The best professional Dota 2 games of all time
ClassicDota aims to be a list of "must watch" professional Dota 2 games. We're simply looking for the best and most interesting games ever - ones that you want to tell your friends about, and could watch over and over again. This could be for many reasons such as a game that's nail-bitingly close, a game showcasing an unorthodox new strategy, or a game that's very significant in the history of pro Dota 2.
These criteria are somewhat flexible, we're more interested in listing amazing games than in having strict rules. For example we'll happily consider listing an all-star match with individual pro players. We list single games rather than full series, but multiple games from a series can be listed if they fit our criteria.
The site launched in 2016 as a continuation of the original Google Docs list of must-watch Dota 2 games by Paul (Sir_Brags_A_Lot). He administered the site and compiled the games list based on suggestions from the Dota fan community.
The site was developed by and is hosted by Richard West, a freelance developer who enjoyed watching pro Dota.
We intended the site as a cool gift for people developing an interest in the pro Dota 2 scene, and for the Dota community at large. It's friendlier to browse than the original spreadsheet, and had some cool features like automatically scraping many game details using the Steam API.
As of 2026 we've largely moved on to other things, so the site has been placed in maintenance mode. The existing list will remain available, but we'll no longer be adding games, or making any updates/corrections. Dynamic features such as scraping game details and calculating user votes have been disabled to reduce the work needed to keep the site online.