With an open beta coming over the weekend, it seems to be time to have a critical look atBattlefield 6. Given EA’s current state, there’s a lot of interest inBattlefield 6and where it can take one of the biggest shooter franchises in gaming. It certainly looks great thus far, although the open beta will show players what the game will really be like.
In the meantime,numerous leaks have surfaced aboutBattlefield 6from individuals who have managed to obtainthe game early. From multiplayer features to environmental destruction, there’s a lot to be curious about. Still,perhapsthe most interesting news for the game industry as a whole isright on the Steam page. Its system requirements make for some intriguing reading.
Battlefield 6’s File Size Has Been Revealed
And It’s Surprisingly Small
Battlefield 6’s Steam Page is now outahead ofthe open betaand the system requirements show a contrast to recent trends. The standout requirement is the file size. The minimum requirements state that the game will be at least 55GB, while the recommended requirements show that theBF6will go up to 80GB, which is oddly small.
Battlefield 6will run on EA’s proprietary engine, Frostbite.
Modern games, especially AAA titles released in 2025, typically have a size of over 100GB, and a minimum size of 55GB is actually quite small compared to many expectations. Even 80GB is reasonable.After all thedestructive environments and the impressive graphical fidelity,I personally expectedBF6to be another 100+GB game,and I found myself pleasantly surprised.
Many AAA titles from the last few years have been well over 100GB, especially those aiming for a realistic aesthetic. In 2025,Assassin’s Creed: Shadowswasreleased at 115GB whileDOOM: The Dark Agesis at 100GB. This isn’t somethinglimited to massive, open-world RPGs, which can reasonably exceed 100GB, andBF6’s file size indicates that it is buckingthe trends of its direct competition.
WhileCall of Dutyis the bigger IP,Battlefieldhas always been its major rival. Both IPs have a lot of money behind them and are directly competing for the same demographic,butCall of Dutyhas been making inefficiently sized games for some years now. 2024’sBlack Ops 6is 128GB, while 2022’sWarzoneis somehow at a ridiculous 125GB, making them larger than open-world RPGs like 2025’sKingdom Come: Deliverance 2(100GB) andMonster Hunter Wilds(75GB).
BF6’s Required Specs Are Low Despite Its Scale
And This Could Mean It Will Run Well
While the file size is immediately eye-catching,the rest of the system requirements seem relatively low for a 2025 AAA release. At minimum, it requires an RTX 2060, a GPU that was released six years ago and wasn’t anywhere near the top of its line at the time. The recommended spec asks for a 3060Ti almost five years ago, and it looks like this will be a game most gaming PCs in 2025 will be able to run.
According to aSteam hardware and software survey in July 2025, the 3060 is the most popular GPU on Steam, meaning that the average user should be able to runBF6. Thisassumes that the game is well-optimized and doesn’t crash constantly, which hasbeen a recurring issue for PC players this year,fromMH WildstoWuchang: Fallen Feathers. Still, these low system requirements make me hopeful.
UnlikeMonster Hunter Wilds, which also had relatively low system requirements, there isn’t a mention of frame generation to make the difference. In theory, this means that players will only need the required specs, andnot frame generation, to get an authentic 60 FPS. This implies that the game should run well on most modern gaming PCs, as long as the port is well-optimized.
PC players have been burned by a lot of bad PC ports recently. It wouldn’t be a surprise ifBF6is another one of them, but theopen beta should reveal everything. Of course,the open beta’s performance shouldn’t be as good as the final release in October, but if the game runs horrifically on PC, the extra two months probably won’t be enough to fix its performance before release.
BF6 Could Be A Turning Point For Optimization
And Prove That AAA Games Can Be Made More Efficiently
IfBF6releases well on PCand has the file size optimized for Steam, it could mark a turning point for AAA games. While massive open worlds will remain over 100GB,this could show other developers that they need to be more efficient with their titles to improve their performance.Call of Duty:Warzonebeing at 125GB is a joke considering how much is actually in the game.
It could alsobuck the trend of some pretty horrid 2025 AAA releases on Steam.Monster Hunter WildsandWuchang: Fallen Feathersare both examplesof this and also examples of how bad PC ports can harm a project. IfBF6can avoid this with a well-made and efficient port, it may finally take some heat off EA.
Either way,the open beta this weekend will be an interesting experiment forBattlefield 6. Fans will get to see the destructible environments for themselves, determine if the game is truly a return to form, and assess whether it lives up to the trailers' promise. If it runs well on PC too and does everything else right, EA could be looking at a winner.
