Team Fortress 2 is—second only to Half-Life—probably what you think of when you picture a Valve game. It's built a huge, passionate player base of loyal fans who have, from an outsider's perspective, been stuck in a sisyphean, circular nightmare of bots and banwaves for some time now.
As an example: In 2022, fans campaigned to #SaveTF2, leading to promises by Valve to do something about the problem—which was followed by a buoyed player base and a new all-time player record.
