Battlefield 6 launched on high of the world again in October 2025, peaking on Steam at greater than 747,000 gamers, however the months since then have been a little bit unkind to the sport. Since its launch, participant numbers have dropped, and it appears the builders are nicely conscious that the delayed second season must hit more durable than the primary to maintain gamers engaged.
(*2*) that CharlieIntel, in a since deleted publish on Twitter, shared a quote from an unnamed developer on Battlefield 6 saying, “Now the trailer has dropped, the roadmap has dropped, we’re all sitting in our chairs biting our nails a little bit bit.” The sentiment means that the group is nicely conscious of the stress to recapture even a fraction of the the viewers that it landed proper out of the gate.
Followers of Battlefield 6 rapidly blew by means of all of its maps, modes, and battle go at launch earlier than subsequently voicing their frustrations with the sport’s technical issues and content material. Specifically, gamers have appeared consistently vexed on the recreation’s lack of map selection, each by way of sheer numbers and structural differences–many have voiced a need for greater maps.
Regardless of the sport’s first season introducing a pair of latest maps, in addition to launching a separate and free battle royale element dubbed Battlefield RedSec, evidently Battlefield 6 hasn’t been in a position to retain the meteoric numbers it set at launch. Since then, its participant quantity have dropped into the a lot decrease (however nonetheless admirable) realm of the ten-thousands(as of publishing of this text), no less than on Steam.
The second season, identical to the primary, might be releasing content material in waves throughout each Battlefield 6 and RedSec. This new batch of updates contains two new maps, quite a few restricted time-modes (together with some with an emphasis on night-vision motion), new weapons, and the return of a fan-favorite automobile: the AH-6 Little Hen helicopter. Later within the season, Battlefield 6 may also be reintroducing the Operations mode, a beloved characteristic from Battlefield 1, as a limited-time playlist.
Now, it seems that all eyes are on the sport’s second season, launching February 17, to attract gamers again in and persuade them that Battlefield 6 is value sticking round for. Solely time will inform if this effort will show to be the comeback that Battlefield 6 wants.