Despite many concurrent players, the game’s launch has proven to be decisively negative.

Last Friday, Electronic Arts released Battlefield 2042, the latest game in the Battlefield series of first-person shooter games. Expectations were high for this entry, as promotional material showcased its massive, living maps granting players access to a myriad of weapons and vehicles, as well as the customizable Portal mode. Unfortunately, it seems the game has launched in less-than-stellar condition.

Battlefield 2042 is now in the top 10 worst games of all time on Steam

It is the newest game to be on Steam's top 100 worst games list by The Hall of Shame pic.twitter.com/mexjlgV1FA

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) November 20, 2021

According to reports and reviews from the game’s initial playerbase, Battlefield 2042 is riddled with bugs and crashing. Users have been reporting, among other problems, choppy framerates, falling through the map, malfunctioning bullet spreads, and constant hard crashes. Aside from the bugs, there have also been criticisms of missing features present in previous games, one of the most prominent being the absence of any kind of single player campaign.

Everything that's missing in Battlefield 2042 😬 pic.twitter.com/HM9YJeja9R

— JAYROCK👑 (@_JaY_R0ck_) November 21, 2021

As a result of these myriad problems, after only a few days, Battlefield 2042 has found itself in the top 10 list of the worst-reviewed games on PC gaming platform Steam, with only 25% of its reviews rating positive. However, the game is also in the top 10 for concurrent players on Steam, with roughly 58,177 players online at time of writing. The game’s developer, Dice, has already begun releasing patches in the hopes of improving the buggy experience.