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Secret World Legends cover art

Secret World Legends

Funcom · 2017-07-31

Steam

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 03, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Secret World Legends is a story-driven, shared-world action RPG that plunges players into a shadowy war against the supernatural, where ancient myths and legends cross over into the modern day.

Secret World Legends is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game released in 2017, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mixed (67% of 9245 reviews) sentiment.

31
playing now
67%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

The Secret World is a massively multiplayer online role-playing video game with a dark urban fantasy theme, in which players play characters defending the world from occult threats.

Trailer

Secret World Legends trailer thumbnail

Secret World Legends - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

58162026-09-15 12:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 42 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 50 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 58 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 30 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 36 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 45 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 44 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 45 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 34 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k38Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 220 · peak 459Jan 2013 — avg 937 · peak 2,070Jun 2013 — avg 728 · peak 2,559Nov 2013 — avg 523 · peak 1,254Apr 2014 — avg 628 · peak 1,580Sep 2014 — avg 319 · peak 640Feb 2015 — avg 441 · peak 879Jul 2015 — avg 441 · peak 1,065Dec 2015 — avg 315 · peak 691May 2016 — avg 294 · peak 776Oct 2016 — avg 275 · peak 1,220Mar 2017 — avg 262 · peak 666Aug 2017 — avg 1,881 · peak 3,740Jan 2018 — avg 454 · peak 895Jun 2018 — avg 374 · peak 777Nov 2018 — avg 239 · peak 443Apr 2019 — avg 165 · peak 352Sep 2019 — avg 122 · peak 237Feb 2020 — avg 136 · peak 249Jul 2020 — avg 187 · peak 365Dec 2020 — avg 124 · peak 226May 2021 — avg 99 · peak 197Oct 2021 — avg 93 · peak 190Mar 2022 — avg 59 · peak 121Aug 2022 — avg 61 · peak 117Jan 2023 — avg 59 · peak 118Jun 2023 — avg 53 · peak 118Nov 2023 — avg 53 · peak 102Apr 2024 — avg 56 · peak 115Sep 2024 — avg 48 · peak 91Feb 2025 — avg 45 · peak 80Jul 2025 — avg 47 · peak 90Dec 2025 — avg 40 · peak 74May 2026 — avg 39 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 86
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012017-08-012015-01-01 — best price $22.492015-01-02 — best price $29.992015-04-20 — best price $10.192015-04-27 — best price $29.992015-06-11 — best price $14.992015-06-17 — best price $8.992015-06-18 — best price $14.992015-06-22 — best price $29.992015-09-29 — best price $14.992015-10-02 — best price $29.992015-10-29 — best price $14.992015-11-02 — best price $29.992015-11-25 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $29.992015-12-22 — best price $11.992016-01-04 — best price $29.992016-01-12 — best price $10.192016-01-15 — best price $29.992016-02-05 — best price $10.192016-02-12 — best price $29.992016-04-18 — best price $10.192016-04-25 — best price $29.992016-06-23 — best price $10.192016-07-04 — best price $29.992016-10-28 — best price $8.992016-11-01 — best price $29.992016-11-23 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $29.992016-12-22 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $29.992017-08-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

150702026-06-01 — 85 pageviews2026-06-05 — 108 pageviews2026-06-09 — 87 pageviews2026-06-13 — 140 pageviews2026-06-17 — 98 pageviews2026-06-21 — 92 pageviews2026-06-25 — 94 pageviews2026-06-29 — 89 pageviews2026-07-03 — 128 pageviews2026-07-07 — 103 pageviews2026-07-11 — 113 pageviews2026-07-15 — 103 pageviews2026-07-19 — 88 pageviews2026-07-23 — 90 pageviews2026-07-27 — 101 pageviews2026-07-31 — 85 pageviews2026-08-04 — 84 pageviews2026-08-08 — 98 pageviews2026-08-12 — 89 pageviews2026-08-16 — 115 pageviews2026-08-20 — 85 pageviews2026-08-24 — 83 pageviews2026-08-28 — 108 pageviews2026-09-01 — 119 pageviews2026-09-05 — 99 pageviews2026-09-09 — 93 pageviews2026-09-13 — 109 pageviews2026-09-17 — 105 pageviews2026-09-21 — 114 pageviews2026-09-25 — 115 pageviews2026-09-29 — 99 pageviews2026-10-03 — 124 pageviews2026-10-07 — 86 pageviews2026-10-11 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-07-31, latest 2018-04-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGActionHorrorMMORPGAdventureMythologyConspiracyIlluminatiOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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