Can you trust Battlefield 2042's Steam reviews? Adjusted rating 47.0%
Genuinely poor 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-12
Summary
Battlefield 2042 holds an official Steam rating of 47.2%. After weighting 400 positive and 400 negative reviews by trust, the adjusted rating is 47.0% (95% range 46.0–48.0%), essentially the same as the official figure. Verdict: "Genuinely poor" (the adjusted rating is 50% or lower and the negative reviews carry high trust).
Japanese-language reviews alone show 30.4% (3,154 reviews, 95% range 28.8–32.0%), 16.8 points below the overall rating. Players writing in Japanese are noticeably less positive.
Positive reviews average 0.76 in trust and negative ones 0.77; the difference shifts the rating by less than one point. The most common discount factor is very short reviews (34% overall).
Across 60 months of history, no month shows a concentrated wave of negative reviews. There is no sign of coordinated review activity.
The last 180 days show 59.2%, 12.0 points above the all-time figure. Sentiment over the past six months is stronger.
The adjusted rating estimates trust from how reviews are written; it does not judge any individual review as fake. Data as of 2026-10-12.
Positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 4% | 21% |
| Very short text | 44% | 25% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 9% | 14% |
| Received for free | 1% | 1% |
| Owns very few games | 16% | 8% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 2% | 3% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.76 | 0.77 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 19.1 hours.
Rating history
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 62.2% | 481 |
| Last 180 days | 59.2% | 3,975 |
| All time | 47.2% | 325,846 |
| Japanese, last 180 days | 54.6% | 11 |
About this verdict
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