Devs oughta be ashamed.”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Asked my friend to download and play this as a joke, but we genuinely had some fun after finding a somewhat full server, which neither of us were expecting. If you fw older deathmatch or ctf games and don't mind dated…”
“When trying out this game, I was literally the only person playing the game in the entire world. The movement is.. well.. like that of the source engine, and is very jank, the guns are way louder than they need to be…”
3 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game surprisingly sucked. - Barely any players if-and-whenever possible. - Network lag storm slugs like a MF'er. - Gameplay mechanics are way too clunky. - Race swap in British faction. Ho well... At least its…”
“not realy beacause there are so many bugs and lagout the severs”
“the only game ive ever played where cheaters are absolutely worse than most good players can confirm am the cheater”
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
SV_PURE Update and crash issues
Attention, soldiers! Yesterday we published a new game update that fixes a longstanding bug that has been in BG ever since it came out on the Source engine 20 years ago. For all that time, players who
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
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| 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 * * |
| 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