Battlefield Redsec, the new free-to-play title housing Battlefield 6’s battle royale mode, has launched with a ‘Mostly Negative’ rating on Steam.
35 days after the launch of Battlefield 6, EA’s return to form met with critical and commercial success, Battlefield Redsec arrived to keep the hype train barrelling forward.
Redsec marked the arrival of a highly anticipated battle royale component on October 28, 2025. As you’d expect, it’s chock full of explosive fights, vehicular destruction, and even a ring of fire insta-killing anyone who loses sight of the safezone.
Although it’s certainly early days yet, the surprise release hasn’t gone down well with everyone. Out of the gate, the standalone F2P title currently sits with a ‘Mostly Negative’ rating on Steam for a few key reasons.
Why is Battlefield Redsec rated ‘Mostly Negative’ on Steam?
At the time of writing, the BF Redsec Steam page has 5,219 reviews across all languages. Just over 3,000 of those do not recommend the game. For comparison, in the month since Battlefield 6 arrived on the platform, over 78,000 players have left ‘Mostly Positive’ reviews.
Thus, Redsec’s early criticism comes from a considerably smaller sample size, and given it’s only been out for one day, do take these reviews with a grain of salt.
With that said, the contention mostly stems from two gripes: The lack of a Solos playlist and the fact various Challenges are tied to the new BR.
Upon release, Redsec supports Quads and Duos. There’s currently no way to drop in by yourself and expect gunfights with other solo players. Regardless of your choice from the two available options, other strangers will be added to your team. It’s safe to expect a Solos playlist down the line, but that hasn’t stopped early frustration from seeping in.
“It doesn’t feel good to play with randoms against premade, coordinated squads,” as one negative review put it.
“I wouldn’t have downloaded the game if I knew that beforehand,” another player chimed in.
Meanwhile, a bulk of the backlash focused on there being universal Challenges tied to Redsec. In essence, if a multiplayer-oriented individual wants to maximize their progression in a given week, they’d need to drop into the battle royale mode.
“I bought Battlefield 6 for its core modes,” one player said. “I shouldn’t be forced into playing Redsec because half of my weeklies are tied to a mode I don’t want to play.”
“This is not why I bought Battlefield 6,” another stressed.
While there are also some complaints about the split focus, with a few players expressing concern the multiplayer component may be left behind, there’s also still a few thousand positive reviews in the mix. Many of which praise the gameplay while still giving feedback like wishing for a Solos option.
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