Team Fortress 2
Free-to-play class-based FPS built around chaotic team matches
Valve · Released Oct 10, 2007
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 1.4M
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 4,842 in 30 days
- Players
- 83K
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 week ago
- Oct 30, 2026
Metacritic: 92/100 (critic reviews)
What is Team Fortress 2?
It is a free-to-play, class-based first-person shooter built around online team matches. Players choose one of nine classes with different weapons and tactical abilities, then pursue objectives in modes including Capture the Flag, Control Point, Payload, Arena, and King of the Hill; training and offline practice provide ways to learn.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast, objective-based multiplayer shooting
- +you like changing tactics by switching between distinct classes
- +you prefer playful matches with unpredictable social moments
Not for you if...
- −you avoid competitive online shooters
- −you want a gentle learning curve against other players
What players say
90% of 1,376,379 reviews are positive · 90% of 4,842 in the last 30 days
Players praise the core gunplay, distinct class roles, chaotic humor, and community servers. Common complaints focus on casual matchmaking, with uneven or partly empty matches; newer players also describe a severe skill gap, and some report abusive voice chat.
Players over time
▲ +28% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 92,408 players on Nov 6, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 83,381 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 92,408 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 83,782 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 78,963 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 82,368 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 90,416 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 90,876 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 81,504 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 60,296 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 70,257 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 69,823 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 67,299 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 70,018 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 71,570 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 79,189 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 76,809 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 80,492 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 73,824 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 67,815 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 87,951 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 79,353 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 86,400 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 70,017 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 73,704 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 56,120 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 63,794 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 66,340 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 68,061 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 75,243 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 74,171 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 79,541 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 62,356 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 51,270 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 69,900 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 59,616 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 68,061 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 73,244 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 59,507 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 46,897 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 48,926 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 51,254 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 57,358 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 60,887 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 57,206 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 63,052 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 53,870 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 50,504 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 53,642 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 61,982 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 62,912 |
Screenshots and trailer
Team Fortress 2 system requirements
Minimum: 0.5 GB RAM, 15 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Team Fortress 2?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP
- Processor
- 1.7 GHz Processor or better
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 8.1
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)
- Processor
- Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Team Fortress 2 have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). There is no single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.
Does Team Fortress 2 run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 520
- Steam features
- Workshop, Trading cards, In-app purchases
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian, Thai, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America.
Does Team Fortress 2 use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Free to Play
- Hero Shooter
- Multiplayer
- FPS
- Shooter
- Action
- Class-Based
- Funny
- Team-Based
- First-Person
- Online Co-Op
- Competitive
- Cartoony
- Trading
- Co-op
- Comedy
Recent updates
- Jul 16, 2026 · Team Fortress 2 Update Released
- Jul 14, 2026 · Team Fortress 2 Update Released
- Jul 10, 2026 · Team Fortress 2 Update Released
- Jul 8, 2026 · Team Fortress 2 Update Released
- Jul 7, 2026 · Team Fortress 2 Update Released
1 DLC available.