Day of Defeat on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs. Allied teamplay set in the WWII European Theatre of Operations. Players assume the role of light/assault/heavy infantry, sniper or machine-gunner class, each with a unique arsenal of historical weaponry at their disposal. Missions are based on key historical operations.

Day of Defeat is a fps, world war ii and multiplayer game developed and published by Valve.
Released on May 01st 2003 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 7,067 reviews of which 6,386 were positive and 681 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

The game is currently priced at 4.99โ‚ฌ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Day of Defeat into these genres:

FPS World War II Multiplayer Shooter Action War Team-Based Classic First-Person Class-Based Military Historical Tactical Singleplayer Co-op Violent Old School Retro Difficult Strategy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Minimum: 500 mhz processor, 96mb ram, 16mb video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: 800 mhz processor, 128mb ram, 32mb+ video card, Windows XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

MacOS
Minimum: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, 4GB Hard Drive Space,NVIDIA GeForce 8 or higher, ATI X1600 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
Linux
Minimum: Linux Ubuntu 12.04, Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz, 1GB Memory, nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1, 4GB Hard Drive Space, OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

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March 2025
๐ŸŽฏ Rating: 8.0/10 ๐Ÿ“œ Overview Day of Defeat (DoD) is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Valve. Initially released as a mod for Half-Life in 2003, it was later re-released as a standalone game in 2005. The game is set during World War II, and players are divided into two teams: the Axis and the Allies. The gameplay centers around capturing objectives, strategic teamwork, and tactical combat in a variety of historically-inspired maps. Day of Defeat offers a realistic yet fast-paced experience that blends historical accuracy with arcade-style action. ๐ŸŒŸ Pros โœ… Tactical Team Play โ€“ The game emphasizes teamwork, with each class having its strengths, such as medics, riflemen, and engineers. โœ… Historical Maps โ€“ The environments are inspired by real WWII battles, offering a unique and immersive atmosphere. โœ… Varied Classes and Roles โ€“ Different character classes provide diverse playstyles, allowing players to experiment with tactics. โœ… Addictive Gameplay โ€“ The combination of objectives-based missions and high-stakes combat keeps players engaged. โœ… Long-Lasting Popularity โ€“ Despite being an older title, it maintains an active community and strong modding support. โš ๏ธ Cons โŒ Aging Graphics โ€“ Although the gameplay is solid, the graphics feel dated compared to modern shooters. โŒ Steep Learning Curve โ€“ New players may find the mechanics challenging, especially in a game where teamwork is essential. โŒ Limited Modern Updates โ€“ While the core gameplay is enjoyable, the game has not seen much development or new content in recent years. โŒ Community Issues โ€“ The player base is smaller today, and some servers can be filled with toxic players. โŒ Limited Single-Player โ€“ The gameโ€™s focus is on multiplayer, and there are few single-player options available. ๐Ÿ’ฌ Player Sentiment Positive Reviews: Players enjoy the historical setting, tactical depth, and close-knit community. The focus on teamwork and coordination is often highlighted as a strong point. Negative Reviews: Criticisms are directed at the gameโ€™s dated visuals, lack of modern content, and occasionally unwelcoming player base. ๐ŸŽฏ Target Audience Fans of historical shooters and World War II settings. Players who enjoy strategic, teamwork-based combat over fast-paced action. Gamers seeking a nostalgic or classic FPS experience. ๐Ÿ† Rating Breakdown ๐ŸŽฎ Gameplay: 8.5/10 ๐ŸŽจ Graphics & Art Style: 7/10 ๐Ÿ”„ Replayability: 8/10 โš–๏ธ Balance: 7.5/10 ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community: 7/10 Overall Experience: 8.0/10 ๐ŸŽฏ Final Verdict Day of Defeat stands as one of the classic team-based WWII shooters, delivering tactical gameplay and a realistic WWII atmosphere. While its graphics and player base may be outdated, the gameโ€™s focus on teamwork and objectives remains appealing to those who enjoy strategy and historical settings.
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Jan. 2025
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜‘ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜ Very good โ˜‘ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Eargasm โ˜ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜‘ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜‘ Potato โ˜ Decent โ˜ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- โ˜ Floppy Disk โ˜‘ Old Fashioned โ˜ Workable โ˜ Big โ˜ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive โ˜ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it โ˜ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜‘ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜‘ Nothing to grind โ˜ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜‘ No Story โ˜ Some lore โ˜ Average โ˜ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜ Average โ˜ Long โ˜‘ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜ Worth the price โ˜‘ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜‘ Never heard of โ˜ Minor bugs โ˜ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜‘ 7 โ˜ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜ 10
