Battlefield 6 Beta Is Crowded With 500K Players, Beats Call of Duty

The Battlefield 6 beta has made a huge headline by grasping in over 500,000 players at the same time on Steam. This is a remarkable milestone that does not only mark a big comeback for the franchise but also sees Battlefield 6 breaking past the previous Call of Duty record.

In just its early beta phase, it has secured its position as one of the most-watched games ever on the platform.

Joining Steam's All-Time Gaming Elite

Battlefield 6 has placed itself at the 18th position on Steam's all-time highest player counts list with a record-breaking 521,079 consistent players.

This position places Battlefield 6 with several epic games like Counter-Strike, PUBG, and Apex Legends, the games that are considered to be giants of the gaming industry.

Performance That Impresses Players

Gamers have appreciated how smooth and well-optimized the beta feels to play. Some gamers have even reported it runs better than certain full game releases from the past.

Features like modest hardware requirements, fast downloads, and stable servers, the beta is made easily accessible to a larger audience, thus allowing more players to experience it without performance issues.

Battlefield 6 has not just broken records on Steam but on Twitch as well; its streams attracted between 850,000 and 870,000 viewers, which is quite impressive.

This number is twice the highest views seen for Battlefield 2042 during its early days, indicating huge community interest and a boost.

A Possible Shift in the FPS Landscape

Many analysts' and industry insiders' research believes that Battlefield 6 could challenge Call of Duty's dominance in the FPS market.

Loyal, longtime fans have expressed that Call of Duty's focus was too much on flashy features, aiming to impress through visuals instead of grounded, tactical gameplay. Battlefield 6 has made those errors its power and created a game that won those fans over.

While the Battlefield 6 beta's success is undeniable, the true test will come when Battlefield 6 is officially launched on October 10, 2025.

If the official release still maintains the same excitement and expectations are satisfied, then it could be one of the biggest FPS hits of the decade.