Valve says it hears the #SaveTF2 campaign
Team Fortress 2players have been banding together and organizing to call attention to the current state of the game. And yesterday, amid a wave of #SaveTF2 posts, Valve responded toTeam Fortress 2fans, saying it hears and is working on improving things.
The situation inTeam Fortress 2has been an ongoing problem for players. Reports of massive botting problems have beengoing around for years, without much changing. Recently, players decided to organize and get the word out.
Players canvassed various emails and tips lines, including our own, sending messages detailing the ongoing problem. We reached out to Valve about the campaign at the time, but did not receive a response. IGN followed upwith a massive report, detailing the extent of the botting issue inTeam Fortress 2and how it ramped up in severity around 2020.
Yesterday, players organized a protest using the #SaveTF2 hashtag, and this seemed to finally elicit a response.
“TF2 community, we hear you!” reads thetweetfrom the officialTeam Fortress 2account. “We love this game and know you do, too. We see how large this issue has become and are working to improve things.”
TF2 community, we hear you! We love this game and know you do, too. We see how large this issue has become and are working to improve things.
— Team Fortress 2 (@TeamFortress)July 18, 2025
Man vs. machine
This tweet is the first original post from theTeam Fortress 2account since July 2020, not counting a retweet from the Valve account in October that year. It’s a sign of how long the game has been in straits, but also hopefully a sign that help is coming for the longtimeTF2faithful.
Even though maintaining a long-running game can often be trouble,Team Fortress 2has had a prettylong-lasting impacton the space. In my view, it codified the team shooter, and I still have great memories of matches from years and years ago.
While other games have been left to simply exist in afinal, never-updated-again state, I’m hopeful thatTeam Fortress 2can at least get stabilized for the passionate players who are still booting it up and playing.
