What people complain about and love in 2026
Shared report · refreshed weekly · updated Oct 26, 2026
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes.
Action, Strategy, Free To Play · Free · out since 2013 · from the Steam descriptionWithin complaints about cheaters and toxicity, smurf accounts, abusive team chat, intentional griefing and bots in matches each draw a similar share, so no single fix covers it.
OneStar read 1,165 Steam reviews of Dota 2 posted from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Of the 1,165 people who reviewed Dota 2 in OneStar's sample, 42% complain and 48% praise it. The top complaints about Dota 2 are cheaters and toxicity (20% of complaints), difficulty (11%) and matchmaking and balance (10%). In OneStar's sample of Dota 2 reviews, 2% of reviewers say they're quitting. OneStar's report on Dota 2 was last updated on Oct 26, 2026.
What goes wrong
Polluted by bot farms. I wish I could recommend Dota but there's no point in playing when 50% of your games don't have real players.
I was given a 2-week ban without any warning for leaving a game on a custom map in a lobby created by a friend.
unfair matches always just after playing winning few games.
Too Many Heroes, Too Much to Learn 😂 I wanted to like Dota 2, but the learning curve completely destroyed my patience.
Currently unplayable.
What goes well
it is such a fun game
Great game, requires for you to really think and strategize. Very fun
I liked the fact that for new players there are certain categories, from what few gameplay I have done also people don't seem to spam too much, there is always a toxic element to these games but I...
Most replayable game ever
the game is getting better and better every year.
Reasons for quitting
The main complaint of the 32 reviewers who say they stopped or are quitting
What they use it for
145 of 1,165 reviewers said; shares are of them
Great game if u like competitive gamemodes and like too fry your brain for understanding the game then this is for you after elden ring this is the only game that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up real good 100hrs just...
Played a custom game with friends Attempted to play another custom game with friends a couple weeks later Not ALLOWED to play a custom game with friends HIT with a 2 week ban, (on each attempt it...
Likes : Stress buster, lots of modes, updates & changes. Dislikes : Toxic team, griefers, people taking the game too seriously.
What they ask for
24 reviews ask for something
Who is saying it
The biggest clear differences between audiences; 6 more with a free account
UseCompetitive play: say they're quitting 4.9x as often as everyone (12% vs 2%).
RecommendationNot recommended: mention bugs and crashes 1.6x as often as everyone (7% vs 5%).
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