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Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released in May 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Overwatch Outage Chart 01/17/2026 01:20

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Overwatch users through our website.

  1. Sign in (42%)

    Sign in (42%)

  2. Online Play (29%)

    Online Play (29%)

  3. Game Crash (15%)

    Game Crash (15%)

  4. Glitches (9%)

    Glitches (9%)

  5. Matchmaking (5%)

    Matchmaking (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Overwatch outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesChaska Online Play
United StatesSalt Lake City Online Play
United StatesRiverside Sign in
United StatesGresham Online Play
BrazilCaucaia Glitches
United StatesOrlando Game Crash
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MboyDoo DRAGON ORDER (@MboyDoo) reported

    @brafya guess overwatch got problems haha

  • TylerLa96730281 #SavetheAyerCut (@TylerLa96730281) reported

    @bayleefmaster @Wario64 of true solo. The battle pass/live service doesn't bother me. I have the fortnite , overwatch 2, fall guys,multiversus, etc. I like live service gamea but this particular game I think it's gonna be it's downfall.

  • The_1_Orange The_1_Orange (@The_1_Orange) reported

    The "Inflated SR" problem in Overwatch isn't due to the new ranked system, it's due to the number of new and old players coming back. In order to gain SR, you have to take SR, thus there is more people to take SR from.

  • SerarelDeer Serarel (@SerarelDeer) reported

    the matchmaking in Overwatch is so broken lol

  • keyawnce3  America. America Has A Problem𓆣 (@keyawnce3) reported

    @Nayib_Cardenas @PeterOvo5 It’s not gamepass fault at all but I can only hope they fix it fr. And yea I like it a lot I been playing it more than overwatch surprisingly

  • beccaksoles Becca (@beccaksoles) reported

    @BigT_Wasteman Nah back to league! Matchmaking in overwatch 2 looked extra broken.

  • AzureEnjoyer69 Azure#1859 ➡️⬇️↘️ (@AzureEnjoyer69) reported

    @MegZX4_ all of which crash, freeze often, or run at like 2 fps. by some miracle of pc gaming, overwatch 2 and ffxiv run ar a stable 60 fps for reasons i cant comprehend

  • KaynenLeong KaynenLeong🐏🍵(chibi comms open 1/5) (@KaynenLeong) reported

    @miss_moonbie @GoingGeeek_ttv I had a similar issue when i first played overwatch 1 when it came out a few years ago. I could only play for a good 2 or 3 hours before i'd get a headache. But as time progresses and i became more used to the game. 1st person POV became a lot less headache inducing and more fun!

  • BlazeballThomas slowdown1990 (@BlazeballThomas) reported

    people don't ever look at the big picture. someone cheats on roblox is like "Not a big issue". someone cheats on your favorite game like COD or overwatch or fortnight and you go "I hate these cheaters". hypocryits smh.

  • YuchiVT Yuchi 🐐♑️ Capricorn Vtuber (@YuchiVT) reported

    am i incredibly unlucky or are Overwatch servers having issues. I just had 2 games in a row with dc's, could ya NOT 🥲

  • Lento1z Lento1z (@Lento1z) reported

    From m4 to d1, but how is that possible. I have games now with people that don’t even know how to play… it’s terrible pls overwatch fix this

  • cemeteeryy cemetery (@cemeteeryy) reported

    overwatch is going to decay sooner than later if it does not get its stuff together.. the matchmaking is completely broken, SMURFING IS STILL A MASSIVE ISSUE and the game still feel stale. they learn nothing from their past mistakes #Overwatch2

  • GrimPixls 𝓘𝓽'𝓼 𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼, 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾. (@GrimPixls) reported

    also, only freaks w/parental issues e-threaten people ON OVERWATCH Please see a therapist

  • bitchzfreikugel 🌞Luzubel (@bitchzfreikugel) reported

    just gonna quit overwatch there’s no point in playing ranked rn when the game is so incompetently run that ranked has been broken since launch in different ways

  • beombeso lyn ♡ (@beombeso) reported

    a part of me dies a little everytime i login to overwatch

  • MusicSliders MusicSlider (@MusicSliders) reported

    Sorry about the last few min. Of the stream. Had problems but it's fix and I'll be playing overwatch next week.

