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Team Fortress 2

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

First-Person Shooter

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Would you recommend it?
Player score
9.1/10
1,248,892 reviews
Released
2007
Developer
Not recorded
Platforms
4 systems
Critics
92
Steam Deck
playable
Download
15 GB
We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Team Fortress 2?

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

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released10 October 2007
DeveloperNot recorded
PublisherNot recorded
PlatformsPC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Steam Deck
GenresFirst-Person Shooter
Languages27 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q382108, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Team Fortress 2 received?

Players91%positive of 1,248,892 · Very Positive
Metacritic92critic aggregate, PC
Achievements520on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

6 declared features

Seeing

  • Color Alternatives
  • Camera Comfort

Hearing

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Input

  • Partial Controller Support

Difficulty

None declared

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
CapabilitySupport
Controllerpartial support
Cloud savesNo
Cross-platform playYes
Mod supportSteam Workshop
Online playYes
In-game purchasesYes
Steam Deckplayable
Download size15 GB
Add-on content1 DLC listed
Age gateNone

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

Free

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Is Team Fortress 2 worth it?

91% of 1,248,892 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It is free to play, and critics score it 92/100.

That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. Players do report problems — see the reported-problems section below before buying. We have not published our own review of this game.

How long is Team Fortress 2? How long to beat it

Total play time for Team Fortress 2 is about 2347 hours to do everything, and around 290.8 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.

Team Fortress 2 length by how much you play
How you playHoursPlayers logged
Just the main story: straight through the critical path290.8h75
Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do583.1h50
Completionist: everything: 100% the game2347h19

Team Fortress 2 is free to play, so the only cost is your time: about 290.8 hours to beat it.

Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.

Team Fortress 2 system requirements

The minimum requirements from Team Fortress 2's Steam page. These are what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings.

Team Fortress 2 minimum requirements
Memory0.5 GB RAM (other games at this level)
Processor1.7 GHz Processor
Storage15 GB (more games this size)
System64-bit OS required

Where Team Fortress 2 sits on the grid

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Team Fortress 2 price & deals: is it on sale?

We have one reading so far: Free on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.

Latest Team Fortress 2 updates & patch notes

Pulled from Team Fortress 2's own Steam feed on 5 September 2026. Posts marked as from the studio were written by the developer; the rest are articles Steam syndicated from elsewhere. Every one links to its source.

  1. Australian Hightower Highjinx 2026 · From the studio
  2. Australian Hightower Highjinx 2026 · TF2 Blog
  3. ÜBERFEST 2026 · From the studio
  4. ÜBERFEST 2026 · TF2 Blog
  5. The Witching Hour - Community Contest · From the studio
  6. The Witching Hour - Community Contest · TF2 Blog

What readers say about Team Fortress 2

Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.

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Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Team Fortress 2 on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

  1. Servers and connection17 of 300 (6%)

    I know they don't give a damn anymore, but the developers should learn some basics about skill-based matchmaking.

    Steam review, 27 July 2026 · 1,992 hours played · 52 readers marked it helpful

    they really should have shut this games servers down around 2017.

    Steam review, 13 August 2026 · 839 hours played · 23 readers marked it helpful

A further 2 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Team Fortress 2 mods

Team Fortress 2 supports Steam Workshop, and the 20 most-installed mods have 933,963 subscribers between them. The most installed is tr_walkway_rc2.

The most-installed Team Fortress 2 mods

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Where Team Fortress 2 appears

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Games like Team Fortress 2

24 games overlap with Team Fortress 2 on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are BRINK, Battleborn and Splitgate: Arena Warfare.

All 24 games like Team Fortress 2

Part of the Team Fortress series

Team Fortress 2 is one of 2 Team Fortress games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:

Every Team Fortress game, ranked

Team Fortress 2 head to head

Common questions about Team Fortress 2

What platforms is Team Fortress 2 on?

Team Fortress 2 is available on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Steam Deck. It first released in 2007.

Is Team Fortress 2 free?

Yes. Team Fortress 2 is free to download on Steam. It carries in-game purchases.

Do players recommend Team Fortress 2?

91% of 1,248,892 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Team Fortress 2?

92 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Team Fortress 2 work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Team Fortress 2 as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Team Fortress 2 download?

15 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.

Is Team Fortress 2 worth it in 2026?

91% of 1,248,892 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is free to play. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.

What are the system requirements for Team Fortress 2?

At minimum, Team Fortress 2 needs 0.5 GB RAM, a 1.7 GHz Processor, 15 GB of storage, from its Steam listing. That is what it takes to launch and be playable, not to run at high settings. Check it against your own PC on the can-I-run page.

How long does it take to beat Team Fortress 2?

about 290.8 hours for the main story, 583.1 hours with the main extras, 2347 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.