Overwatch 2 is the worst game on Steam, according to user reviews

[midian182]

Facepalm: Remember when Diablo Immortal made headlines for becoming the lowest-scoring game on Metacritic based on user reviews? Blizzard has managed to repeat the unwanted feat on a different platform: Overwatch 2 is now the worst-reviewed game on Steam.

Since its arrival on Steam on Thursday at 2.30pm ET, Overwatch 2 has amassed just over 95,000 reviews, 86,000 of which are negative. According to the Steam250.com website that shows the worst-reviewed games on Valve's platform, Overwatch 2 now sits on top of the list thanks to its 0.96 aggregate user score and mere 10% positive rating.

Free-to-play Overwatch 2's negative reviews mean it has now dethroned War of the Three Kingdoms as the most disliked Steam title - not an easy thing to do.

Overwatch 2 sits alongside some Steam legends

Most of the review bombs have been aimed at the lack of content, overpowered heroes, the community, bugs, and so on. Aggressive monetization policies – something Blizzard is familiar with and prompted the Diablo Immortal backlash – are also a point of contention for many reviewers.

"The people who make Overwatch porn work harder than the people who make Overwatch," states the most-helpful review. "I somehow purchased Overwatch 1 for $40, which Blizzard then deleted and created this predatory microtransaction simulator instead," reads another.

Of particular annoyance is Blizzard's decision to cancel Overwatch 2's Player-versus-Enemy co-op Hero mode. A surprising move, given that the mode was one of Overwatch 2's original selling points. Blizzard has released three Story Missions as part of the Overwatch 2: Invasion Bundle, but the $15 price tag has proved controversial.

There are still plenty of people playing Overwatch 2, despite the negativity. SteamDB lists the number of peak concurrent players in the last 24 hours at 71,406, while the all-time peak was 75,608: it's the 16th most-played Steam game at the time of writing. There are also over 9,000 positive reviews; it's just that the game has ten times more bad ones.

The situation will likely feel all too familiar for Blizzard. The microtransaction-heavy mobile-focused/PC title Diablo Immortal was slammed on release for a monetization system that would require players to spend over $110,000 to max out their character. It became the worst-reviewed game on Metacritic based on user scores yet still made almost $50 million in its first month.

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[Nobina]

Once I wanted to sell my Battle.net account just because I had OW on it, I was embarrassed for owning that game. Unfortunately, nobody responded, I'm over it now.

Remember Heroes of the Storm? Blizzard just can't make a good esports game.

 

[mrvco]

The primary reason I’m not opposed to MS acquiring Activision Blizzard is because that seems like the last, best and only hope for any reclamation of Blizzard’s long lost legacy.

 

[McMurdeR]

Overwatch is one of the most blatant bait-and-switches in gaming history. I hear Diablo 4 is pretty good, but I don't trust Activision-Blizzard with a single cent of my money.

 

[Burty117]

Truly deserved in my opinion.
I'm not rich enough to take them to court but I'd love to know the legality of removing my ability to play Overwatch 1 when I paid full price for it when it launched back in 2017.

Does someone on here know the legality of what Blizzard have done? Is it really ok to just, remove a game from existence like that? It'd only been 5 years since its release and sold over 50 million copies.

The negative reviews make me feel better though, I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed about losing access to OW1 and find OW2 to suck massive balls.

 

[yRaz]

Truly deserved in my opinion.
I'm not rich enough to take them to court but I'd love to know the legality of removing my ability to play Overwatch 1 when I paid full price for it when it launched back in 2017.

Does someone on here know the legality of what Blizzard have done? Is it really ok to just, remove a game from existence like that? It'd only been 5 years since its release and sold over 50 million copies.

The negative reviews make me feel better though, I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed about losing access to OW1 and find OW2 to suck massive balls.

They pay lawyers millions to protect them in the form of a EULA.

 

[mrtraver]

As long as the whales keep pouring in cash, Blizzard does not care about negative reviews.

