DCS World Steam Edition

DCS World Steam Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Eagle Dynamics SA · Simulation · Aug 2, 2013

Yes, worth playing.

It's free to play.

85%
Very Positive
41k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Controls: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 41k player reviews · updated 4 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
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are caveats
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
VR, hand controller from VR, haptic seats, seemingly has no internal limit on the number of devices/controllers you can attach, supports DLSS/DLAA and will support Vulkan in the nearish future
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It is the same scenario as before, only in 1944, with changed textures and buildings typical of Asia, as well as prefabricated WWII positions.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
You can pvp with them and they're quite fun.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
More than 10 years spend with this game, on and off and nothing has changed, beside graphics, same empty sandbox with the same bad ai, same bad dmg models, same broken spotting mechanics, unplayable multiplayer crashing all the time but now sugar coated in visual garbage with half baked modules pushed insted of taking time in fixing the engine and making something that players can do in game like dynamic campaign.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
The game is very well optimized for being a heavily graphical game, I'm running very entry level laptop hardware and ranging anywhere between 40-70 FPS depending on the scenario.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Achieving a smooth experience often requires powerful hardware and careful optimization.
8 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 love6 themes
Controls28 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Multiplayer24 reviews
Story and characters17 reviews
Performance10 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat34 reviews
97%
Monetization22 reviews
55%
Gameplay18 reviews
56%
Servers and matchmaking10 reviews
70%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes25 reviews
64%
Bugs8 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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
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