The Division Resurgence lands on Steam to mixed reviews and player frustration

Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence, Ubisoft's free-to-play mobile spin-off, arrived on Steam recently to a chilly reception. The game currently sits at a Mixed rating with nearly 1,600 user reviews, with only 46% of them positive.

Players are piling on for several reasons. The mobile-first design feels awkward on PC, the microtransaction density is drawing comparisons to the most aggressive gacha games, and the loot progression is heavily gated behind daily completions — reviewers say you can only run those four or five times a day before the game scales XP and rewards down sharply. The UI is getting roasted too, described as "convoluted, overcomplicated on purpose." One review puts it bluntly: "Calling it slop disrespects actual slop." Another calls it "a daily log-in simulator with Division-like systems." Peak concurrent players on Steam hit just 4,117 at launch, which is a modest number for any live-service game. The game was originally released on iOS and Android in March, moved to Ubisoft Connect on PC in April as an early access title, and only made it to Steam recently — with very little fanfare from Ubisoft despite the release being announced back in June.

The timing makes the reception sting a bit more. The Division 2 — the mainline sequel that launched in 2019 — is still actively supported and actually broke its own all-time concurrent player record on Steam earlier this year. The original Division 1 is also still playable. Resurgence, which is largely built around the first game's New York setting with locations like Liberty Island and the New York Stock Exchange, is essentially asking players to choose a free-to-play mobile port over two fully-featured games in the same series. Ubisoft announced The Division 3 back in 2023, but has been almost entirely silent on it since — which adds to the frustration, as fans would clearly rather hear about that than play a mobile spin-off.

The community consensus on Steam is straightforward: skip Resurgence and play Division 1 or 2 instead. With no sign of Ubisoft addressing the core complaints about monetization or the mobile-port feel, it's hard to see the Steam rating climbing out of Mixed territory anytime soon.