Battlefield 6 is out at the moment and it’s already blowing up on Steam. The multiplayer navy shooter is already nicely on its method to 1,000,000 concurrents on Steam alone as followers race to witness the franchise’s revival after years of stumbles and collective disappointment. The record-breaking inflow initially meant lengthy queues however now some gamers are going through others points, together with a bizarre bug that tells them they should purchase and obtain a multiplayer mode they already personal to begin enjoying.
Presently within the top-five most performed video games on Steam, Battlefield is the one recreation within the prime 4 that’s paid. A $70 price ticket hasn’t stopped it from overtaking Valve’s Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2, or the perennial chart-topping battle royale PUBG. Gamers logging on when the sport went dwell round 11:00 a.m. ET on Friday have been instantly greeted by absurd queue positions that includes tons of of hundreds of different gamers making an attempt to get into the always-online recreation.
350,000 within the queue for Battlefield 6 already 🤯 pic.twitter.com/O6tPcS7e7R
— Tyler James (@FreakyMusic_) October 10, 2025
Battlefield lead producer David Sirland beforehand appeared assured that the sequel can be ready to welcome within the flood of day-one gamers following months of beta hype and promising suggestions. DICE was fast to level out that login queues are a part of making an attempt to maintain the ramp-up course of “easy and steady for everybody.” That didn’t cease followers from jabbing one another with screenshots of their positions on social media and the Battlefield subreddit. Lengthy earlier than anybody has a KDA to brag about in Battlefield 6, followers are turning to queue positions as high-score markers of elite standing. Can anybody beat 458,400?
Bro….
how doe i play the sport now? pic.twitter.com/wMwXmmHGWm— DjKr4m3r Gaming (@djkr4m3r) October 10, 2025
However different gamers have been going through a wierd challenge wherein, even after moving into the sport, they’d be requested to put in it. “Working into an error with Battlefield 6 that states I want to put in multiplayer, and it exhibits me all of the information I want to put in,” one wrote on X. “Does anybody have any fixes? I’m afraid I’m going to should queue once more.” Another person even tried deleting the sport, reinstalling all the things, and queuing once more to attempt to get in. “If it really works, please inform me,” one other participant wrote again.
Thus far, EA has mentioned it’s conscious of the issue however hasn’t shared recommendation on the right way to handle it. “We’re conscious of a difficulty stopping gamers from accessing the sport with some receiving an error stating they should buy DLC or related,” it introduced round midday on Friday. “Keep tuned for additional updates because the crew investigates this challenge.”
Within the meantime, Battlefield 6 appears nicely on its method to residing as much as to the preliminary blitz of participant curiosity some had been predicting. Information agency Ampere Evaluation instructed The Recreation Enterprise it was forecasting 1.7 million copies pre-ordered on Steam alone. If all of them login inside the first 24 hours, the autumn blockbuster will probably be nicely on its method to being Steam’s most-played recreation thus far this month.
To interrupt into the highest 10 of all-time highest concurrent participant counts, it’ll have to beat Banana‘s 917,000 document. The highest spot remains to be held by PUBG at over 3.2 million gamers concurrently. EA will in all probability be content material with having already edged out its personal free-to-play big Apex Legends, although. No surprise Activision appears so anxious about Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 this yr. It’s the primary time in six years it’s needed to go head-to-head with a Battlefield that had a single-player marketing campaign, even when this one has left many critics overwhelmed.
