Natural Selection 2

Natural Selection 2

Steam Deck Playable

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Multiplayer · Oct 31, 2012

Yes, worth buying.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.99.

85%
Very Positive
13k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 13k 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
50% of themes are praise13% are divided37% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Good game with good innovative gameplay that blends extremely well the fps and rts genre.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Either way, it's an online multiplayer game that has competitive nature to the game.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is very easy.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Without a doubt, the graphics are amazing; you get to see everything clearly with all the details.
10 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 love4 themes
Performance60 reviews
Multiplayer40 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking31 reviews
52%
Combat15 reviews
80%
Cheating6 reviews
17%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
137
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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