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Players tag both: FPS, Shooter, First-Person
Free to play
Artwork © Bungie, via Steam
Looter ShooterFree to PlaySci-Fi
Destiny 2
A free-to-play online shooter built around cooperative activities, loot and seasonal story content.
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Modes
- Single-player, Co-op, PvP
- Released
- Oct 1, 2019
- Developer
- Bungie
- Publisher
- Bungie
Overview
Quick facts
- Genre
- Looter Shooter, Free to Play, Sci-Fi
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Game modes
- Single-player, Co-op, PvP
- Developer
- Bungie
- Publisher
- Bungie
- Release date
- Oct 1, 2019Steam listing: Oct 1, 2019.
- Steam Deck
- UnsupportedRated by Valve, not tested by PlayVerdicts
- Playtime
- Not availableNo reliable source yet
Supported features
- Partial Controller Support
- Subtitle Options
- Color Alternatives
Source: Steam store page ↗, synced Oct 23, 2026. PC store features only.
Can you run it?
System requirements
Windows PC · as listed by the publisher
MinimumRecommended
- OS
- MinWindows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- RecWindows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- Processor
- MinIntel® Core™ i3 3250 3.5 GHz or Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz
- RecProcessor Intel® Core™ i5 2400 3.4 GHz or i5 7400 3.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz
- Memory
- Min6 GB RAM
- Rec8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- MinNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB or GTX 1050 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
- RecNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or GTX 1060 6GB / AMD R9 390 8GB Memory 8 GB RAM
- Network
- MinBroadband Internet connection
- RecBroadband Internet connection
- Storage
- Min105 GB available space
- Rec105 GB available space
- Additional Notes
- MinBeginning on June 4, 2024, Destiny 2 is ending support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems.
- RecBeginning on June 4, 2024, Destiny 2 is ending support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems.
Source: Steam store page ↗, synced Oct 23, 2026. These are the publisher's figures, not PlayVerdicts measurements: we have not benchmarked this game, and real performance depends on settings, resolution and drivers.
The case for and against
Reasons to buy, and what to know
Reasons to Buy
Free to start
Rule-basedIt costs nothing to try, so the risk is time, not money.
Busy right now
Rule-based29,309 players are in the game on Steam at the moment, so finding others should be easy.
Playable with friends
Rule-basedSteam lists a co-op mode.
Things to Know
Large install
Rule-basedThe publisher lists 105 GB of storage.
Not for Steam Deck
Rule-basedValve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
In-app purchases
Rule-basedThe Steam listing mentions in-app purchases.
Computed from Steam reviews, the patch feed, the price history and the store listing by fixed rules, not written by hand. Rules: Reasons: 85%+ positive on 1,000+ Steam reviews; the latest reviews (≥50) just as positive; patched within 90 days; free, or a sale of 50%+, or priced within 5% of its lowest recorded price; Steam Deck Verified; co-op; full controller support; 10,000+ players in game right now (online games). Things to know: below 70% positive; fewer than 500 reviews; the latest reviews 10+ points under the all-time score; no recognised patch for 365+ days; priced 1.5× above its lowest recorded price; an install of 100 GB+; SSD required; Steam Deck Unsupported; no single-player mode with under 500 players in game right now; no single-player mode; in-app purchases; Early Access. At most five of each, in this order. Lines come from Steam's own listing and review counts; no text is written by hand.
Right now
Current game status
AreaSignalSummaryData as of
Performance & Stability
No status signalNo performance data has been collected for this title yet.
Not yet checked
No further detail is available yet.
Demo dataNo source linked yet.
Bugs & Crashes
No status signalBug and crash tracking is not connected yet.
Not yet checked
No further detail is available yet.
Demo dataNo source linked yet.
Recent Updates
Patched this yearLatest patch or update post: “Destiny 2: Monument of Triumph Update” on Jun 9, 2026 (135 days ago).
Oct 23, 2026
Recognised from official Steam announcement titles. Whether a patch fixed a specific problem is not assessed yet — see the patch history below.
VerifiedMultiplayer Health
29,309 playing29,309 players are in the game on Steam right now.
Oct 23, 2026
Steam's own count at the moment of the last refresh: one moment, not a trend, and players on other stores are not included. Server stability, matchmaking times and cheating are not measured.