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Dec. 2024
Unleash your inner Hitler. NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN How this is Valve's neglected underdog I have no idea, never heard of DoD a day in my life until I saw the Valve bundle, gave it a shot and it blew me away. There are already so many army games out there, COD, Battlefield, Arma, a whole list more, yet Day of Defeat still somehow manages to stand unrivaled as a unique and insanely fun experience. Class-based teamfights set in an enormous list of maps, just you and your wits, no vehicles, no fancy gadgets, no nothing... against them. Props for realistic damage, you don't absorb bullets like a sponge, you die quickly just like that, not like other games where you can soak up an entire mag and brush it off, and oh my, the maps are so messy with many hiding spots, an enemy could come from anywhere. That combined with the fact that you die easily really sets a subconscious panic to be on red alert 100% of the time. That's what I imagine an actual war to be like. What an absolute gem. Still holds up today if you aren't nitpicky about older graphics, and Sturmbot is a thorough mod that allows for singleplayer if you're up for an offline game like I am, and the bots are no joke, they're as much of a ruthless threat as regular players are. 10/10
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Nov. 2024
Enjoyable game just two teams fighting each other no vehicles just skills. Normally has one full server and the community are just nice people wanting to enjoy an old game. I think this game will still be played in the 10 years time.
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May 2024
Far from the most famous game from such a well-known company as Valve. This is a fairly simple action game, usually with the aim of capturing all enemy control points. The game features weapons and maps inspired by the locations of real World War II battles. First of all, I would like to draw attention to the fact that there are no official servers in the game, only player servers. We also immediately notice one of the most basic problems of the game - the extremely low number of online players. The screenshot below was taken in the evening, but even at this time there is only one almost completely filled server. In the morning and afternoon, the situation is even more deplorable. After logging on to the server, players are invited to choose a team, as well as one of five roles, each of which differs in the main weapon and additional equipment. During the game, another difference from other games of this genre immediately becomes noticeable - a strong uncontrolled recoil. To hit the enemy, you will need to shoot either single rounds or small bursts. There are several other strange solutions here, namely the extremely low speed while moving in aiming mode, as well as the need to wait 10 seconds after each death, which is very exhausting for every beginner who has just bought a game and is not used to its mechanics. Well, it's worth mentioning the graphics, which, in my opinion, are not the worst for the year of its release, 2010, but also not the best. In any case, both the price of the project and its system requirements are quite low, so anyone can get to know it, and thanks to the rather friendly audience of the game, you will have quite good impressions about it. โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–„โ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–„โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–„โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–“โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–€โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–€โ–€โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•—โ–‘โ–‘โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•—โ•”โ•โ•โ•โ•—โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–‘โ–‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ• โ•โ•โ•โ•ฆโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•— โ•šโ•—โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•”โ•โ–‘โ–‘โ•šโ•—โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•”โ•ฉโ•ฃโ–ˆโ–ˆโ• โ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘ โ–‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ•”โ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•”โ•ฃโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•โ•โ•ฆโ• โ–‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ•”โ•โ•โ•—โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•โ•ฃโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘ โ•”โ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•šโ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ• โ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•šโ•ฌโ•โ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•šโ•ฃโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•โ•โ•ฉโ•— โ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ•‘ โ•šโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•ฉโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•ฉโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•ฉโ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
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Day of Defeat
4.99โ‚ฌ
8.8
6,386
681
Online players
83
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release 01 May 2003
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