Overwatch 2 released on Steam and was immediately met with a barrage of criticism

Overwatch 2 released on Steam and immediately received a flurry of negative reviews. At the time of writing, the Overwatch 2 page on Steam already has over 25,000 reviews, the vast majority of which are negative.

Overwatch 2 has been released on Steam and has received a flurry of negative reviews.

According to Steam, only about 14% of user reviews are positive, with many players criticizing the game’s free-to-play model and the failure of the touted «Hero» missions. According to SteamDB, the game has peaked at 52,349 concurrent players on Steam since launch, making it the 14th most played game on Steam.

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Overwatch 2 — is the first of «a number» of games Blizzard Entertainment plans to release on Steam. To play the game, as on all other platforms, players will need to connect to a Battle.Net account, which Blizzard says allows for features such as cross-play.

Overwatch 2 ⁚ will be available on Steam.

The new Overwatch season also kicked off on Thursday with the game’s first three story missions. However, as announced in June, those missions can only be accessed by purchasing the Overwatch 2: Invasion Bundle for $15. The announcement upset some players who were already disappointed last month when Blizzard announced the abandonment of the planned PvE mode «Hero».

The game’s PvE mode is now available for purchase.