Dota 2

Buy80%

Very Positive · 2.8M player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth playing.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve · Free to Play · Jul 9, 2013

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
805,725
concurrent players
#2 by players on Steam
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
28
Full audio3 of 28
Subtitles0 of 28

Should I buy Dota 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2.8M player reviews · updated

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
36% of themes are praise18% are divided46% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The core gameplay is still amazing that’s the only reason people are still here.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Dota 2 offers an incredibly deep and rewarding multiplayer experience, but it comes with a steep learning curve.
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The atmosphere, the graphics, the dialogue, literally everything is so eerie, the dreams are genuinely creepy.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a good game, it has few updates and is very optimized with high graphics quality.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay26 reviews
Multiplayer17 reviews
Story and characters17 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
20% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend
Players complain
Servers and matchmaking
24% still recommend
Cheating
0% still recommend
Crashes
22% still recommend
Monetization
63% still recommend
Difficulty
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Camera Comfort
  • Color Alternatives
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • In-App Purchases
  • Steam Timeline
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • SteamVR Collectibles

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

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