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Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2

Valve · released Oct 9, 2007

ActionFree To PlayPC

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Steam page ↗Metacritic 92 · users 8.6 ↗
86
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Team Fortress 2 Update Released” (1mo ago)

n/a
At launch
91%
Steam all-time
92%
Press
87%
Player sentiment
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 460 sampled Steam reviews (409 positive / 51 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Multiplayer & servers6% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Multiplayer & servers31% mention it
  • Performance14% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

87%

68 reviews

5-15h

89%

81 reviews

15-40h

91%

90 reviews

40-100h

90%

59 reviews

100h+

88%

162 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–926
All-time Steam reviews91%852097
Metacritic user ratings–9012
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%873000
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 14, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 14285 total reviews in window · weighted 236.9 up / 20 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (17)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 90
    EurogamerEurogamer
    trust 66–

    “The game also does a lovely job of framing your relationship with other players and nurturing them.”

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  • 85
    GameSpotGameSpot
    trust 66–

    “Team Fortress 2 sets a brilliant stage for its signature brand of class-based multiplayer mayhem.”

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  • 93
    Computer Games Online RO
    trust 64–

    “Watch out though, if you get the taste of it, eventually you might end up telling your boss „Take it like a man, shorty!”.”

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  • 94
    PC GamerPC Gamer
    trust 64–

    “Rich, gorgeous and endlessly fun.”

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  • 90
    GamerNode
    trust 63–

    “The action is fast-paced and furious, the game's presentation is hilarious and exciting and the gameplay is very easily approachable. Experiment with a few classes or stick with one, but do anything to get your hands on TF2. It'll be an online experience you won't forget.”

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  • 100
    GameSpy
    trust 63–

    “At this point, it's a leading contender for our Multiplayer Game of the Year, and whether you pick it up as part of the Orange Box package or on its own via the Steam digital download service, it's worth every penny.”

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  • 90
    GameDaily
    trust 62–

    “With a whacky, off-the-wall cartoon style, Team Fortress 2 provides excellent class based multiplayer action. TF2's classes are unique from each other and stand out to fulfill specific roles, but flexible enough to adapt to changing situations.”

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  • 100
    AceGamez
    trust 60–

    “The marriage of highly stylised retro-spy presentation, fresh, high octane action, deep and varied classes and the underlying twinkle of humour in its metaphorical eye make Team Fortress 2 far more than just your average fragfest. Long after the novelty of the graphics wears thin, we are left with a refined and accessible multiplayer game that simultaneously cultivates new players whilst retaining enough depth to accommodate even the hardiest of veterans.”

  • 89
    IC-Games
    trust 60–

    “It's one hell of a game. With its powerful artistic style and blazingly quick, yet accessible gameplay, it's enough to melt the icy cynicism imprisoning the hearts of even the most jaded among us. That being said, it's not the most complex shooter out there.”

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  • 85
    The New York Times
    trust 59–

    “Team Fortress 2 is a beautifully designed game with a visual style reminiscent of old Warner Brothers cartoons, and battles that combine strategy with frenetic action. The only real flaw is the documentation, which is far too skimpy to be of any help at all in learning the intricacies of each soldier class.”

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  • 96
    YouGamers
    trust 59–

    “When the biggest flaw of the game is that it gets a bit repetitive after the first hundred or so hours of play, you know you have something special.”

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  • 93
    PC Zone UK
    trust 59–

    “The perfect integration of classes, the character and level design, the visuals, and the level of accessibility. [Dec 2007, p.64]”

…and 5 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Jul 16, 2026
  2. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Jul 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Jul 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
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    Jul 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
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    May 25, 2026
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    May 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Mar 11, 2026
  9. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Mar 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 23, 2025
  11. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 16, 2025
  12. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 30, 2025
  15. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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    Oct 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 15, 2025
  18. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 14, 2025
  19. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Oct 10, 2025
  21. Scream Fortress XVII has arrived!
    Oct 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Aug 14, 2025
  23. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Aug 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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  25. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Aug 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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    Jul 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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    Jul 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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    Jul 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
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    May 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
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    Feb 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  35. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 24, 2024
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    Dec 20, 2024significant · resets scoring window
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    Dec 17, 2024
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    Dec 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  39. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Dec 11, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  40. Team Fortress 2 Update Released
    Nov 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window