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Team Fortress Classic cover art

Team Fortress Classic

Valve · 1999-04-01

Steam

Action

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 12, 2013 (Linux), Apr 07, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2013 (Mac)

One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.

81
playing now
87%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Team Fortress Classic is a 1999 first-person shooter game developed by Valve and published by Sierra Studios. It was originally released in April 1999 as a mod for Valve's 1998 Windows game Half-Life, and is based on Team Fortress, a mod for the 1996 game Quake.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 437 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 371k–742k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,274 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

111202026-08-06 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 106 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 78 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 67 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 43 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 51 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 37 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 52 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 103 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 72 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 55 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-07-21 — best price $1.242015-12-01 — best price $4.992016-01-05 — best price $4.992016-03-22 — best price $1.692016-04-01 — best price $4.992016-07-22 — best price $1.292016-09-26 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-07-10 — 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 $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.692024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.242025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $1.242025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3761252026-05-31 — 155 pageviews2026-06-03 — 150 pageviews2026-06-06 — 168 pageviews2026-06-09 — 189 pageviews2026-06-12 — 125 pageviews2026-06-15 — 166 pageviews2026-06-18 — 177 pageviews2026-06-21 — 184 pageviews2026-06-24 — 174 pageviews2026-06-27 — 187 pageviews2026-06-30 — 186 pageviews2026-07-03 — 140 pageviews2026-07-06 — 166 pageviews2026-07-09 — 179 pageviews2026-07-12 — 190 pageviews2026-07-15 — 188 pageviews2026-07-18 — 152 pageviews2026-07-21 — 169 pageviews2026-07-24 — 166 pageviews2026-07-27 — 155 pageviews2026-07-30 — 208 pageviews2026-08-02 — 168 pageviews2026-08-05 — 155 pageviews2026-08-08 — 172 pageviews2026-08-11 — 172 pageviews2026-08-14 — 167 pageviews2026-08-17 — 172 pageviews2026-08-20 — 144 pageviews2026-08-23 — 323 pageviews2026-08-26 — 199 pageviews2026-08-28 — 190 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionStereo SoundValve Anti-Cheat enabledRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

FPSCo-opRetro1990'sActionClassicShooterFast-PacedOld SchoolTeam-Based

Census log

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

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