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Mass Effect (2007)

BioWare · Electronic Arts · 2008-12-19

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Franchise: Mass Effect · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 20, 2007 (Xbox 360), May 28, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2012 (PlayStation 3)

As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

12
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (2530 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 49h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Mass Effect is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the first game in the Mass Effect series, and takes place within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2183, where civilization is threatened by a highly advanced machine race known as the Reapers. The player assumes the role of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who must stop a rogue agent from carrying out the Reapers' galactic invasion. The game involves completing multiple quests that generally involve space exploration, squad and vehicular combat, and interaction with non-player characters.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (358 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 663k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at EA Store (2014-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 21 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34634620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4262026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 42 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 29 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 27 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 28 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
86420Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 460 · peak 835Dec 2012 — avg 623 · peak 2,696May 2013 — avg 473 · peak 1,544Oct 2013 — avg 472 · peak 2,792Mar 2014 — avg 538 · peak 1,919Aug 2014 — avg 444 · peak 863Jan 2015 — avg 509 · peak 1,222Jun 2015 — avg 590 · peak 1,742Nov 2015 — avg 328 · peak 988Apr 2016 — avg 324 · peak 668Sep 2016 — avg 417 · peak 900Feb 2017 — avg 864 · peak 2,047Jul 2017 — avg 321 · peak 731Dec 2017 — avg 296 · peak 670May 2018 — avg 384 · peak 1,094Oct 2018 — avg 196 · peak 390Mar 2019 — avg 304 · peak 767Aug 2019 — avg 251 · peak 491Jan 2020 — avg 259 · peak 580Jun 2020 — avg 532 · peak 1,326Nov 2020 — avg 281 · peak 671Apr 2021 — avg 138 · peak 273Sep 2021 — avg 66 · peak 129Feb 2022 — avg 59 · peak 117Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 100Dec 2022 — avg 66 · peak 175May 2023 — avg 49 · peak 115Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 63Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 82Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 52Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 55Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 60
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.262015-01-23 — best price $18.582015-03-16 — best price $7.352015-04-13 — best price $7.992015-05-08 — best price $10.842015-06-04 — best price $6.802015-06-23 — best price $4.992015-07-16 — best price $7.632015-09-11 — best price $19.992015-12-08 — best price $7.492016-03-10 — best price $7.822016-07-07 — best price $10.302017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-04-18 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-01-06 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992019-02-07 — best price $14.992019-07-30 — best price $7.992019-12-13 — best price $9.102020-02-08 — best price $8.752020-06-04 — best price $3.742020-10-19 — best price $7.072022-12-12 — best price $19.992023-05-30 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-04-30 — best price $9.892024-10-28 — best price $9.892025-01-27 — best price $7.492025-05-15 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-02-23 — best price $29.992026-06-20 — best price $4.492026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5112472026-05-29 — 320 pageviews2026-06-02 — 328 pageviews2026-06-06 — 353 pageviews2026-06-10 — 301 pageviews2026-06-14 — 358 pageviews2026-06-18 — 321 pageviews2026-06-22 — 337 pageviews2026-06-26 — 335 pageviews2026-06-30 — 392 pageviews2026-07-04 — 373 pageviews2026-07-08 — 353 pageviews2026-07-12 — 383 pageviews2026-07-16 — 357 pageviews2026-07-20 — 384 pageviews2026-07-24 — 323 pageviews2026-07-28 — 356 pageviews2026-08-01 — 361 pageviews2026-08-05 — 382 pageviews2026-08-09 — 403 pageviews2026-08-13 — 396 pageviews2026-08-17 — 350 pageviews2026-08-21 — 299 pageviews2026-08-25 — 358 pageviews2026-08-29 — 341 pageviews2026-09-02 — 342 pageviews2026-09-06 — 398 pageviews2026-09-10 — 317 pageviews2026-09-14 — 329 pageviews2026-09-18 — 291 pageviews2026-09-22 — 341 pageviews2026-09-26 — 293 pageviews2026-09-30 — 274 pageviews2026-10-04 — 309 pageviews2026-10-07 — 318 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGSpaceActionSci-fiRomanceShooterAdventureStory RichSingleplayerThird Person

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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