DEFCON

DEFCON

Steam Deck Playable

Introversion Software · Tactical · Sep 29, 2006

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

On sale at $8.99, but it has been as low as $7.19.

87%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Servers and matchmaking: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
22% of themes are praise56% are divided22% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
It has wonderful replayability, a genuinely classic format and excellent multiplayer.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Servers and matchmaking
Players who bring up Servers and matchmaking mostly praise it.
There's also dedicated servers where you can specifically play against other new players and ones where you can try your hand at more experienced folks.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Multiplayer11 reviews
Servers and matchmaking6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Audio29 reviews
100%
Graphics24 reviews
96%
Gameplay21 reviews
95%
Story and characters13 reviews
92%
Interface6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat10 reviews
100%
Crashes8 reviews
25%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $8.99 (−70%). The lowest we've tracked is $7.19.

5 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
22
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.