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Mass Effect (2007)

BioWare · Electronic Arts · 2008-12-19

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Mass Effect · Modes: Single player

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.

23
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$29.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 23 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 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 663k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,573 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

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 17 of 31 observed days · at its all-time low (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

3982026-08-06 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — 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 $4.492026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5112912026-05-29 — 320 pageviews2026-06-01 — 354 pageviews2026-06-04 — 326 pageviews2026-06-07 — 422 pageviews2026-06-10 — 301 pageviews2026-06-13 — 314 pageviews2026-06-16 — 340 pageviews2026-06-19 — 374 pageviews2026-06-22 — 337 pageviews2026-06-25 — 338 pageviews2026-06-28 — 371 pageviews2026-07-01 — 444 pageviews2026-07-04 — 373 pageviews2026-07-07 — 341 pageviews2026-07-10 — 360 pageviews2026-07-13 — 396 pageviews2026-07-16 — 357 pageviews2026-07-19 — 328 pageviews2026-07-22 — 346 pageviews2026-07-25 — 345 pageviews2026-07-28 — 356 pageviews2026-07-31 — 315 pageviews2026-08-03 — 388 pageviews2026-08-06 — 390 pageviews2026-08-09 — 403 pageviews2026-08-12 — 388 pageviews2026-08-15 — 312 pageviews2026-08-18 — 342 pageviews2026-08-21 — 299 pageviews2026-08-24 — 354 pageviews2026-08-26 — 355 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

RPGSpaceActionSci-fiRomanceShooterAdventureStory RichSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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