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Dota 2

Valve · 2013-07-09

Steam

ActionStrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Dota · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 09, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 09, 2013 (Mac), Jul 09, 2013 (Linux)

Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

Dota 2 is a free-to-play Action, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2013, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 2,755,632 reviews).

958,895
playing now
81%
positive of 2.8M reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
46,844
twitch viewers (latest)
91/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (768 ratings)
91/100
opencritic · mighty · 100% recommend
1507h
to beat · rushed 357h · completionist 5827h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

958,895 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Dota 2 is played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base on the map. Each of the ten players independently controls a character known as a hero that has unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, players collect experience points (XP) and items for their heroes to defeat the opposing team's heroes in player versus player (PvP) combat. A team wins by being the first to destroy the other team's Ancient, a large durable structure located in the center of each base.

Trailer

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

Health check

Thriving
  • · 958,895 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 154,158 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19,270/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2012-12-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60k60k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8,501 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2,069 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6,376 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1,585 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7,770 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2,860 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5,650 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,559 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7,678 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,712 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8,427 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,935 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7,277 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,658 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6,946 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,695 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6,189 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,209 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5,535 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,250 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26,400 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10,326 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6,973 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,938 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6,015 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,644 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6,187 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2,043 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5,363 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1,882 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4,097 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,514 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5,844 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,998 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15,397 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,971 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18,286 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,102 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4,583 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,370 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4,961 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,165 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14,430 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,511 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 60,341 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12,328 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27,986 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6,780 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19,255 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5,368 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16,761 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,362 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20,462 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,932 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20,056 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5,189 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19,817 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,546 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20,204 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5,313 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18,015 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4,861 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13,180 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,304 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10,926 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,028 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12,070 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,224 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21,924 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,473 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16,360 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4,409 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14,445 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,240 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12,002 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,412 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12,988 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,921 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13,413 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,810 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12,680 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,645 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13,610 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4,074 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14,375 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,331 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14,986 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,581 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15,097 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4,224 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18,089 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6,359 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26,490 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6,382 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18,015 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,117 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18,159 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5,743 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17,148 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,982 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17,371 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5,463 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15,312 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,221 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16,457 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,538 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16,417 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7,021 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13,766 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,098 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15,890 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5,442 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17,835 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5,996 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20,227 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6,458 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32,314 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7,745 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16,555 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5,218 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16,353 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5,447 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12,569 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,696 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16,165 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6,086 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15,226 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6,450 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12,936 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4,701 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12,450 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,236 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14,100 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,878 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17,707 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6,160 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17,873 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7,382 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19,134 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5,959 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33,906 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7,637 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16,812 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,859 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16,989 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,900 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16,723 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6,066 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25,395 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,739 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16,749 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,630 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17,687 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7,308 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16,647 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6,010 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17,973 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5,644 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21,075 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6,543 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16,896 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5,390 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17,873 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,030 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30,618 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7,273 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22,331 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5,994 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16,758 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5,781 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20,548 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,436 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19,156 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5,521 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11,608 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,970 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22,177 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,874 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13,267 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,861 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16,591 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,769 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13,650 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,563 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19,036 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5,886 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15,654 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6,155 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38,295 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,796 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15,917 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6,347 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13,163 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5,635 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11,987 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5,197 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13,720 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7,302 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11,873 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5,736 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11,777 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5,570 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12,487 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6,098 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14,531 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6,818 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,663 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,262 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

