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Day of Defeat

Valve · 2003-05-01

Steam

Action

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 01, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2013 (Mac), Mar 29, 2013 (Linux)

Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs. Allied teamplay set in the WWII European Theatre of Operations. Players assume the role of light/assault/heavy infantry, sniper or machine-gunner class, each with a unique arsenal of historical weaponry at their disposal. Missions are based on key historical operations.

Day of Defeat is an Action game released in 2003, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 7374 reviews).

66
playing now
90%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Day of Defeat is a class-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game set in the European theatre of World War II on the Western front. Originally a modification of the 1998 game Half-Life, the rights of the modification were purchased by Valve and released as a full retail title in 2003.

Trailer

Day of Defeat trailer thumbnail

Day of Defeat Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 195 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 295k–590k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,374 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

149452026-09-14 19:00 — 76 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 71 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 73 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 114 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 59 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 100 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 87 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 115 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 112 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 88 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 102 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 138 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 102 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 64 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 86 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 116 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 103 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 61 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 82 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
33268Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 332 · peak 552Dec 2012 — avg 318 · peak 581May 2013 — avg 206 · peak 393Oct 2013 — avg 196 · peak 361Mar 2014 — avg 203 · peak 392Aug 2014 — avg 183 · peak 285Jan 2015 — avg 220 · peak 400Jun 2015 — avg 185 · peak 304Nov 2015 — avg 188 · peak 320Apr 2016 — avg 177 · peak 297Sep 2016 — avg 165 · peak 264Feb 2017 — avg 183 · peak 316Jul 2017 — avg 139 · peak 243Dec 2017 — avg 136 · peak 252May 2018 — avg 106 · peak 199Oct 2018 — avg 94 · peak 175Mar 2019 — avg 102 · peak 214Aug 2019 — avg 96 · peak 179Jan 2020 — avg 105 · peak 211Jun 2020 — avg 111 · peak 197Nov 2020 — avg 110 · peak 201Apr 2021 — avg 103 · peak 213Sep 2021 — avg 91 · peak 172Feb 2022 — avg 96 · peak 196Jul 2022 — avg 87 · peak 260Dec 2022 — avg 103 · peak 194May 2023 — avg 84 · peak 153Oct 2023 — avg 80 · peak 169Mar 2024 — avg 79 · peak 161Aug 2024 — avg 74 · peak 135Jan 2025 — avg 76 · peak 150Jun 2025 — avg 73 · peak 138Nov 2025 — avg 79 · peak 148Apr 2026 — avg 84 · peak 150Aug 2026 — avg 79 · peak 157
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-072015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-07-21 — best price $1.242015-12-01 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $1.242016-03-25 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.242016-09-26 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-19 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.742024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-10-04 — best price $0.992026-10-07 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143602026-05-30 — 79 pageviews2026-06-03 — 87 pageviews2026-06-07 — 85 pageviews2026-06-11 — 71 pageviews2026-06-15 — 89 pageviews2026-06-19 — 81 pageviews2026-06-23 — 93 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-07-01 — 113 pageviews2026-07-05 — 107 pageviews2026-07-09 — 105 pageviews2026-07-13 — 108 pageviews2026-07-17 — 86 pageviews2026-07-21 — 84 pageviews2026-07-25 — 90 pageviews2026-07-29 — 76 pageviews2026-08-02 — 81 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 94 pageviews2026-08-14 — 78 pageviews2026-08-18 — 80 pageviews2026-08-22 — 135 pageviews2026-08-26 — 132 pageviews2026-08-30 — 143 pageviews2026-09-03 — 100 pageviews2026-09-07 — 101 pageviews2026-09-11 — 90 pageviews2026-09-15 — 94 pageviews2026-09-19 — 99 pageviews2026-09-23 — 105 pageviews2026-09-27 — 102 pageviews2026-10-01 — 110 pageviews2026-10-05 — 106 pageviews2026-10-09 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionClassicShooterMilitaryTacticalHistoricalTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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