Deathmatch Classic

Deathmatch Classic

Fair · Shooter · 2001

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hour▼
$4.16/hr
Reviews▼
83% of 3,327
Genre rank
Top 31% Shooter

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
1.2h
To 100%
12h 10.0x the story

Price and sales

Sales
50 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$0.49 June 2019
Sale every
98d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
72% of its genre
Better reviewed
62% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 50 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 31 percent. It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Day of Defeat ($4.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Half-Life Deathmatch: Source ($9.99, scores 37).

More about Deathmatch Classic

This site sampled 559 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 1,730 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 71 percent of everything written about it.

Finishing takes 1.2 hours; clearing it takes 12, which is 10 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.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$4.16/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds6 of 559 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Finally, the Valve found the cat in the jungle. IDK the reason why my dad keep persuading to talk about this after dinner.
萝卜橙子Recommendedafter 173hAug 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
Nie moc hraná hra ale skratke to je Quake Multiplayer v GoldSrc engine. Zbrane sú skoro rovnaké ku Quake 1.
LumorerRecommendedafter 4.3hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Deathmatch Classic scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/40/deathmatch-classic
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Reviews 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperValve
PublisherValve
GenreShooter
Released2001
Players7.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate