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Elsword

KOG · KOG Games · 2014-07-02

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Franchise: Elsword · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 24, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Elsword is a free-to-play, online action RPG that uses classic side-scrolling game mechanics in an immersive manga inspired world.

264
playing now
73%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
32
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

264 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Elsword (Korean: 엘소드) is a free-to-play, 2.5D action MMORPG developed by the South Korean company KOG Studios. It features real-time action gameplay and includes both player vs. environment and player vs. player modes. There are fifteen playable characters within the game, each with unique backstories and distinct abilities. While playing the game is free, some items and costumes can be purchased through an in-game "Item Mall" using real currency. The game was originally made with the intention of being the spiritual successor to Grand Chase by upgrading the graphics from 2D to 2.5D.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 264 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 167 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11511520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3831052026-08-06 21:00 — 227 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 281 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 191 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 215 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 292 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 168 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 244 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 296 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 183 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 226 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 274 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 162 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 226 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 251 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 174 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 273 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 287 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 192 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 278 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 252 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 169 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 313 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 270 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 131 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 380 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 254 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 340 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 264 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

118302026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 52 pageviews2026-06-07 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 42 pageviews2026-06-13 — 62 pageviews2026-06-16 — 63 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 38 pageviews2026-06-25 — 46 pageviews2026-06-28 — 51 pageviews2026-07-01 — 46 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 77 pageviews2026-07-10 — 55 pageviews2026-07-13 — 50 pageviews2026-07-16 — 53 pageviews2026-07-19 — 64 pageviews2026-07-22 — 54 pageviews2026-07-25 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 57 pageviews2026-07-31 — 95 pageviews2026-08-03 — 67 pageviews2026-08-06 — 56 pageviews2026-08-09 — 55 pageviews2026-08-12 — 44 pageviews2026-08-15 — 52 pageviews2026-08-18 — 58 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-27 — 66 pageviews2026-08-29 — 45 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6562026-08-26 19:15 — 35 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 32 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DPvPRPGAnimeActionMMORPGFantasyFightingAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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