Battlefield 2042

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Battlefield 2042 on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

1. Will not launch or install17 of 300 (6%)

   this game won't open anymore because they want you to enable secure boot.

   Steam review, 16 August 2026 · 41 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful

   I played for a couple hours then when i tried playing another match it would count down and put me in a black screen and then im back in the lobby.

   Steam review, 29 May 2026 · 14 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful

2. Servers and connection16 of 300 (5%)

   The game doesn't have a campaign, the servers are almost dead, and some of the multiplayer maps are big but completely empty.

   Steam review, 26 July 2026 · 17 hours played · 15 readers marked it helpful

   Community discussions are now filled with complaints about matchmaking problems, lobby issues and difficulty finding consistent matches.

   Steam review, 24 June 2026 · 21 hours played · 13 readers marked it helpful

3. Launchers, accounts and anti-cheat16 of 300 (5%)

   Don't buy this game unless you realize that you're forced to install EA’s anti-cheat.

   Steam review, 28 April 2026 · 0 hours played · 81 readers marked it helpful

   They blocked my ability to play a game I was able to play before because of their new anti-cheat.

   Steam review, 10 August 2026 · 112 hours played · 41 readers marked it helpful

4. Performance and stutter15 of 300 (5%)

   On top of that, the optimization is terrible.

   Steam review, 14 July 2026 · 47 hours played · 5 readers marked it helpful

   Brought this because I miss the old days of playing large scales maps with bots like in the good old BF2 days I'm too old to play online FPS these days with all the young people.

   Steam review, 28 June 2026 · 0 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful

A further 4 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.