Dota 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%2013

The verdict

Dota 2 is a deep, free, endlessly replayable MOBA with a brutal learning curve, a toxic community and a much-hated behavior score system. Skip it if you dislike stress or long matches.

Great for

Competitive players who want deep strategy and thousands of hours of replayability, and can tolerate toxicity

Main risk

Toxic teammates and the behavior score system muting or penalizing you, making matches stressful

What players love

Addictive and endlessly replayable

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“amazing game, been playing it for over 15 years and still not getting bored!”
Steam review · 17230.7 h played ↗

“this is the only game i would return to every time.”
Steam review · 1731.7 h played ↗

“the game is getting better and better every year.”
Steam review · 10942.3 h played ↗

Deep, varied strategic gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“At its core, Dota 2 is simply an incredible strategy game. There is an almost endless amount of depth in it”
Steam review · 11709.2 h played ↗

“every match feels different. You need to adjust to your heroes, teammates, opponents, and the situation in the game.”
Steam review · 5701.8 h played ↗

“The game itself is still incredible. The depth, strategy, hero interactions, itemization, and those completely insane comeback moments are things you simply dont get anywhere else.”
Steam review · 6975.8 h played ↗

Better than League of Legends

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Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“Head and shoulders above LoL”
Steam review · 11636.9 h played ↗

“This is the best MOBA. If you want to play MOBAs, you should play this game.”
Steam review · 4695.2 h played ↗

Polished production and constantly evolving meta

Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews

“Production value is consistent with Valve’s other games: polished to an unbelievable degree; impeccable sound design”
Steam review · 9698.9 h played ↗

Free with no pay-to-win

Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews

“Every single hero is 100% free to play from day one. There are no pay-to-win mechanics; all purchases are purely cosmetic.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Broken behavior/communication score system

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The system didn't 'Make the game less toxic', they just effectively removed ALL communication.”
Steam review · 16612.4 h played ↗

“you guys have implemented such a rediculous behavior score mechanic that absolute has not only muted me, but the majority of my team in most matches effectively limiting communication in a team based game.”
Steam review · 28515.5 h played ↗

“The worst punishment system anyone could have come up with.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 6355.3 h played ↗

Poor matchmaking and unfair team quality

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“This game has the worse match making I have seen in any game putting new players in matches against players with thousands of games played”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗

“sistema de busca e equilibrio do jogo e uma merda”
Steam review · 10527.5 h played ↗

Toxic community and griefers

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Excellent game that is ruined by no moderation of its player base. Almost every game is toxic and players are allowed to ruin games with no consequences.”
Steam review · 3244.2 h played ↗

“It's one of the most toxic communities out there and no matter how much you play this game you'll always get paired with dogs with emotional instability.”
Steam review · 568.4 h played ↗

Few updates, events and content

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“Updates are rare, and when they do come out, it’s usually small changes that don’t really change anything.”
Steam review · 12173.9 h played ↗

“The game was a legend with a battle pass, PvE events and frequent updates, and turned into a total dump with updates twice a year.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 5805.9 h played ↗

Smurfs, cheaters and account buyers

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“1/3 games there is a cheater playing.”
Steam review · 1303.2 h played ↗

“Dota 2 currently has a significant prevalence of smurf accounts.”
Steam review · 19344.4 h played ↗

Brutal learning curve and unfriendly to new players

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews

“Dota 2 is ridiculously unfriendly to new players. No guidance, frustrating mechanics, and constant punishment for not knowing everything.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“the learning curve completely destroyed my patience.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7 or newer

ProcessorDual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600

Storage60 GB available space

OSWindows 7 or newer

ProcessorDual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600

Storage60 GB available space

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