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ELEX

Piranha Bytes · THQ Nordic · 2017-10-17

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

45
playing now
74%
positive of 20k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 45 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 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 490k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,604 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.50-75%
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 84 of 124 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

181282026-08-06 21:00 — 96 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 100 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 146 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 164 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 134 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 126 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 96 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 100 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 157 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 146 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 80 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 120 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 137 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 142 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 109 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$50.47$4.892017-06-012026-08-302017-06-01 — best price $44.952017-12-20 — best price $33.322018-03-21 — best price $49.992018-05-25 — best price $24.992018-07-30 — best price $49.992018-10-19 — best price $16.862018-12-26 — best price $49.992019-03-18 — best price $19.992019-05-21 — best price $49.992019-08-02 — best price $49.992019-10-18 — best price $16.492019-12-30 — best price $16.492020-03-10 — best price $16.492020-06-04 — best price $16.502020-08-17 — best price $49.992020-12-15 — best price $12.492021-03-06 — best price $49.992021-05-18 — best price $49.992021-08-14 — best price $41.992021-11-26 — best price $9.992022-02-07 — best price $49.992022-04-30 — best price $29.992022-08-05 — best price $7.502022-11-16 — best price $29.992023-01-18 — best price $32.302023-04-25 — best price $7.492023-07-25 — best price $24.292023-10-30 — best price $6.252024-01-08 — best price $24.292024-04-30 — best price $7.492024-07-22 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $6.672025-02-03 — best price $7.502025-04-26 — best price $29.992025-07-31 — best price $29.992025-11-10 — best price $29.992026-02-17 — best price $6.302026-04-27 — best price $29.992026-07-17 — best price $25.192026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

Player tags

RPGWarActionGothicSci-fiFantasyAdventureDifficultOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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