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Team Fortress 2

by ValveActionSteam

What Team Fortress 2 is

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities.

The opening of its Steam description. The developer's own words.

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

What people say

Reviewers describe developer and updates problems as a lack of major updates in years, a studio seen as looking elsewhere, and unwanted update content.

Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the report

Before you buy Team Fortress 2

Steam score90%positive of 743.9 thousand English Steam reviews (Very Positive), the language this report reads
Reviews in this report92%positive of 1,788 reviews, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026
Written reviews sit close to the store score.

Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.

Reviewers who like fun gameplay praise it, 11% of written reviews, and multiplayer and community comes up in 7%. Skip it if cheaters and toxicity bother you: 4% of written reviews raise them, and developer and updates comes up at 4%.

Of the people who wrote a review

Praise something69%
Complain23%

Watch out for

  • Developer and updates4%
    Most often no major updates

    “Valve don't care anymore.”

    1 star · Steam · Oct 2, 2026
  • Cheaters and toxicity4%

Share of written reviews that raise each one.

Who it suits

  • Playing with friends59 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balance
    Complain11%
    Praise88%
  • Relaxing19 reviewers; most raised: difficulty
    Complain15%
    Praise100%
  • Collecting and completing14 reviewers; most raised: cheaters and toxicity
    Complain41%
    Praise79%
Developer rarely replies
See the reviews behind these numbers
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Steam reviews over its whole life

1,256,588 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself. Dots mark months far above the median. How to read a review bomb.

Recommended Not recommended Far above the median monthOctober 2010 to November 2026

What Team Fortress 2 reviewers say

One public report on Team Fortress 2 reads 1,788 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Of its 1,788 judged reviewers, 23% complain, 69% praise something, 2% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is developer and updates at 17% of complaints, then cheaters and toxicity (12%) and bans, scams and safety (6%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 14% of praise. Top requests: more content (27%) and new feature or option (17%). Two audience differences stand out. New user: say they're quitting 7.6x as often as everyone (5% vs 1%). 10 to 50 hours: mention difficulty 1.9x as often as everyone (22% vs 12%).

One public report on Team Fortress 2. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.

What people complain about and love in 2026Natural mix · last year · 1,788 reviews · refreshed weekly · by OneStarTop praise: gameplay is fun, then multiplayer and community. Top complaint: developer and updates (17% of complaints, mentioned in 18%), then cheaters and toxicity.

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