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Destiny 2

Bungie · 2019-10-01

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ActionAdventureFree To Play

Franchise: Destiny · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 06, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), Dec 08, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

Explore the mysteries of Sol and experience exhilirating first-person shooter combat in Destiny 2. Unlock powerful abilities and collect unique gear across story missions, co-op, and PvP modes.

Destiny 2 is an Action, Adventure and Free To Play game released in 2019, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 660,869 reviews).

13,513
playing now
79%
positive of 664k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
776
twitch viewers (latest)
7.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (25 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (631 ratings)
4.23★
PlayStation Store rating (328,789 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 196 critics
5.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 10h
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

13,513 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Destiny 2 is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. The sequel to 2014's Destiny and its subsequent expansions, it was originally released as a paid title in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows before transitioning to a free-to-play live service game under the New Light title on October 1, 2019, followed by the game's release on Stadia the following month, and then PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms in December 2020.

Trailer

Destiny 2 trailer thumbnail

Destiny 2 - Official Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Thriving
  • · 13,513 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 24,186 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,023/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (84,888 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-22

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 22), thriving→healthy (Sep 19)

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.45 at GamesPlanet DE (2018-07-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 9 of 9 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78k78k20192026Week of 2019-10-01: 35,933 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10,297 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78,187 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6,701 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28,163 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,955 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12,631 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,711 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10,489 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,832 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13,507 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,451 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10,183 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,225 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8,659 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,867 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11,670 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,049 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10,251 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,563 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9,318 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,583 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8,396 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,290 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8,193 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,168 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19,737 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,037 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10,605 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,185 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7,296 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,198 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7,920 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,462 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7,010 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,528 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6,432 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,543 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8,887 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,325 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7,052 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,708 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7,192 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,708 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9,189 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,349 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9,819 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,180 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7,845 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,104 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7,985 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,694 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,758 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,871 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6,862 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,619 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7,865 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,802 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7,035 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,961 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,089 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,531 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,443 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,863 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5,077 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,560 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,194 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,412 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,171 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,687 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6,590 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,706 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4,380 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,552 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,865 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,076 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4,379 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,610 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,842 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,365 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5,827 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,287 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8,154 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,988 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5,004 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,612 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4,444 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,561 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,232 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,029 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,353 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,182 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,770 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,723 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,250 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,697 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,841 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,336 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,430 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,451 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,325 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,783 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,824 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,170 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,245 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 930 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,013 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,337 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,481 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,331 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,731 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,427 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7,394 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,657 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,188 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,103 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,029 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,579 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,447 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 798 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,858 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,114 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 570 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 763 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,337 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,030 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,893 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 720 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 537 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,840 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 908 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 771 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,717 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,311 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,129 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3,231 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,740 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 886 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,422 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,351 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 843 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 663 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 629 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 575 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,215 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,098 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7,895 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,269 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,437 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 181 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

38k7.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 9,486 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 12,295 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 13,902 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 12,690 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 8,746 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 7,269 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 21,765 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 14,164 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 13,963 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 25,983 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 24,941 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 19,485 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 25,531 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 33,219 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 25,181 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15,184 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 17,619 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 28,296 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 23,578 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 15,904 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 26,100 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 35,487 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 38,018 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 16,752 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 19,829 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 32,175 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 24,397 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 17,012 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 20,509 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 33,498 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 35,202 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 22,631 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 22,249 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 33,584 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 27,510 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 15,859 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 18,546 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 13,513 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
165k7.3kOct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 165,308 · peak 292,314Jan 2020 — avg 65,955 · peak 108,724Apr 2020 — avg 66,220 · peak 100,645Jul 2020 — avg 68,440 · peak 122,236Oct 2020 — avg 50,809 · peak 93,741Jan 2021 — avg 44,865 · peak 79,290Apr 2021 — avg 45,629 · peak 95,209Jul 2021 — avg 52,279 · peak 116,526Oct 2021 — avg 66,615 · peak 127,770Jan 2022 — avg 53,650 · peak 78,752Apr 2022 — avg 58,434 · peak 88,326Jul 2022 — avg 54,967 · peak 103,075Oct 2022 — avg 59,691 · peak 102,690Jan 2023 — avg 63,680 · peak 96,428Apr 2023 — avg 87,656 · peak 142,128Jul 2023 — avg 47,402 · peak 87,620Oct 2023 — avg 42,140 · peak 68,148Jan 2024 — avg 39,012 · peak 58,769Apr 2024 — avg 60,106 · peak 125,545Jul 2024 — avg 62,149 · peak 100,435Oct 2024 — avg 36,169 · peak 89,512Jan 2025 — avg 18,542 · peak 36,488Apr 2025 — avg 22,846 · peak 49,891Jul 2025 — avg 41,220 · peak 108,362Oct 2025 — avg 14,347 · peak 32,553Jan 2026 — avg 16,161 · peak 29,014Apr 2026 — avg 7,870 · peak 12,852Jul 2026 — avg 49,766 · peak 93,088Aug 2026 — avg 24,933 · peak 46,519
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#44#992026-09-152026-10-152026-09-15 — #442026-09-16 — #442026-09-17 — #442026-09-18 — #942026-09-19 — #992026-09-22 — #832026-09-23 — #652026-09-24 — #612026-09-25 — #612026-09-26 — #662026-09-27 — #652026-09-28 — #632026-09-29 — #602026-09-30 — #602026-10-01 — #612026-10-02 — #652026-10-03 — #682026-10-04 — #672026-10-05 — #662026-10-06 — #642026-10-07 — #642026-10-08 — #652026-10-09 — #642026-10-10 — #642026-10-11 — #652026-10-12 — #662026-10-13 — #652026-10-14 — #652026-10-15 — #64
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).

Price history

$59.99$0.002017-06-132026-10-142017-06-13 — best price $59.992017-06-16 — best price $54.662017-11-23 — best price $38.992017-11-28 — best price $59.992017-12-17 — best price $38.992017-12-31 — best price $59.992018-01-11 — best price $38.992018-01-25 — best price $38.992018-02-01 — best price $49.992018-02-15 — best price $42.122018-03-01 — best price $38.992018-03-08 — best price $59.992018-04-16 — best price $59.992018-04-27 — best price $59.562018-06-18 — best price $41.812018-07-11 — best price $26.502018-07-26 — best price $23.452018-09-01 — best price $29.992019-10-15 — best price $0.002022-08-23 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-29 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9.2k3912026-05-14 — 553 pageviews2026-05-18 — 410 pageviews2026-05-22 — 9,243 pageviews2026-05-26 — 2,574 pageviews2026-05-30 — 1,444 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,478 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,325 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2,488 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,719 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,123 pageviews2026-06-23 — 955 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,329 pageviews2026-07-01 — 868 pageviews2026-07-05 — 762 pageviews2026-07-09 — 739 pageviews2026-07-13 — 691 pageviews2026-07-17 — 595 pageviews2026-07-21 — 554 pageviews2026-07-25 — 559 pageviews2026-07-29 — 567 pageviews2026-08-02 — 597 pageviews2026-08-06 — 574 pageviews2026-08-10 — 569 pageviews2026-08-14 — 481 pageviews2026-08-18 — 561 pageviews2026-08-22 — 500 pageviews2026-08-26 — 558 pageviews2026-08-30 — 469 pageviews2026-09-03 — 598 pageviews2026-09-07 — 571 pageviews2026-09-11 — 589 pageviews2026-09-15 — 703 pageviews2026-09-19 — 470 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,714 pageviews2026-09-27 — 763 pageviews2026-10-01 — 598 pageviews2026-10-05 — 614 pageviews2026-10-09 — 518 pageviews2026-10-13 — 525 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.5k7162026-10-01 11:34 — 1,205 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 1,627 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 1,474 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 1,281 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 3,577 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 1,020 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 2,015 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 3,083 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 1,031 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 2,352 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 1,777 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 2,412 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 2,004 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 867 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 2,295 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 2,487 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 888 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 2,252 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 2,240 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1,050 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 3,153 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 1,028 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 5,969 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 2,800 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 1,000 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 1,924 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 2,827 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 1,051 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 2,605 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 1,989 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 1,764 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 2,377 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 1,203 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 4,970 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 2,542 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 821 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 2,505 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 1,927 viewers2026-10-15 10:34 — 776 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Long and Winding Road"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls12 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2019-10-01, latest 2026-06-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)301,5324%24
Steam (Steam)206,8878%23
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)129,2486%23
PS5 (PlayStation)82,53614%24

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvEPvPLootCo-opActionMMORPGSci-fiShooterOpen World

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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