Day of Defeat
Worth it · Shooter · 2003
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 hourS
- $0.85/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 7,397
- Critics
- 79 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Shooter
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 5.9h
- To 100%
- 80.9h 13.7x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 49 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 June 2019
- Sale every
- 105d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 90 now
- Cheaper than
- 72% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 84% 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 15 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 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Day of Defeat: Source ($9.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 ($4.99, scores 64).
More about Day of Defeat
Critics scored it 79. Players sit 11 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 568 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,424 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 386 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 1,891 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 42 percent of everything written about it.
5.9 hours to finish it, 81 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 14 times the campaign.
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
Great game with playerbase still live and well! More tactical and realistic compared to CS series. Great vibe of WWII on authentic yet balanced maps.
1 more review
We set out in the morning, warily checking windows, corners, anywhere the Germans could spring a trap or an ambush. Johannson was in the lead, Garand at the ready and bayonet fixed improperly. Rook was shadowing him, double checking each spot that Johannson had checked before. I was in the middle with Peters and his trusty sniper rifle, carrying the M2 Browning. And Stewart was in the rear, covering our backs with...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Day of Defeat scores 81/100 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/30/day-of-defeatReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length 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.