Team Fortress Classic
Worth it · Multiplayer · 1999
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99. Typically $1.24 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour
- $0.35/hr
- Reviews▼
- 87% of 9,320
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 14.2h
- To 100%
- 20.5h 1.4x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 49 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 June 2019
- Sale every
- 97d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 90 now
- Cheaper than
- 64% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 49 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 14 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 5 percent. It is cheaper than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Counter-Strike ($9.99, scores 96) and Team Fortress 2 (free, scores 75) both outscore it.
More about Team Fortress Classic
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 14 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 3,704 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 52 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $0.99 (80% off). Predictions like this were right 92% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
This isn't the TF2 prequel, TF2 is the game made by the same team taking game design lessons from here, so there are lots of quirks like medic is the better scout and pyro is the worse soldier
2 more reviews
Exellent! After Half-Life Multiplayer it's very goody too! I very like this game! There is 10 classes and 3 game modes. It's very very good Mod for Half-Life!
Team Fortress 2 except it looks like Half Life and has no hats. Some might say that makes it worse, some might say that makes it better. Its kind of interesting how different it is in some aspects, like everyone having grenades and stuff like 2 shotguns. Obviously 2 has loadout customization with lot of possibilities but i do like how classes here have wide array of tools for various situations. The only really...
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About the game
One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Team Fortress Classic scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/20/team-fortress-classicReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.