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Mass Effect 3 (2012 Edition)

BioWare · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-11

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ActionRPGStrategy

Franchise: Mass Effect · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 06, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2012 (Xbox 360), Mar 06, 2012 (PlayStation 3)

Earth is burning. The Reapers have taken over and other civilizations are falling like dominoes. Lead the final fight to save humanity and take back Earth from these terrifying machines, Commander Shepard.

29
playing now
77%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (1844 ratings)
38h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 56h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Mass Effect 3 is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the Mass Effect series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. A Wii U version of the game, entitled Mass Effect 3: Special Edition, was later released as a launch title on November 18, 2012, which notably supported Nintendo Network connection features for multiplayer interaction. The game is set within the Milky Way galaxy in 2186, where galactic civilization is invaded by a very advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships known as Reapers.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 129 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 56k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,800 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-10-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13513520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74182026-09-15 13:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 39 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 74 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 44 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 40 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 49 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
33513Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 291 · peak 510Aug 2020 — avg 168 · peak 365Oct 2020 — avg 122 · peak 227Dec 2020 — avg 254 · peak 566Feb 2021 — avg 273 · peak 522Apr 2021 — avg 111 · peak 244Jun 2021 — avg 87 · peak 175Aug 2021 — avg 56 · peak 96Oct 2021 — avg 40 · peak 77Dec 2021 — avg 36 · peak 71Feb 2022 — avg 36 · peak 68Apr 2022 — avg 32 · peak 61Jun 2022 — avg 29 · peak 64Aug 2022 — avg 31 · peak 64Oct 2022 — avg 23 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 50 · peak 108Feb 2023 — avg 38 · peak 87Apr 2023 — avg 32 · peak 66Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 100Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 38 · peak 77Feb 2024 — avg 31 · peak 66Apr 2024 — avg 36 · peak 76Jun 2024 — avg 30 · peak 71Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 61Oct 2024 — avg 30 · peak 59Dec 2024 — avg 59 · peak 122Feb 2025 — avg 47 · peak 101Apr 2025 — avg 38 · peak 80Jun 2025 — avg 36 · peak 82Aug 2025 — avg 33 · peak 68Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 106Dec 2025 — avg 41 · peak 81Feb 2026 — avg 43 · peak 91Apr 2026 — avg 41 · peak 97Jun 2026 — avg 38 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 36 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$55.42$4.492015-01-012026-08-202015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-04-13 — best price $34.992015-05-12 — best price $27.892015-07-08 — best price $54.012015-09-15 — best price $29.992015-12-01 — best price $29.992016-01-05 — best price $29.992016-04-11 — best price $29.992016-08-30 — best price $29.992017-01-05 — best price $29.992017-04-18 — best price $29.992017-07-25 — best price $29.992018-01-05 — best price $14.992018-12-06 — best price $11.992019-06-06 — best price $11.992020-04-28 — best price $8.992020-10-19 — best price $28.292020-12-22 — best price $9.892022-12-12 — best price $29.992023-01-10 — best price $29.992023-06-30 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-03-07 — best price $7.492024-05-13 — best price $29.992024-09-19 — best price $9.892024-11-11 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-04-10 — best price $7.492025-06-19 — best price $7.492025-08-07 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-20 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-27 — best price $8.992026-02-17 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-18 — best price $4.492026-08-20 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3642212026-05-29 — 278 pageviews2026-06-02 — 255 pageviews2026-06-06 — 276 pageviews2026-06-10 — 277 pageviews2026-06-14 — 294 pageviews2026-06-18 — 260 pageviews2026-06-22 — 281 pageviews2026-06-26 — 272 pageviews2026-06-30 — 291 pageviews2026-07-04 — 281 pageviews2026-07-08 — 333 pageviews2026-07-12 — 319 pageviews2026-07-16 — 266 pageviews2026-07-20 — 286 pageviews2026-07-24 — 302 pageviews2026-07-28 — 250 pageviews2026-08-01 — 267 pageviews2026-08-05 — 295 pageviews2026-08-09 — 317 pageviews2026-08-13 — 287 pageviews2026-08-17 — 271 pageviews2026-08-21 — 254 pageviews2026-08-25 — 262 pageviews2026-08-29 — 269 pageviews2026-09-02 — 253 pageviews2026-09-06 — 336 pageviews2026-09-10 — 246 pageviews2026-09-14 — 262 pageviews2026-09-18 — 272 pageviews2026-09-22 — 245 pageviews2026-09-26 — 273 pageviews2026-09-30 — 238 pageviews2026-10-04 — 286 pageviews2026-10-07 — 253 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
53.5%
earned "Driven"
28.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Achievements

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGSpaceActionSci-fiShooterStrategyCinematicAction RPGStory RichMultiplayer

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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