VerifiedMonetization & Content
In-app purchasesThe listing mentions in-app purchases. Steam lists 12 DLC items.
Oct 23, 2026
Taken from the Steam store listing. Whether purchases or DLC affect fairness, and how fairly they are priced, has not been assessed.
VerifiedPlayer Sentiment
Mostly PositiveSteam: 78% of 664,268 reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).
Oct 23, 2026
Counts come from the public Steam review totals. Theme-level analysis of what players praise or criticise has not been collected yet.
Verified
Patch history
VerifiedSource: Steam community announcements ↗ · fetched Oct 23, 2026 · titles and links only. Posts are recognised by their titles, so some patches may be missing and non-patch posts can slip in.
What players keep saying
Player feedback
Measured Steam numbers first, then recurring themes (not yet collected). Sentiment is only shown when it has been measured.
Steam · all-time
78% positive
Mostly Positive · 664,268 reviews
Steam · most recent reviews
No recent reviews returned.
VerifiedSource: Steam user reviews ↗Fetched Oct 23, 2026Counts only; recent figure is a sample of the newest reviews, not a full time window. Steam reviewers are not all players.
No theme-level feedback analysis exists for this game yet.
Buying advice
Price & buying advice
Current price
Free
No discount · Steam store (US)
Historical low (any store)
—
No verified price history
Value for money
—
Needs price and playtime data
Price verdict
Free to play
Steam lists this game as free, so there is no price decision to make.
Price data checked: Oct 23, 2026
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Price alert
Destiny 2 is free to play, so there is no price to track.
How it changed
Verdict history
Oct 23, 2026
First recorded
Free to play78% positive of 664,268 Steam reviews · price $0 · a good price for it · last patch 135 days ago
No change since it was first recorded.
Recording started on Oct 23, 2026. What happened before that is not known.
A change is recorded only when the new verdict shows up on two checks in a row, so a brief flicker around a threshold does not appear here. Each entry shows the evidence at that moment.
If this isn't quite right
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Why you can trust this
Sources & methodology
Evidence status
- Public store & publisher metadataAvailable
- Patch notes and update historyPartial
- Performance benchmarksNot collected
- Player review analysisPartial
- Price historyNot collected
Linked sources
- Steam store page ↗Read: Oct 23, 2026
How the recommendation is formed
This recommendation is computed from measured Steam reviews, patch activity and price history using fixed, public rules. It has not been reviewed by an editor. Rules: Fewer than 500 Steam reviews → Insufficient evidence. Latest-review sample (≥50) below 65% positive and 10+ points under the all-time score → Wait for fixes. All-time score below 40% positive → Not for you. Score 80%+ and a good price (free, deep discount, near a recorded low) → Buy now; a good score at a price that has been much lower → Buy on sale; otherwise Worth considering. An exceptional score (92%+) at a fair price (little to gain by waiting) also → Buy now. Free-to-play games: unless one of the rules above (Insufficient evidence, Wait for fixes, Not for you) applies, the verdict is Free to play — the question is whether to try it, not whether to buy it. Score 40–79% (mixed to positive) → Worth considering at a good price, otherwise Buy on sale. Patch freshness: a Buy now is downgraded to Worth considering when the last recognised patch is over 180 days old AND the game is online-only (no single-player mode, so updates matter) or recent reviews are 10+ points under the all-time score. For Wait for fixes, a patch within 30 days means recent reviews may not reflect it yet; none for 180+ days means a fix may not be coming. An old patch alone never lowers a verdict, and an unrecognised patch history is never treated as stale. Confidence counts available evidence (review volume, recent sample, price history, patch feed) and never exceeds Medium without editor review. The Steam price is compared with the lowest price ever seen on Steam (or, if unknown, the lowest at any tracked store). Price signal: within 5% of the all-time low, within 10% of the 12-month low, or 50%+ off → good. If waiting could save under 25% or under $5 → fair (little to gain). Otherwise: on sale but cheaper before, or never discounted beyond 30% → fair; no sale and much cheaper before → wait.
- 1Collect official, store and permitted community sources
- 2Check current patch and update state
- 3Compare price against history
- 4Write a plain-language verdict with a confidence level
Where evidence is missing
- Steam review totals are collected; theme analysis has not run yet.
- No hardware benchmark data is connected.
- No price history feed is connected.