The Game Census
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)

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.

62
playing now
67%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
Free
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 62 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 12% of 10,862 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

70162026-08-06 21:00 — 64 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 70 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 52 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 33 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 46 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 38 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 38 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

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

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

RPGActionHorrorMMORPGAdventureMythologyConspiracyIlluminatiOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

ElswordZigguratChildren of MortaImmortal: UnchainedPLANET ALPHAForgotton AnneLEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the FateboundsDream Alone

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗Official site ↗