Overwatch 2
Ranked 5 of 20 multiplayer shooters by recommenders
Recommended for running well on Linux and macOS and for smooth animations. Critics mostly object to Activision and Blizzard's business decisions and monetization.
Recommended for running well on Linux and macOS and for smooth animations. Critics mostly object to Activision and Blizzard's business decisions and monetization.
44 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 22
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs well on Linux and macOS
“both ran significantly better on my Debian 13 installation than they ever did on Win11”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux” “CS2 (VAC), The Finals (EAC), and Overwatch 2 (Warden) all run flawlessly on Linux.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark” “overwatch plays flawlessly on macOS right now”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features” - Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop”
Smooth character animations
“It has some excellent fluid animations, which look really weird if you freeze frame them.”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Every Frame Perfect” “They avoid the jerky start and stops with their characters.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Art of Roads in Games”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Activision and Blizzard hurt the franchise
“Activision nearly ended competitive professional Overwatch and significantly scaled back their big esports events to look more profitable.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Resetting Xbox” “Overwatch (as a game and as a franchise) was just straight up killed by Bobby Kotick”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract” Monetization seen as exploitative
“planned obsolescence (You can never player Overwatch 1 ever again)”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box” “they're making billions from virtual slot machines nonetheless”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders” “designed to milk money out of players as much as possible”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's” Poor matchmaking and chat experience
“a couple of matches in Overwatch competitive a decade ago put me off the idea of matchmaking lobbies altogether”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)” “it's definitely a much nicer experience with chat turned off”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)” “got boring after a while and their matchmaking was atrocious”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Quake – 30th Anniversary Update”
Other multiplayer shooters people recommend
The four most recommended other multiplayer shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Raiders | 52 | 12 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Fortnite | 33 | 55 | 38% | 9 | — | — |
| Counter-Strike | 30 | 19 | 61% | 11 | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27 | 19 | 59% | 10 | — | — |
| Overwatch 2This page | 22 | 22 | 50% | 11 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 46 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's okay if overwatch takes all of your computer's effort to run”
“OW 2 was supposed to be a release with a pve mode as it's focus, which it failed”
“Blizzard was even forced to drop the "2" from Overwatch and bring back the 6v6 open queue.”
“These partners may combine this personal information with information that they have collected about you”
“Overwatch (as a game and as a franchise) was just straight up killed by Bobby Kotick”
“I'm not expecting anything good from them again.”
“designed to milk money out of players as much as possible”
“got boring after a while and their matchmaking was atrocious”
“I'm still angry at how they ruined Overwatch”
“the ways Paladins characters clip on walls more than in Overwatch”
“Overwatch has been a disaster for years.”
“it was messed up from when Jeff started doing his silent fireplace streaming”
“horrendous blizzard decision of OW2 release”
“Activision nearly ended competitive professional Overwatch and significantly scaled back their big esports events to look more profitable.”
“planned obsolescence (You can never player Overwatch 1 ever again)”
“should both work well, as do the vast majority of single-player games”
“a couple of matches in Overwatch competitive a decade ago put me off the idea of matchmaking lobbies altogether”
“it's definitely a much nicer experience with chat turned off”
“entirely unrecognizable today compared to 2016”
“It has some excellent fluid animations, which look really weird if you freeze frame them.”
“Overwatch 1 was probably the most brutal experience for me.”
“I couldn't get HDR working on Overwatch”
“plenty of competitive multiplayer shooters that work fine on Linux”
“Overwatch would intermittently crash once every few sessions”
“overwatch plays flawlessly on macOS right now”
“the recent reviews being mostly negative reviews”
“Overwatch is the best it’s ever been.”
“OW2 is lightyears behind Valorant”
“Overwatch has made the decision that closest cheaters are not a problem”
“It's quite literally impossible to cheat anymore”
“Overwatch made me ill for weeks.”
“They avoid the jerky start and stops with their characters.”
“both ran significantly better on my Debian 13 installation than they ever did on Win11”
“You can remove 'Overwatch' from my original comment”
“they're making billions from virtual slot machines nonetheless”
“the one game I play (Overwatch) ran on Linux”
“They removed a player slot to force it to fit the "5 man" meta.”
“See other examples; The Finals, Roblox (Byfron) and Overwatch”
“Ah, the Overwatch 2 development approach.”
“CS2 (VAC), The Finals (EAC), and Overwatch 2 (Warden) all run flawlessly on Linux.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.