  • llamaemilia Renaissance Era (@llamaemilia) reported

    Man leavers in comp is a huge problem in ovw2 like even worse than overwatch 1

  • StrangeoSyndro StrangeoSyndro (@StrangeoSyndro) reported

    @TeslaSciences @TheSobaMask Problem is we all did this we complained about Q's in Overwatch 1 now we have no queues really. The phrase, "Be careful what you wish for" is appropriate here. We've been had. We've been had by ourselves

  • BigTendiez HIMalayus (@BigTendiez) reported

    My main issue with Overwatch is that it’s not enough enemies to kill lmaoooo. Something slightly underwhelming about killing 3/5 of the enemy team even though that’s 🔥 technically speaking

  • LunaticMonkey23 Dellaith (@LunaticMonkey23) reported

    @OWCavalry I just want them to fix the career profile bug, I miss my Overwatch 1 stats

  • guardianmad Maryam | GuardianMAD (@guardianmad) reported

    overwatch its freaking broken. keep getting failed to connect to server but its not my internet bc i get put into games that are legit 3 people, without no other people able to join the game, not even duos

  • oaktrea 💜ᴏᴀᴋɪᴇ💜 (@oaktrea) reported

    Overwatch server error just saved my ******* life omg

  • quagsired rat miki (@quagsired) reported

    I’m just mad I never fixed my cpu problems with overwatch I CAN PLAY ANY OTHER GAME THOUGH???!!

  • SWIFFTKID SWIFFT (@SWIFFTKID) reported

    @Lerman_Levi @iFireMonkey I've seen a few different theories, one of them being that a spray tied to the skins was directly traced from an Overwatch spray and so they don't want to release the cosmetics until they can find a replacement out of fear of legal trouble. Or they just aren't finished lol

  • KaizenWasTooken Kaizen (@KaizenWasTooken) reported

    @some_zelda_nerd Before you kill me I've only played Overwatch from that 1 Game Trial Nintendo Switch Online had so I don't know if Mei is insanely broken or not 💀

  • n00bywarrior None of My Biases are Safe (@n00bywarrior) reported

    @Surefour Most of the problems come from not the gameplay. The ranked reworks, the matchmaking changes, the monetization changes, all of it is much much worse than Overwatch 1.

  • AbyssStaring Angry Bi Enboy (@AbyssStaring) reported

    @little_lizzie22 "It is immoral to ship Hammond the hamster from Overwatch with Winston the gorilla from Overwatch because Hammond is fourteen." Nevermind the logistics of shipping a hamster and a gorilla; the problem is that the hamster is underage. Irl hamsters living 2-3 years notwithstanding.

  • AngelLohan Angel Lohan (@AngelLohan) reported

    Overwatch comp queue is so broken, and because of this I was about to promote to masters then lost 10 games a row lovely

  • TheLonely_Wolfy Lone Wolf (@TheLonely_Wolfy) reported

    @BasmanCape @BayzedDionysus @DeminoTheDragon BP have always been cosmetics my boy, the problem is that they are causing a lot of problems by making exclusive things, causing the player to not let play anything else because you need to unlock everything of the BP. Ex: I have the BP of Fortnite, Overwatch and Halo…

  • BlazeballThomas slowdown1990 (@BlazeballThomas) reported

    @JohnnyOmegaManX @cheesgulp29118 @EWEPart2 and it doesn't matter if it's over a "lego" game. it's still a game. yougo play COD,or even overwatch or whatever you play and someones using exploits on you? you wouldn't be like "Oh this isn't a huge problem". you would most likely mald or report the person and get em banned.