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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.

Elsword is a 2014 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Massively Multiplayer game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 9728 reviews).

92
playing now
73%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

92 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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 The game was originally made with the intention of being the spiritual successor to Grand Chase by upgrading the graphics from 2D to 2.5D.

Trailer

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Elsword - New Promo Trailer

≈189,488 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 92 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 5% of 27,533 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

311122026-09-14 20:00 — 210 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 223 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 120 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 216 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 229 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 81 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 305 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 221 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 100 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 304 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 236 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 101 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 195 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 217 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 109 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 213 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 224 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 225 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 131 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 184 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 229 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 108 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 199 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 92 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k151Jul 2013Aug 2026Jul 2013 — avg 1,548 · peak 2,524Dec 2013 — avg 543 · peak 1,253May 2014 — avg 485 · peak 1,077Oct 2014 — avg 452 · peak 1,103Mar 2015 — avg 651 · peak 1,559Aug 2015 — avg 664 · peak 1,167Jan 2016 — avg 639 · peak 1,333Jun 2016 — avg 638 · peak 1,416Nov 2016 — avg 343 · peak 709Apr 2017 — avg 357 · peak 744Sep 2017 — avg 268 · peak 531Feb 2018 — avg 565 · peak 1,056Jul 2018 — avg 433 · peak 773Dec 2018 — avg 269 · peak 491May 2019 — avg 329 · peak 712Oct 2019 — avg 292 · peak 454Mar 2020 — avg 413 · peak 772Aug 2020 — avg 487 · peak 1,052Jan 2021 — avg 397 · peak 829Jun 2021 — avg 356 · peak 558Nov 2021 — avg 353 · peak 542Apr 2022 — avg 324 · peak 488Sep 2022 — avg 289 · peak 967Feb 2023 — avg 322 · peak 530Jul 2023 — avg 215 · peak 413Dec 2023 — avg 218 · peak 329May 2024 — avg 273 · peak 667Oct 2024 — avg 167 · peak 279Mar 2025 — avg 191 · peak 306Aug 2025 — avg 241 · peak 415Jan 2026 — avg 213 · peak 460Jun 2026 — avg 192 · peak 402Aug 2026 — avg 242 · peak 444
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

118302026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-05 — 38 pageviews2026-06-09 — 56 pageviews2026-06-13 — 62 pageviews2026-06-17 — 44 pageviews2026-06-21 — 42 pageviews2026-06-25 — 46 pageviews2026-06-29 — 47 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 77 pageviews2026-07-11 — 44 pageviews2026-07-15 — 48 pageviews2026-07-19 — 64 pageviews2026-07-23 — 47 pageviews2026-07-27 — 52 pageviews2026-07-31 — 95 pageviews2026-08-04 — 118 pageviews2026-08-08 — 56 pageviews2026-08-12 — 44 pageviews2026-08-16 — 51 pageviews2026-08-20 — 61 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-28 — 49 pageviews2026-09-01 — 61 pageviews2026-09-05 — 55 pageviews2026-09-09 — 46 pageviews2026-09-13 — 52 pageviews2026-09-17 — 52 pageviews2026-09-21 — 54 pageviews2026-09-25 — 33 pageviews2026-09-29 — 42 pageviews2026-10-03 — 60 pageviews2026-10-07 — 52 pageviews2026-10-10 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

94202026-10-01 23:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 36 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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