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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 01/18/2026 08:45

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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:

  • 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!

  • d3Lta_fpss Δ (@d3Lta_fpss) reported

    overwatch became 5vs5 now so it is really important for one person to actually do their job one broken character like sojourn can flip the whole table without.effort.

  • 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

  • drowningserene (blank) (@drowningserene) reported

    @K41OW @Kephrii highlighting issues in the game ≠ complaining about something that every other streamer has already been complaining about for weeks even though the overwatch team is actively trying to work on the issue

  • ghcesports GHC Esports (@ghcesports) reported

    Due to weather issues, we unfortunately have to reschedule our overwatch match for tonight. See everyone tomorrow for our rocket league matches!

  • 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.

  • DailyFionna octo_gem (@DailyFionna) reported

    @E_MrToxication You can see it on his back The hamster spray An artist at epic games traced that overwatch hamster, which might become a problem But I'd thats a probably they can just replace jt

  • heavenfish2 Tarou (@heavenfish2) reported

    @OcelotButBetter @ChaoticgoonB ok but where are the people harassing league streamers or overwatch streamers, many huge games have devs even worse than the HP ones, why should the actions of the devs in any way reflect on the players, we dont know why but if she wants to play the game there should be no issue

  • Phoenixwright2M Manu. (@Phoenixwright2M) reported

    @MatrixCode_99 @BlueGlare8 @IGN But that's not even the real problem. It starts to sound concerning when you remember that some day in the future the game's servers *will* close, and then the game will be lost forever. I mean it kinda makes sense for something like Overwatch, but a single player game? Really?

  • 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.

  • TaviPM_ Content Creator Tavi (@TaviPM_) reported

    @AquaticFGC That kind of thing used to happen tk me in overwatch a long time ago, it ended up being a graphics card issue

  • KazuuS7 Kazu (@KazuuS7) reported

    @SplatAmmoKnight @ASmolNoko Even then…lots of games have entered into this Live Service business model. Fortnite, Overwatch, Valorant, Apex Legends, and potentially more games are gonna fall victim to this formula. It was okay, but at some point it is getting out of hand of how people are responding to it.

  • BloodySynergy 2CP is better then push (@BloodySynergy) reported

    @OWCavalry Instead of nerfing a non meta hero, nerf sojourn and even other main problem in overwatch rn, like making him into a dead beat hero when he was good in season 2 but then sojourn doesn't get touched at all and she's been meta for 3 seasons now

  • cizcofps cizco (@cizcofps) reported

    @DerrekOW NEED TO FIX SOME STUFF BUT GOOD **** TODAY OVERWATCH

  • CitrusSlush Citrus (@CitrusSlush) reported

    Other than Overwatch 2 can someone please tell me the last successful live service title? I don’t know how developers see Babylon’s Fall, Marvel’s Avengers, Rumbleverse, Knockout City, etc and then think it’s a good idea to make their entire game internet reliant

  • Emmybear_Arts ✨Emith✨ (@Emmybear_Arts) reported

    @Twitch sims, terraria, Minecraft, Overwatch and more. i have a problem with not realizing time passing XD

  • forgottentitan Dustin Jay Bell (@forgottentitan) reported

    @JasonKPargin And people who don’t have jobs can only allot enough time for 1 games as service game be that destiny, overwatch, WOW, Fortnite etc. that market is pretty much already saturated. So oops not gonna the huge success they want

  • BarryKnees Barry Knees (@BarryKnees) reported

    no i actually cant play overwatch until they fix the mm i cant play the game its like i have 0 choice if i win or lose i would literally rather drive a ******* nail through my **** than queue another ranked game into a gold 2 genji one trick who will go 1/15 i love coinflip meta

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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 💀

  • 1of3Angels 👑 Unconquerable Angel 🌙🌙🌙 (@1of3Angels) reported

    @PlayOverwatch @Blizzard_Ent @overwatchleague FIX YOUR ******* MATCHMAKING. #Overwatch #Overwatch2

  • PlootsMaster Ploots 🎸 (@PlootsMaster) reported

    Overwatch needs to fix that stupid **** where I join a game when it's ******* ending

  • KalanVTuber Kalan Miizure // Certified Gamer Daddy (@KalanVTuber) reported

    I really wanna play some Overwatch, but it's a struggle with my broken chair. I have one on the way, though so I should be able to play some OW next week without sitting awkwardly. Also joined a privater server for Twin Saga since they took down the global version. 👀

  • 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.

  • dxplication 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙙!𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤 (@dxplication) reported

    @dawnedupon_ //I just looked up on overwatch on tier maker (I'm scared to post urls cause twitter had a glitch where accounts got locked of you did)

  • AiddonValentine Aiddon (@AiddonValentine) reported

    @sam_animeherald @JosephN1999 MS gets Call of Duty, Sony gets Diablo and Warcraft, Nintendo gets Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Overwatch, and Geometry Wars

  • llamaemilia Renaissance Era (@llamaemilia) reported

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

  • beombeso lyn ♡ (@beombeso) reported

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

  • oaktrea 💜ᴏᴀᴋɪᴇ💜 (@oaktrea) reported

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