Overwatch 2 competitive Season 13 end date
The days left until the end of the current Overwatch 2 season are indicated in the game client. Season 13 will end in mid-December 2024.
Overwatch 2 season duration
All the Overwatch 2 ranked seasons have a similar duration, so it is rather simple to figure out when the next season will end.
A few days before the end of each season, the Overwatch community manager shares on the Blizzard forums the exact date and time on which the season will end. You can find all the info below.
I will update this page and the countdown as soon as fresh news is available.
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In the tables, you can find the history of the starting and ending date of each season.
It is impossible to predict the exact time of the day, so the countdown below is just an approximation timed to the indicated day.
Overwatch 2 seasons start and end date
| Season | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 4, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 |
| 2 | Dec 6, 2022 | Feb 7, 2023 |
| 3 | Feb 7, 2023 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 4 | Apr 11, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 5 | Jun 13, 2023 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 6 | Aug 10, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 7 | Oct 10, 2023 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| 8 | Dec 5, 2023 | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 9 | Feb 13, 2024 | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 10 | Apr 16, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 11 | Jun 20, 2024 | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 12 | Aug 20, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 13 | Oct 15, 2024 | Dec 10, 2024 |
Season 1
New players who create an Overwatch 2 account on or after October 4 will play through a guided First-Time User Experience (FTUE). They will need to complete FTUE and win 50 Quick Play matches before Competitive unlocks.
This only affects accounts made on or after the October 4 release date: anyone who has Competitive unlocked prior will have access to Competitive in Overwatch 2.
Overwatch seasons start and end date
| Season | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 28, 2016 | Aug 17, 2016 |
| 2 | Sep 2, 2016 | Nov 24, 2016 |
| 3 | Dec 1, 2016 | Feb 21, 2017 |
| 4 | Feb 28, 2017 | May 28, 2017 |
| 5 | Jun 1, 2017 | Aug 28, 2017 |
| 6 | Sep 1, 2017 | Oct 28, 2017 |
| 7 | Nov 1, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 |
| 8 | Jan 1, 2018 | Feb 25, 2018 |
| 9 | Feb 28, 2018 | Apr 28, 2018 |
| 10 | May 1, 2018 | July 1, 2018 |
| 11 | Jul 2, 2018 | Aug 28, 2018 |
| 12 | Aug 31, 2018 | Oct 28, 2018 |
| 13 | Nov 1, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| 14 | Dec 31, 2018 | Mar 1, 2019 |
| 15 | Mar 1, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
| 16 | May 1, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 |
| 17 | Jun 30, 2019 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Role Queue Beta | Aug 13, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
| 18 | Sep 3, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 |
| 19 | Nov 7, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 |
| 20 | Jan 2, 2020 | Mar 5, 2020 |
| 21 | Mar 5, 2020 | May 7, 2020 |
| 22 | May 7, 2020 | Jul 2, 2020 |
| 23 | Jul 2, 2020 | Sep 3, 2020 |
| 24 | Sep 3, 2020 | Nov 5, 2020 |
| 25 | Nov 5, 2020 | Jan 7, 2021 |
| 26 | Jan 7, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| 27 | Mar 9, 2021 | May 6, 2021 |
| 28 | May 6, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 |
| 29 | Jul 1, 2021 | Sep 2, 2021 |
| 30 | Sep 2, 2021 | Nov 4, 2021 |
| 31 | Nov 4, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 |
| 32 | Jan 6, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| 33 | Mar 3, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
| 34 | May 5, 2022 | Jul 7, 2022 |
| 35 | Jul 7, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 |
| 36 | Sep 1, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 |
From season 26 to 27
A technical issue arose with today’s rollout of Season 27 of Competitive Play. Our team tested a number of fixes, but in the interest of time and allowing players to get back into Competitive Play, we have made the choice to the extend Season 26 a few days.
The season will be tagged with “Season ends in less than a minute” – We anticipate that Season 27 will begin around 11:00 AM PST on Tuesday, March 9.
— Josh Nash - OW Community Manager
From season 18 to 19
The Halloween update delayed the season end from October 31st to November 7th.
Starting with Season 19, we are moving the beginning (and end) of competitive play seasons from the 1st of every other month, to the first Thursday of every other month.
We will also be starting the season later in the day to better correspond with developer availability during the day. Season 19 now starts on November 7, at 18:00 UTC (10:00 PST, 13:00 EST).”
— Blizzard - Patch 1.42.0.0
Role queue official launch times
Competitive Play: August 31st at 5PM PST (September 1st 00:00 UTC).
Quick Play: September 3rd at 11AM PST.
Quick Play Classic (Arcade Card): September 3rd at 11AM PST.
Hey everyone, when Season 18 went live matchmaking values from prior seasons weren’t being respected. We’re extending the Role Queue Beta Season while we work on a fix for this bug, we expect to be ready for Season 18 early next week.”
— Bill Warnecke - Overwatch Developer
Role queue beta season
Season 17 will be shortened by approximately two weeks. The Overwatch developers decided to test the new role queue system on the live client during a two-week-long Role Queue Beta Season from August 13 to August 31.
From season 15 to 16
Starting with Season 16 of Competitive Play, Grandmaster players (players with SR >4000) will no longer be able to queue for competitive matches in a party size larger than two.”
— Santiago Baranda - Overwatch Community Manager
As you might have noticed, there is no more an off-season break, so when a competitive season ends the next one will start immediately.
From season 14 to 15
Season 14 will officially end on Thursday, February 28 at 4:00 p.m. PST (Friday, March 1 at 00:00 UTC).
Season 15 is currently scheduled to launch immediately after at Thursday, February 28 at 4:00 p.m. PST (Friday, March 1 at 00:00 UTC).
From season 13 to 14
Season 13 will officially end on Monday, December 31 at 2:00 p.m. PST (Monday, December 31 at 22:00 UTC).
Season 14 is currently scheduled to launch two hours later on Monday, December 31 at 4:00 p.m. PST (Tuesday, January 1 at 00:00 UTC).
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