With BattleBit Remastered, there is a new challenger to established shooter giants like Call of Duty and Battlefield on Steam. And it is being received very well.
What kind of game is this? BattleBit is a first-person shooter that looks a bit like someone built Battlefield out of Lego. The game entices with a destructible environment, proximity voice chat, and lots of chaos – with up to 254 players on one server.
The playtests of BattleBit Remastered attracted tens of thousands of players. On June 15, the shooter celebrated its EA launch and immediately surpassed its big brothers CoD and Battlefield.
BattleBit Remastered is available for €14.79 on Steam – or a little more if you want to support the 3 dedicated devs.
You can watch the launch trailer here:
BattleBit Remastered makes a splash at launch
This is how successful the game already is: BattleBit Remastered started strong and is already a bestseller. It is currently ranked 2nd on Steam in the best-selling games, behind Valve’s own free-to-play title CS:GO (as of June 17, 1:30 PM).
In the meantime, it even surpassed the shooter giant, as the developers show in a tweet.
They responded to the 2nd place with a poll: “CS:GO is F2P, does that mean we win?” The fans answered with a “Yes”.
How is BattleBit being received? From everything we can see right now, very well. BattleBit Remastered reached its peak today with 38,487 concurrent players, with an average of 27,447 players over the last 30 days (via SteamCharts).
And the players who are already playing it seem to really enjoy it. Here is a small selection of reviews on Steam, where it currently has 89% positive ratings. There are repeated parallels drawn to Battlefield:
- “3 guys made a better game than the Battlefield devs LMAO”
- “The best non-Battlefield game of all time. Everyone at Dice should be fired.”
- “Great game. It works right away and feels complete in content. Very responsive and snappy.”
Steam user DutchCrunch highlights the fun movement, gun play, and the maps as well as the server and performance. Three devs delivered a more polished product in early access than AAA studios at release.
Is there anything to complain about? Not everyone is completely enthusiastic. Critics complain about the combination of fast movement and time-to-kill with the rather realistically appearing gunplay, the confusing maps, and the cumbersome handling of loadouts.
However, a lot could still change, as BattleBit Remastered is still in early access and is expected to remain so for the next 2 years. During this time, they want to continue working on the game while also considering player feedback.
While BattleBit Remastered is oriented towards Battlefield and pairs it with tactical elements, Ubisoft is working on XDefiant as an alternative to Call of Duty. You can find the arena shooter and 6 other promising online shooters in our list:
