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ELEX

Piranha Bytes · THQ Nordic · 2017-10-17

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 17, 2017 (Xbox One)

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

ELEX is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (74% of 19623 reviews) sentiment.

80
playing now
74%
positive of 20k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
148
Nexus mods (397k downloads)
3.78★
PlayStation Store rating (4,697 ratings)
61/100
opencritic · weak · 16% recommend · from 71 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

ELEX is a science fantasy-themed action role-playing video game developed by Piranha Bytes and published by THQ Nordic. It was released worldwide on 17 October 2017, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows. The game has been described as an "edgy, dark, uncompromising, and complex" post-apocalyptic sci-fi role-playing game where the protagonist joins the war for the powerful resource, "ELEX", which gives people magic-like powers. The game world is a mix of futuristic and medieval locations, in which the player can use guns, swords and magic against enemies.

Trailer

ELEX trailer thumbnail

ELEX - Launch Trailer

≈398,049 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 80 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 271 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 491k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at WinGameStore (2024-07-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 89 of 154 observed days · $25.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24624620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

151222026-09-15 12:00 — 73 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 91 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 97 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 93 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 36 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 82 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 107 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 39 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 48 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 107 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 79 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 38 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 75 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 91 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 106 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 136 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.0k0Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1,219 · peak 3,756May 2018 — avg 462 · peak 1,213Sep 2018 — avg 549 · peak 1,817Jan 2019 — avg 700 · peak 1,949May 2019 — avg 282 · peak 717Sep 2019 — avg 300 · peak 1,447Jan 2020 — avg 404 · peak 1,195May 2020 — avg 280 · peak 693Sep 2020 — avg 308 · peak 1,023Jan 2021 — avg 342 · peak 832May 2021 — avg 298 · peak 693Sep 2021 — avg 512 · peak 1,750Jan 2022 — avg 504 · peak 1,120May 2022 — avg 201 · peak 497Sep 2022 — avg 177 · peak 389Jan 2023 — avg 193 · peak 468May 2023 — avg 123 · peak 279Sep 2023 — avg 119 · peak 271Jan 2024 — avg 153 · peak 346May 2024 — avg 89 · peak 198Sep 2024 — avg 98 · peak 219Jan 2025 — avg 149 · peak 404May 2025 — avg 96 · peak 250Sep 2025 — avg 93 · peak 224Jan 2026 — avg 116 · peak 272May 2026 — avg 87 · peak 187Aug 2026 — avg 89 · peak 195
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$50.47$4.892017-06-012026-10-142017-06-01 — best price $44.952018-01-01 — best price $49.992018-04-24 — best price $49.992018-07-05 — best price $49.992018-09-28 — best price $49.992018-12-26 — best price $49.992019-03-29 — best price $49.992019-06-26 — best price $19.982019-09-09 — best price $19.992019-12-12 — best price $16.492020-03-10 — best price $16.492020-06-20 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $49.992021-01-21 — best price $12.502021-05-04 — best price $41.992021-08-14 — best price $41.992021-12-04 — best price $49.992022-03-15 — best price $29.992022-07-03 — best price $7.492022-10-17 — best price $29.992023-01-18 — best price $32.302023-05-08 — best price $7.492023-08-21 — best price $6.672023-12-15 — best price $7.492024-04-10 — best price $7.492024-07-22 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-03-11 — best price $4.892025-06-15 — best price $7.492025-10-08 — best price $29.992026-02-17 — best price $6.302026-05-14 — best price $7.492026-08-29 — best price $29.992026-10-04 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

388352026-06-02 — 87 pageviews2026-06-06 — 388 pageviews2026-06-10 — 252 pageviews2026-06-14 — 221 pageviews2026-06-18 — 167 pageviews2026-06-22 — 146 pageviews2026-06-26 — 130 pageviews2026-06-30 — 77 pageviews2026-07-04 — 65 pageviews2026-07-08 — 100 pageviews2026-07-12 — 98 pageviews2026-07-16 — 66 pageviews2026-07-20 — 51 pageviews2026-07-24 — 62 pageviews2026-07-28 — 86 pageviews2026-08-01 — 53 pageviews2026-08-05 — 71 pageviews2026-08-09 — 85 pageviews2026-08-13 — 48 pageviews2026-08-17 — 68 pageviews2026-08-21 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 65 pageviews2026-08-29 — 49 pageviews2026-09-02 — 56 pageviews2026-09-06 — 55 pageviews2026-09-10 — 35 pageviews2026-09-14 — 69 pageviews2026-09-18 — 48 pageviews2026-09-22 — 49 pageviews2026-09-26 — 51 pageviews2026-09-30 — 54 pageviews2026-10-04 — 48 pageviews2026-10-08 — 41 pageviews2026-10-11 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "Up and Away"
20.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Czech

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,5994%50
PS4 (PlayStation)10,9588%51
Xbox One (Xbox)4,8943%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGWarActionGothicSci-fiFantasyAdventureDifficultOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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