Apex Legends™
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ActionAdventureFree To PlayMultiplayerBattle RoyaleFPSShooterFirst-Person

186,464 playing#5 on Steam by players#5 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 186,464

Peak in the last 7 days: 203,894

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Game description

Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.

Basic info

DeveloperRespawn
PublisherElectronic Arts
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateNov 4, 2020
Price

Minimum specs

OS64-bit Windows 10
ProcessorAMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent
Memory6 GB
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950
Storage75 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 347 reviews from the past 1 year

62.5/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mixed (68%)

Metacritic: 88 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Of all the subjects players raise about Apex Legends™, pricing scores worst: Pricing & Fairness ranks 1359th of 1399.

👍 Strengths

Players who stay describe a pull that is hard to resist. 104 reviews say it is engaging, the most upvoted adding that it keeps them from other games, and 32 praise the gunplay and responsive movement. 13 say playing with friends was fun, and a few call it the best battle royale they have played. Some also credit thoughtful design behind its mechanics, and a few call it extremely excellent as a shooter.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness appears in 58% of analyzed reviews, with players listing rereleased skins and microtransaction bloat. Multiplayer ranks 568th of 642: 72 reviews complain about matchmaking, the most upvoted saying one lucky kill puts you against far stronger players, and 42 say cheaters go unbanned. 33 raise balance problems, the most upvoted saying too many abilities and effects make fights hard to read. Tech & Support ranks 1195th of 1399, with reports of daily server crashes. It holds 62.5 from 1,075,795 Steam reviews.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“Apex is so engaging it prevents playing other games” · 104 reviews
“matchmaking pairs you against predators after one lucky kill while teammates cannot shoot” · 72 reviews
“gunplay is crisp, movement responsive and fluid” · 32 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +3.00 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “gunplay is crisp, movement responsive and fluid” · 32 reviews
Negative “keyboard and mouse players have unfair advantage ruining experience” · 4 reviews

Progression 3% · Difficulty 6% · Onboarding 13% · Freedom 1% · Strategy 11%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Characters +2.45 · How memorable the characters and their relationships are

Story 2% · World 3%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value

Not enough data — only 10% of reviews mention this.

Variety +0.42 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

Volume 5% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.05 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “extremely excellent shooting game, best battle royale” · 9 reviews
Negative “ugly graphics” · 1 review

Audio 7%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.67 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “absolutely dead game, matchmaking leaves much to be desired” · 7 reviews
Positive “large player population makes matchmaking fast and easy to invite friends” · 1 review

Playing together 19% · Servers & Connection 13%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Matchmaking -1.09 · Skill gaps, team balance, and queue times
Negative “matchmaking pairs you against predators after one lucky kill while teammates cannot shoot” · 72 reviews

Anti-cheat 19% · Pricing 15% · Balance 24%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.66 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “bugs ignored for years, unstable systems after 5 years” · 18 reviews
Positive “new season with Gundam event revived the game” · 1 review

Stability 8% · Performance 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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