 

[Burty117]

They pay lawyers millions to protect them in the form of a EULA.

Yeah I assume it's because we don't own any games anymore, they're leased to you for an unlimited amount of time, with the clause that it could be removed at any time.

I'm just surprised they got away with using the get out clause only 5 years after launch.

 

[wiak]

Once I wanted to sell my Battle.net account just because I had OW on it, I was embarrassed for owning that game. Unfortunately, nobody responded, I'm over it now.

Remember Heroes of the Storm? Blizzard just can't make a good esports game.

Overwatch 1 was a good game, Overwatch 2 not so much

 

[m4a4]

Lol, (somewhat) called it. I'm not surprised all those unhappy (a lot for the cancelling of the SP/Coop mode) would be review "bombing" it.

 

[Nobina]

Overwatch 1 was a good game, Overwatch 2 not so much

Overwatch 1 is the reason 2 exists. It wasn't good at it's core.

 

[Uncle Al]

Steam has gone downhill so much it's hardly worth the effort. Their customer service is the pits and their refusal to allow the user to change both name and password is so far out of date they need new ownership and management. They now list lots and lots of trash, allow the publishers to get away with murder, and then blame the end user for making any form of demand ...... truly pathetic ....

 

[GhostLegion]

I played Overwatch 1 and played Overwatch 2 on launch for a few months. I no longer play on my own initiative. I just re-installed it last night because my wife wanted to play with me but there it will linger on my Xbox until someone asks me to play it again. Even then I'll ask if there is something else I can play. Blizzard insults me when they switched my game from OW1 to OW2 and insults me further when I was promised PvE as part of that switch and then it was cancelled only to be resurrected later as paid option. It's not that I'm opposed to paying for content, that part is fair and equitable. Blizzard, you removed the game I paid for and then have the audacity to charge me money for a game I did not want? Get lost man.

 

[toooooot]

Steam has gone downhill so much it's hardly worth the effort. Their customer service is the pits and their refusal to allow the user to change both name and password is so far out of date they need new ownership and management. They now list lots and lots of trash, allow the publishers to get away with murder, and then blame the end user for making any form of demand ...... truly pathetic ....

Yes, I would like to, no, I need to change my steam name very much. I hated that they never allowed people to do so

 

[alexnode]

Just don't give money to these people. If it tanks it won't happen again.

 

[MSIGamer]

Overwhat?

 

[Wye43]

Truly deserved in my opinion.
I'm not rich enough to take them to court but I'd love to know the legality of removing my ability to play Overwatch 1 when I paid full price for it when it launched back in 2017.

Does someone on here know the legality of what Blizzard have done? Is it really ok to just, remove a game from existence like that? It'd only been 5 years since its release and sold over 50 million copies.

The negative reviews make me feel better though, I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed about losing access to OW1 and find OW2 to suck massive balls.

Companies stop game servers all the time. Do you expect them to keep the server forever?
But in this case nobody stopped you to play the game. The game was just renamed from Overwatch 1 to Overwatch 2.

 

[Burty117]

Companies stop game servers all the time. Do you expect them to keep the server forever?
But in this case nobody stopped you to play the game. The game was just renamed from Overwatch 1 to Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 1 wasn't very old, so yes I would expect the servers to still be up.
It wasn't a rename though, they closed OW1 and released OW2.
You can't call a new release of something a "rename", even Bliz didn't stoop that low.

Besides, they are actually completely different games, less players on the field (5v5 vs 6v6) all characters were free and playable rather than being locked behind a paywall.
Just these two bits alone completely changed the balance of OW2, one less tank on each team (but stronger single tank) and the fact you couldn't always optimally counter the enemy teams combo if you haven't unlocked or paid for a new character.

I paid for Overwatch 1, I want to play Overwatch 1, the good "old" days when it was 6v6 and all characters were free and balancing was at least attempted by Bliz.