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Apex Legends™ cover art

Apex Legends™

Respawn · Electronic Arts · 2020-11-04

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ActionAdventureFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale

Releases: Mar 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 04, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Feb 04, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 29, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.

Apex Legends™ is a 2020 Action, Adventure and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 100,000,000 .. 200,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (68% of 1063132 reviews).

229,403
playing now
68%
positive of 1.1M reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000,000–200,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
36,658
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (659 ratings)
293h
to beat · rushed 35h · completionist 1068h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

229,403 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Apex Legends is a 2019 battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's Titanfall series. It is offered free-to-play and is continuously updated under the games as a service model; the game was originally released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019 and was followed by versions for Nintendo Switch in 2021 and both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2022, and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025. All versions support cross-platform multiplayer. A mobile version designed for touchscreens was briefly available until its discontinuation in 2023.

Trailer

Apex Legends™ trailer thumbnail

Apex Legends - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

≈300,661 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 229,403 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 52,598 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,575/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82k82k20202026Week of 2020-11-01: 75,745 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,628 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18,016 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,698 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16,828 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,992 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24,110 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,104 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24,107 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,552 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19,711 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,609 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30,573 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,983 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16,811 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,834 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15,870 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,764 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22,639 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,386 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16,013 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6,724 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11,708 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,882 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20,358 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,723 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11,852 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,177 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13,395 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,492 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21,441 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,489 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19,988 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,526 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12,781 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,384 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15,557 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,271 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12,807 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,293 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10,496 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,969 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14,583 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,618 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10,933 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,801 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7,513 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,491 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12,384 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,726 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14,366 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,167 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16,003 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8,491 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17,429 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7,340 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15,609 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6,332 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11,376 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5,647 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11,752 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7,641 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11,276 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6,448 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10,801 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,760 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13,048 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8,535 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9,843 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5,625 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10,702 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5,200 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20,911 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7,021 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7,352 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,323 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8,109 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,399 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9,205 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,026 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8,365 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,886 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,037 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,210 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6,913 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,973 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5,662 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,977 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5,899 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 82,120 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5,319 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12,670 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,839 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6,443 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,995 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4,101 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,675 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7,695 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,559 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,028 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,635 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,656 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,439 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,183 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,533 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,662 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,042 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,172 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3,848 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,732 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,815 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,473 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,869 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,471 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,849 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,657 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,681 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,832 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,858 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,543 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,251 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,141 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,553 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,920 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,056 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,136 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,787 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,852 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,115 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,480 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,753 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,251 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5,455 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,499 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4,351 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,200 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4,116 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,074 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,330 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 548 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

288k60k2026-08-06 16:00 — 191,725 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 128,539 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 79,018 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 254,617 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 126,847 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 115,928 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 123,386 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 80,665 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 181,906 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 128,585 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 71,131 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 242,089 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 93,411 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 106,836 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 143,086 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 77,791 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 180,032 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 116,123 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 69,558 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 241,984 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 90,644 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 100,160 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 108,766 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 71,608 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 204,936 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 155,549 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 79,474 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 251,993 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 82,530 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 93,386 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 107,157 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 71,473 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 160,818 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 114,423 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 60,432 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 256,971 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 117,461 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 98,353 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 164,114 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 229,403 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#5#62026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #52026-08-07 — #52026-08-08 — #52026-08-09 — #52026-08-10 — #52026-08-11 — #52026-08-12 — #52026-08-13 — #62026-08-14 — #62026-08-15 — #52026-08-16 — #52026-08-17 — #52026-08-18 — #52026-08-19 — #52026-08-20 — #52026-08-21 — #52026-08-22 — #52026-08-23 — #52026-08-24 — #52026-08-25 — #52026-08-26 — #62026-08-27 — #62026-08-28 — #62026-08-29 — #62026-08-30 — #6
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2592592026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 259 new positive2026-08-07: 91 new negative2026-08-08: 148 new positive2026-08-08: 66 new negative2026-08-09: 187 new positive2026-08-09: 80 new negative2026-08-10: 172 new positive2026-08-10: 44 new negative2026-08-11: 129 new positive2026-08-11: 56 new negative2026-08-12: 125 new positive2026-08-12: 42 new negative2026-08-14: 127 new positive2026-08-14: 42 new negative2026-08-15: 144 new positive2026-08-15: 35 new negative2026-08-16: 174 new positive2026-08-16: 47 new negative2026-08-17: 143 new positive2026-08-17: 34 new negative2026-08-18: 165 new positive2026-08-18: 56 new negative2026-08-19: 127 new positive2026-08-19: 48 new negative2026-08-20: 108 new positive2026-08-20: 55 new negative2026-08-21: 141 new positive2026-08-21: 45 new negative2026-08-22: 110 new positive2026-08-22: 50 new negative2026-08-23: 151 new positive2026-08-23: 69 new negative2026-08-24: 148 new positive2026-08-24: 34 new negative2026-08-25: 152 new positive2026-08-25: 57 new negative2026-08-26: 121 new positive2026-08-26: 52 new negative2026-08-27: 179 new positive2026-08-27: 77 new negative2026-08-28: 125 new positive2026-08-28: 47 new negative2026-08-29: 99 new positive2026-08-29: 28 new negative2026-08-30: 156 new positive2026-08-30: 61 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

