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ELEX II

Piranha Bytes · THQ Nordic · 2022-03-01

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 01, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 01, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 01, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 16, 2023 (Mac), Mar 01, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.

26
playing now
73%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

ELEX II is a 2022 action role-playing video game developed by Piranha Bytes and published by THQ Nordic. The sequel to the 2017 game ELEX, players control the same protagonist, Jax, to unite the world against invading aliens. It was Piranha Byte's last game prior to their closure.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 197 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,577 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 139k–312k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.50-75%
GOG$49.99
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.85 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 83 of 123 observed days · $40.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12402026-08-07 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 86 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 68 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 115 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 104 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 107 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 48 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 124 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 47 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 88 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 65 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 78 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 58 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$53.91$7.792022-01-042026-08-302022-01-04 — best price $49.992022-04-14 — best price $49.992022-07-05 — best price $30.492022-08-11 — best price $33.492022-09-17 — best price $49.992022-11-21 — best price $24.992022-12-19 — best price $42.682023-01-20 — best price $20.222023-03-16 — best price $24.992023-04-28 — best price $19.502023-06-08 — best price $24.992023-07-25 — best price $44.992023-08-28 — best price $19.992023-11-01 — best price $18.952023-12-13 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $44.992024-03-18 — best price $49.992024-04-19 — best price $12.492024-06-04 — best price $49.992024-07-15 — best price $19.992024-08-20 — best price $49.992024-10-15 — best price $16.492024-12-11 — best price $16.492025-01-12 — best price $16.502025-03-13 — best price $16.492025-04-24 — best price $16.502025-06-05 — best price $49.992025-07-31 — best price $49.992025-09-11 — best price $49.992025-11-20 — best price $10.632025-12-19 — best price $10.492026-02-23 — best price $7.792026-03-27 — best price $12.492026-05-06 — best price $49.992026-06-17 — best price $12.492026-07-27 — best price $12.502026-08-30 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

250192026-05-31 — 40 pageviews2026-06-03 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 250 pageviews2026-06-09 — 151 pageviews2026-06-12 — 147 pageviews2026-06-15 — 120 pageviews2026-06-18 — 87 pageviews2026-06-21 — 81 pageviews2026-06-24 — 68 pageviews2026-06-27 — 55 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 37 pageviews2026-07-12 — 54 pageviews2026-07-15 — 40 pageviews2026-07-18 — 44 pageviews2026-07-21 — 35 pageviews2026-07-24 — 34 pageviews2026-07-27 — 65 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 35 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-08 — 52 pageviews2026-08-11 — 43 pageviews2026-08-14 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 47 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews2026-08-28 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
68%
earned "Hunter"
28.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,65910%50
PS5 (PlayStation)1,95618%51
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,0738%50
PS4 (PlayStation)93520%51

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

Player tags

RPGActionAliensFantasyAdventureRealisticAction RPGDystopian Open WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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