Blizzard Entertainment added a healthy dollop of nostalgia to Overwatch 2 with the limited-time mode, Overwatch: Classic. Although it’s been over for more than a week at this time, game director Aaron Keller noted via an X post that it sustained a good level of player engagement throughout its runtime. According to Keller, 36% of player hours garnered at launch, which is considered "high for an event mode." Further, the limited-time Overwatch 2 event ended at about 11% of all players (a drop from 71% at the start). Given these numbers, Keller claimed Classic to be the game's “4th most popular mode at the time.”