6573782026-05-28 — 657 pageviews2026-05-31 — 493 pageviews2026-06-03 — 478 pageviews2026-06-06 — 515 pageviews2026-06-09 — 465 pageviews2026-06-12 — 443 pageviews2026-06-15 — 449 pageviews2026-06-18 — 432 pageviews2026-06-21 — 531 pageviews2026-06-24 — 554 pageviews2026-06-27 — 407 pageviews2026-06-30 — 458 pageviews2026-07-03 — 403 pageviews2026-07-06 — 476 pageviews2026-07-09 — 590 pageviews2026-07-12 — 491 pageviews2026-07-15 — 461 pageviews2026-07-18 — 432 pageviews2026-07-21 — 446 pageviews2026-07-24 — 449 pageviews2026-07-27 — 421 pageviews2026-07-30 — 395 pageviews2026-08-02 — 433 pageviews2026-08-05 — 546 pageviews2026-08-08 — 411 pageviews2026-08-11 — 468 pageviews2026-08-14 — 437 pageviews2026-08-17 — 485 pageviews2026-08-20 — 520 pageviews2026-08-23 — 468 pageviews2026-08-25 — 463 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

65k1.9k2026-08-16 16:12 — 7,111 viewers2026-08-17 06:12 — 1,900 viewers2026-08-17 18:12 — 10,682 viewers2026-08-18 06:12 — 3,052 viewers2026-08-18 20:12 — 6,526 viewers2026-08-19 08:12 — 8,962 viewers2026-08-20 00:12 — 19,449 viewers2026-08-20 12:12 — 7,504 viewers2026-08-21 05:12 — 16,683 viewers2026-08-21 17:12 — 12,915 viewers2026-08-22 05:12 — 10,768 viewers2026-08-22 17:12 — 44,170 viewers2026-08-23 05:12 — 15,497 viewers2026-08-23 17:12 — 6,166 viewers2026-08-24 05:12 — 10,582 viewers2026-08-24 17:12 — 12,382 viewers2026-08-25 05:12 — 15,226 viewers2026-08-26 00:12 — 17,016 viewers2026-08-26 12:12 — 20,199 viewers2026-08-26 23:12 — 15,145 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 18,489 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 29,662 viewers2026-08-27 18:12 — 5,622 viewers2026-08-28 02:12 — 13,765 viewers2026-08-28 08:12 — 16,217 viewers2026-08-28 14:12 — 8,633 viewers2026-08-28 20:12 — 19,044 viewers2026-08-29 02:12 — 23,476 viewers2026-08-29 08:12 — 22,723 viewers2026-08-29 14:12 — 5,298 viewers2026-08-29 21:12 — 33,160 viewers2026-08-30 03:12 — 12,989 viewers2026-08-30 09:12 — 21,884 viewers2026-08-30 15:12 — 29,993 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 36,658 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
46.8%
earned "Jumpmaster"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesChat Speech-to-text

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPLootCo-opActionSci-fiShooterSurvivalTacticalTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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