Free to play
Dota 2 - Steam Copies Sold & Revenue Statistics
Copies Sold
110M
New owners
May 2026
500K
Steam Copies Downloaded
Steam Copies Sold & Revenue by Player Language
Game context & FAQ
Quick answers
- Dota 2 is free-what should I read on this page?
- Focus on language share, wishlists, and review velocity. Paid gross bands target premium titles, but the context blocks here still anchor organic demand for Dota 2.
- Where do I find language mix data for Dota 2?
- Look for “Steam Copies Sold & Revenue by Player Language” above; it breaks review volume down by Steam’s detected languages, which also drives our regional revenue weighting.
Information
Dota 2 was released on Steam on August 1, 2011 and belongs to the group of popular free-to-play titles on the platform.
In May 2026, the game reached 500K installations, reflecting strong organic user acquisition.
This is the 30th game released by Valve, highlighting the developer’s active release schedule.
The player base is multilingual and distributed across several Steam interface languages, including:
• Russian
• English
• Traditional Chinese.
For free-to-play games, language diversity plays a substantial role in retention, user engagement and long-term audience growth.
The current Steam rating is fairly positive.
Compared to the previous project Counter-Strike 2, the game now holds a lower user score.
Only game sales are included in the calculations, DLC sales and in-app purchases are excluded.
Dota 2 is tagged as Free to Play on Steam, so the headline paid-unit charts emphasize optional DLC or past paid eras when they existed.