959k379k2026-08-06 16:00 — 766,016 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 447,241 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 587,166 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 771,054 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 457,042 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 766,672 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 544,698 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 407,273 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 720,848 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 425,389 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 536,547 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 754,982 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 393,280 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 800,880 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 684,895 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 474,993 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 905,973 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 490,617 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 617,375 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 811,355 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 418,052 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 798,835 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 637,480 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 445,701 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 874,678 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 554,576 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 681,716 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 796,525 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 440,988 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 815,811 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 585,080 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 399,532 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 815,246 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 505,199 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 537,273 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 879,292 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 482,526 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 840,222 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 771,234 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 958,895 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#2#32026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #32026-08-07 — #32026-08-08 — #32026-08-09 — #32026-08-10 — #32026-08-11 — #32026-08-12 — #22026-08-13 — #22026-08-14 — #22026-08-15 — #22026-08-16 — #22026-08-17 — #22026-08-18 — #22026-08-19 — #22026-08-20 — #22026-08-21 — #22026-08-22 — #22026-08-23 — #22026-08-24 — #22026-08-25 — #22026-08-26 — #22026-08-27 — #22026-08-28 — #22026-08-29 — #22026-08-30 — #2
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
7217212026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 436 new positive2026-08-07: 156 new negative2026-08-08: 475 new positive2026-08-08: 234 new negative2026-08-09: 409 new positive2026-08-09: 211 new negative2026-08-10: 387 new positive2026-08-10: 224 new negative2026-08-11: 412 new positive2026-08-11: 233 new negative2026-08-12: 422 new positive2026-08-12: 163 new negative2026-08-14: 477 new positive2026-08-14: 236 new negative2026-08-15: 415 new positive2026-08-15: 199 new negative2026-08-16: 519 new positive2026-08-16: 231 new negative2026-08-17: 471 new positive2026-08-17: 190 new negative2026-08-18: 471 new positive2026-08-18: 209 new negative2026-08-19: 507 new positive2026-08-19: 227 new negative2026-08-20: 459 new positive2026-08-20: 159 new negative2026-08-21: 334 new positive2026-08-21: 200 new negative2026-08-22: 489 new positive2026-08-22: 196 new negative2026-08-23: 459 new positive2026-08-23: 171 new negative2026-08-24: 721 new positive2026-08-24: 360 new negative2026-08-25: 525 new positive2026-08-25: 222 new negative2026-08-26: 490 new positive2026-08-26: 219 new negative2026-08-27: 473 new positive2026-08-27: 195 new negative2026-08-28: 553 new positive2026-08-28: 265 new negative2026-08-29: 491 new positive2026-08-29: 269 new negative2026-08-30: 476 new positive2026-08-30: 198 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

1.7k4922026-05-13 — 723 pageviews2026-05-16 — 685 pageviews2026-05-19 — 686 pageviews2026-05-22 — 799 pageviews2026-05-25 — 607 pageviews2026-05-28 — 898 pageviews2026-05-31 — 674 pageviews2026-06-03 — 574 pageviews2026-06-06 — 606 pageviews2026-06-09 — 653 pageviews2026-06-12 — 661 pageviews2026-06-15 — 575 pageviews2026-06-18 — 586 pageviews2026-06-21 — 633 pageviews2026-06-24 — 663 pageviews2026-06-27 — 569 pageviews2026-06-30 — 606 pageviews2026-07-03 — 537 pageviews2026-07-06 — 587 pageviews2026-07-09 — 799 pageviews2026-07-12 — 615 pageviews2026-07-15 — 688 pageviews2026-07-18 — 636 pageviews2026-07-21 — 579 pageviews2026-07-24 — 514 pageviews2026-07-27 — 639 pageviews2026-07-30 — 586 pageviews2026-08-02 — 583 pageviews2026-08-05 — 598 pageviews2026-08-08 — 543 pageviews2026-08-11 — 631 pageviews2026-08-14 — 679 pageviews2026-08-17 — 665 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,207 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,661 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,238 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

690k6.7k2026-08-16 16:12 — 16,586 viewers2026-08-17 04:12 — 14,290 viewers2026-08-17 16:12 — 37,389 viewers2026-08-18 04:12 — 21,063 viewers2026-08-18 16:12 — 17,935 viewers2026-08-19 04:12 — 17,003 viewers2026-08-19 16:12 — 22,753 viewers2026-08-20 04:12 — 365,185 viewers2026-08-20 16:12 — 447,653 viewers2026-08-21 04:12 — 278,576 viewers2026-08-21 16:12 — 403,253 viewers2026-08-22 04:12 — 292,801 viewers2026-08-22 16:12 — 17,207 viewers2026-08-23 04:12 — 358,805 viewers2026-08-23 16:12 — 25,061 viewers2026-08-24 04:12 — 10,149 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 22,840 viewers2026-08-25 04:12 — 9,597 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 24,494 viewers2026-08-26 04:12 — 16,925 viewers2026-08-26 16:12 — 31,777 viewers2026-08-26 23:12 — 23,037 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 13,439 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 43,132 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 60,980 viewers2026-08-28 00:12 — 12,752 viewers2026-08-28 06:12 — 13,404 viewers2026-08-28 12:12 — 31,501 viewers2026-08-28 18:12 — 81,310 viewers2026-08-29 00:12 — 21,324 viewers2026-08-29 06:12 — 14,373 viewers2026-08-29 12:12 — 39,664 viewers2026-08-29 18:12 — 27,435 viewers2026-08-30 00:12 — 17,718 viewers2026-08-30 06:12 — 15,505 viewers2026-08-30 12:12 — 35,215 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 46,844 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerCo-opSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteamVR CollectiblesIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsValve Anti-Cheat enabled2 DLC

27 supported languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRPGRTSMOBACo-opActionStrategye-sportsDifficultTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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