Team Fortress 2's long-running bot issue hits a historical low as recent Steam reviews hit 'Mostly Negative' for the first time in its 17-year history
The bot issue appears to originate from late 2023

For the first time ever, Team Fortress 2's recent Steam reviews have fallen to an average score of 'Mostly Negative' as players bemoan Valve for not 'fixing' the game.
It's been a long, 17-year road for Team Fortress 2, but the journey hasn't been wi⭕thout its hardships. Players are re🌠gularly made to wait even for the slightest update for the shooter from Valve, and now things have really taken a turn for the worse among the shooter's dedicated player base.
The tweet below calls attention to recent Steam user reviews for Team Fortress 2, which have fallen to 'Mixed' for the first time in its 17-year run. It's only gotten worse since then, too, as - at the time of writing - Team Fortress 2 has an average user review of 'Mostly Ne𝓰gative,' which is even worse than before.
For the first time in it's 17 year run, TF2's review status⛎ has been demoted to "Mixed".Says a lot about h꧙ow bad things have become @valvesoftware #FixTF2 #SaveTF2 pic.twitter.com/D9g6DUjjfL
What are players railing against in Team Fortress 2? Valve's apparent inability to fix bots. "My favorite game, a game I wish 🐎I could recommend, but as of recent years have grown to slowly drifted away from it due to the Hacker Bots. At the moment the game is just unplayable," one recent review writes.
"TF2 has beco🌌me the most hideous hive of scum and villainy this side of the Source Engine, and that's not cool," writes another player. "I want to play the game properly again, dammit, not be trapped inside my spawnroom while aimbots stop anyone from playing the game. I want to enjoy the legendary one-of-a-kind experience, not be hampered at every ste🌟p by cheats so obvious an infant could point it out."
According to Steam's reviews graph for the shooter, the outpouring of negative reviews first begaಞn just under a month ago in mid-May, but there wasn't an update from Valve around then that could have potentially opened the gates for 🍰bots and other cheaters to enter the game en masse.
As the Reddit post below illustrates, though, the bot problem in Team Fortress 2 dates back to December 2023. "Expect gun spies, engineers, scouts, and heavies," the post a𒀰uthor writes, attempting to show others how to spot the new bots. The post doesn't blame anyone for giving up on Team Fortress 2 but writes that anyone can still help by using the 'SaveTF2' hashtag on Twitter to get Valve's attention.
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A patch in mid-April was widely celebrated🍰 𒀰for introducing a frame rate boost for Team Fortress 2 players, while another minor patch just several days later fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚixed an issue where the shooter😼 thought players were Half-Life icon Gordon Freeman. This should be a great time for Valve's shooter, but instead, it's b🐷eing lambasted over Valve's typical hands-off approach to development and updates.
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since beꦰen the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.