The Division Resurgence Lands on Steam, Splits Players With 46% Positive Score

Tane Wharekura10/08/2026Updated 25/08/20264 min read

The Division Resurgence, Ubisoft’s mobile-born entry in the Tom Clancy’s shooter franchise, left PC early access and went live as a free-to-play Steam release on August 5, drawing a “Mixed” reception from players. According to the game’s official Steam store page, the title sits at 46% positive out of 1,536 user reviews in the days following launch.

The Steam debut coincided with the arrival of Season 2 content, giving newcomers and returning mobile players a fresh reason to log in on day one. The dual launch has left the community split between players who see a competent, free port of a familiar formula and others who feel a mobile game has no business sharing shelf space with its full-priced console and PC siblings.

From Phone Screens to Ubisoft Connect and Steam

The Division Resurgence was first launched for free on iOS and Android on March 31 of this year. One month later, Ubisoft teased that the game would be available on PC via Ubisoft Connect in early access, preparing for a full PC release in August. That early-access window on Ubisoft Connect closed on August 5, when the game simultaneously went live on Steam.

Ubisoft confirmed the game will remain free on Steam, and it joins the roster of PC games with cross-play, allowing fans to play on both PC and mobile. All that’s required is a Ubisoft Connect account to continue the same progress on any officially supported device or platform. That shared-progression setup means players who’ve already sunk hours into their agent on iOS or Android can pick up right where they left off on a keyboard and mouse.

Season 2 Content Ships Alongside the Steam Debut

Players jumping into The Division Resurgence on its Steam release date got a bonus, as Season 2 launched on the same day. Ubisoft has framed the title’s ongoing support around a Year 1 roadmap, with fresh content batches arriving roughly every six weeks rather than a single big content dump at launch.

The setting and premise stay close to franchise tradition: players take on the role of a Strategic Homeland Division agent activated after a viral outbreak plunges New York City into chaos, fighting to protect civilians and supply lines while rebuilding order across a shared open world.

Steam Reviews Split Between “Mobile Slop” Complaints and Solid-Port Praise

The Steam user review section has turned into a genuine tug-of-war over whether a mobile-first shooter belongs alongside The Division and The Division 2 on the same storefront. One top-rated Steam review summed up the frustration bluntly, arguing Ubisoft “should have done a Division 3 instead of this mobile slop,” while flagging the mandatory Ubisoft Connect requirement as an added irritation.

Reaction on social media echoed that split even before launch. When X user Ninjago9101 shared the news, one commenter, DirtyOldGamer48, wrote that “Ubisoft is known for stuffing their games with lots of predatory microtransactions,” adding that applies to their single-player titles too and that “this is a free-to-play multiplayer game from them.” Another user, Violet88188, remarked that “people in the comments not realizing that this is a mobile gacha slop game is so funny to read.”

Not every outlet came away disappointed, though. Massively Overpowered’s review argued that, in terms of being a mobile port, The Division: Resurgence is a nearly perfect adaptation for PC, and suggested players should approach it with the right expectations: best viewed as a large standalone expansion for the original game rather than something entirely new, adding that fans looking for a solid free-to-play looter shooter would likely be pleasantly surprised by the quality on offer. Other player reviews on Steam landed somewhere in the middle, describing it as a stripped-back take on the original Division that still delivers the core shared-world shooter loop.

SteamDB Score Lands Among Ubisoft’s Weaker Steam Debuts

Beyond the Steam store’s own “Mixed” tag, aggregator SteamDB: whose scoring formula differs from Valve’s own: clocked the game at 41.42%, one of Ubisoft’s lower Steam launch scores in recent memory. The gap between the two figures reflects how differently the two systems weigh volume and recency of reviews, but both point to a genuinely divided player base rather than a runaway flop or a hidden gem.

For a franchise where sister series like Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon have also gone quiet in recent years, the muted reaction to Resurgence’s Steam arrival has fed into a broader sense that The Division brand itself is treading water while the still-unannounced Division 3 remains in development. Ubisoft has not detailed pricing changes or premium content for Resurgence, keeping the entire package: including Season 2: free across every supported platform, which should make it just as accessible to players in New Zealand and Australia as anywhere else given its global, simultaneous Steam rollout.