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Day of Defeat: Source cover art

Day of Defeat: Source

Valve · 2010-07-12

Steam

Action

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 14, 2013 (Linux), Sep 26, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2010 (Mac)

Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.

276
playing now
92%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

276 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Day of Defeat: Source is a team-based online first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Valve. Set in World War II, the game is a remake of Day of Defeat. It was updated from the GoldSrc engine used by its predecessor to the Source engine, and a remake of the game models. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on September 26, 2005, distributed through Valve's online content delivery service Steam. Retail distribution of the game was handled by Electronic Arts.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 276 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 646 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~81/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 944k–1.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,593 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28328320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4061042026-08-06 21:00 — 268 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 111 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 182 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 343 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 175 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 222 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 336 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 163 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 235 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 326 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 212 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 275 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 112 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 189 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 297 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 144 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 212 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 365 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 170 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 159 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 360 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 259 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 171 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 324 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 210 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 164 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 293 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 276 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-07-21 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-03-25 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-08-01 — best price $9.192016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $1.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $1.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-29 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

65262026-05-29 — 58 pageviews2026-06-01 — 54 pageviews2026-06-04 — 43 pageviews2026-06-07 — 53 pageviews2026-06-10 — 47 pageviews2026-06-13 — 44 pageviews2026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 65 pageviews2026-07-01 — 52 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 59 pageviews2026-07-10 — 52 pageviews2026-07-13 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-19 — 47 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-31 — 45 pageviews2026-08-03 — 45 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-15 — 32 pageviews2026-08-18 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
24.2%
earned "AWOL"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyStereo SoundSurround Sound

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)43,9944%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSWarActionClassicShooterMilitaryTacticalRealisticHistoricalTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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