{"id":1129145,"date":"2026-02-03T00:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EGEbswPbbB729dh6shXiyW"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:33:50","slug":"overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 achieves the improbable, clawing back a &#8216;Mixed&#8217; rating in recent Steam reviews after a well-received perks update"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>In terms of ratings, Overwatch 2 could not have released at a worse time on Steam. The hero shooter&#8217;s online reputation was in the toilet after Blizzard spent years talking up all the cool PvE and campaign missions the sequel would have, only to deliver a fraction of them extremely late and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/overwatch-2-is-a-failed-idea\/\">eventually cancel the rest<\/a>. So when the free-to-play game finally came to Steam in August 2023, it was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/overwatch-2s-steam-release-means-players-can-finally-review-it-and-its-not-going-so-well\/\">summarily dunked on<\/a> with tens of thousands of negative reviews. In 2025, Overwatch 2 rests at an &#8220;Overwhelmingly negative&#8221; Steam rating with over 300,000 reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some good news: For the first time since its Steam debut, its &#8220;Recent reviews&#8221; rating, which only tracks reviews in the last 30 days, is at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2357570\/Overwatch_2\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Mixed.&#8221;<\/a> That&#8217;s thanks to an influx of good vibes after this week&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2-is-getting-radical-changes-that-might-finally-help-that-2-make-sense-starting-with-a-third-person-mode-and-over-160-hero-perks\/\">Season 15 update<\/a>, which brought the biggest shakeup to Overwatch 2 since 5v5 with hero perks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overwatch 2 finally released,&#8221; wrote user delulu in a positive review.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I quit last summer but S15 is actually really fun, and I appreciate the risky approach they took,&#8221; wrote user Melina in a positive review today. &#8220;It&#8217;s a really good time to get in Overwatch right now, so I highly recommend giving it a try!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If this is desperation, I&#8217;m all for it!!!!!! Let&#8217;s go competition,&#8221; wrote user Skriblyb in a positive review, presumably citing the rise of Marvel Rivals as motivation for Blizzard taking bigger swings with Overwatch.<\/p>\n<p>User Devorp offered a less gracious read of Blizzard&#8217;s new rivalry in a negative review: &#8220;Devs ignore this game with no updates or balances and they only do something when Rivals is taking all of their users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:341px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:132.55%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"U5fqfTsoktoCZXSSKA5tcE\" name=\"ow2 steam\" alt=\"Overwatch 2 recent Steam reviews rating reading \"Mixed\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"452\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valve)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s not entirely accurate: Blizzard says it was cooking up its big perks update, which added 168 new upgrades to its 40+ hero roster overnight, long before Marvel Rivals arrived with a bang in December. Another gargantuan update arriving next season, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2s-new-third-person-stadium-mode-breaks-every-overwatch-rule-in-the-book-and-its-about-time\/\">Stadium<\/a>, has been in development for over a year. That doesn&#8217;t mean Blizzard isn&#8217;t feeling the pressure of another popular hero shooter on the block, but it&#8217;s more likely that a steadily declining interest in Overwatch drove these larger changes in the first place. Rivals is undeniably an accelerant.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed many of Overwatch&#8217;s latest positive reviews come from Steam accounts with only a handful of hours played, suggesting some are Battle.net players who booted the game on Steam so they could leave a positive review\u2014the inverse of what happened when Overwatch 2 launched on Steam and garnered over 50,000 negative reviews in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s far too early to call this a comeback\u2014and it&#8217;s up for debate if Overwatch 2 even <em>needs <\/em>a comeback as it&#8217;s never stopped being popular\u2014but if a dunked-upon game can get back on the good side of its fickle Steam community, it&#8217;s a generally great sign for its health. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/thank-you-so-much-for-the-second-chance-chooms-cyberpunk-2077s-developers-enjoy-a-well-earned-bask-as-the-game-finally-hits-overwhelmingly-positive-on-steam\/\">Cyberpunk 2077 pulled it off<\/a> after being widely criticized for launch bugs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3afa4063-cb9e-4b9f-b1d6-b5cbde7ee239\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3afa4063-cb9e-4b9f-b1d6-b5cbde7ee239\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In terms of ratings, Overwatch 2 could not have released at a worse time on Steam. The hero shooter&#8217;s online reputation was in the toilet after Blizzard spent years talking up all the cool PvE and campaign missions the sequel would have, only to deliver a fraction of them extremely late and eventually cancel the rest. So when the free-to-play game finally came to Steam in August 2023, it was summarily dunked on with tens of thousands of negative reviews. In 2025, Overwatch 2 rests at an &#8220;Overwhelmingly negative&#8221; Steam rating with over 300,000 reviews. Here&#8217;s some good news: For the first time since its Steam debut, its &#8220;Recent reviews&#8221; rating, which only tracks reviews in the last 30 days, is at &#8220;Mixed.&#8221; That&#8217;s thanks&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-achieves-the-improbable-clawing-back-a-mixed-rating-in-recent-steam-reviews-after-a-well-received-perks-update\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1129146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1129145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overwatch 2 achieves the improbable, clawing back a &#039;Mixed&#039; rating in recent Steam reviews after a well-received perks update | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In terms of ratings, Overwatch 2 could not have released at a worse time on Steam. 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