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DC Universe™ Online

Dimensional Ink Games · Daybreak Game Company · 2011-11-02

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Franchise: DC Comics · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jan 14, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Nov 29, 2013 (PlayStation 4), Jan 14, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 29, 2016 (Xbox One)

DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.

630
playing now
81%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
22
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

630 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 630 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 584 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27827820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6301072026-08-06 21:00 — 545 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 381 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 161 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 518 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 414 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 170 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 560 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 417 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 197 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 580 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 348 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 204 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 518 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 359 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 107 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 512 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 363 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 315 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 575 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 415 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 290 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 499 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 500 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 327 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 508 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 611 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 303 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 490 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 574 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 630 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

6412026-08-26 19:15 — 17 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 18:34 — 22 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
30.4%
earned "Platinum Pace"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGActionCombatMMORPGAdventureSuperheroComic BookControllerOpen WorldBeat 'em up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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