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Apex Legends™
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
30 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Apex is in a good state right now, I like the changes to the shield system and the game feels more combat-focused, only thing they could do better is bring back arenas”
“its not good and its not great. its a lovely midpoint of meh. do i have stupid amount of hours? yes. why? because its all about having fun and if you cant have fun then this isnt for you”
“Been on and off playing since the launch of the game. It's a solid BR if your looking for something... Unique. I've quit the game multiple times so don't be discouraged on coming back and if you just get the floor…”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Been on and off playing since the launch of the game. It's a solid BR if your looking for something... Unique. I've quit the game multiple times so don't be discouraged on coming back and if you just get the floor…”
“Definitely a game with its ups and downs. For those on controller you better be playing "claw" or with paddles as there are many buttons you must press whilst looking around. Apex's gameplay is catered to being…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“love the game played it for some time now just there is alot of cheaters which ill give ea credit for trying there best to get rid off but otherwise game runs better than any call of duty and i have 4k hours on call of…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“love the game played it for some time now just there is alot of cheaters which ill give ea credit for trying there best to get rid off but otherwise game runs better than any call of duty and i have 4k hours on call of…”
“Apex is in a good state right now, I like the changes to the shield system and the game feels more combat-focused, only thing they could do better is bring back arenas”
19 of the 97 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“[b] I cannot recommend this game. [/b] I thought it would be a great choice for a session shooter to play in the evening or with a friend in my spare time, but I was wrong. A game where you have to carry two weapons…”
“Short version: If you start playing now, expect that you are not welcome in this game. You will get killed by laserbeams of bullets the moment you poke your head out because of people that are chasing numbers rather…”
“At the end of day, as long as humans are playing, it's really hard to beat PAD players with AA in close range fights. The version of APEX I used to enjoy was more strategic you'd trade damage, gain an advantage, and…”
13 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“bad game, controller everywhere, aim assist is cheating they let you use a software that jitter your aim for controller and make you have better aim at close range and ten they call it feature not cheating custom…”
“Imagine being a Season 0 vet, sinking mass amounts of money and hours into liking a game so much, that the developers get hyucked into the "cash cow" position rather than the "quality assurance" section, to then proceed…”
“[b] I cannot recommend this game. [/b] I thought it would be a great choice for a session shooter to play in the evening or with a friend in my spare time, but I was wrong. A game where you have to carry two weapons…”
13 of the 97 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Since they removed Australian servers, it is absolutely cooked having to play asian servers as that is the closest servers. From what I've realised playing this crappy servers, is majority of asians are cheaters.…”
“tbh the game is only fun with friends its a hell if your alone its a public gang bang simulator tbh”
“Just dont get it. The state its in is so bad that they should pay you to play this game. I mean we speak of so many cheaters, people that havent seen light in a year or the biggest smurfs. If you still think you should…”
13 of the 97 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Since they removed Australian servers, it is absolutely cooked having to play asian servers as that is the closest servers. From what I've realised playing this crappy servers, is majority of asians are cheaters.…”
“love the game played it for some time now just there is alot of cheaters which ill give ea credit for trying there best to get rid off but otherwise game runs better than any call of duty and i have 4k hours on call of…”
“Game is ass. They don’t care about the cheaters. All time high for apex player account because the cheaters just create a new account. Trash devs. Do something”
7 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Imagine being a Season 0 vet, sinking mass amounts of money and hours into liking a game so much, that the developers get hyucked into the "cash cow" position rather than the "quality assurance" section, to then proceed…”
“[b] I cannot recommend this game. [/b] I thought it would be a great choice for a session shooter to play in the evening or with a friend in my spare time, but I was wrong. A game where you have to carry two weapons…”
“Short version: If you start playing now, expect that you are not welcome in this game. You will get killed by laserbeams of bullets the moment you poke your head out because of people that are chasing numbers rather…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 67.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“My random teammates are so trash sometimes i would smash my balls against the screen and start going mentally insane while my mic is on.”
— a player, Steam review · 97 hrs played“1. Open Apex 2. Go in the firing range for 10 minutes 3. Go AFK for 20 minutes 4. Go in ranked 5. Dies to a team with no social life 6. Smash the table 7. Requeue into ranked 8. Getting a mirage or caustic player 9. Dies to the first team 10. Alt + F4 11. Start a raging alcohol…”
— a player, Steam review · 367 hrs played“Got Falsely Banned just because getting Good in the game and Reports. I had 1200 Hours of playtime since 2020 and got recently banned for "Gameplay Enhancements"?! Please fix your Anti-Cheat System. Your Anti-Cheat banned real players and not cheaters. Tried to appeal, but just…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,175 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Apex Legends: Latest Update - 07/21/2026
✅FIXED: The mirrored text on Skippy's mythic Alternator skin has been fixed on all platforms except the Switch 2. The team will continue working to resolve this issue for Switch 2 users.
Find Your Perfect Squadmate - Matchmaking Recruitment Drive
Welcome to the Matchmaking Recruitment Drive for Split 2 of Season 29! It’s no secret, Apex Legends is best played alongside a squad that operates like a well oiled machine! Playing solo against fully
Apex Legends: Latest Update - 07/15/2026
✅FIXED: Banners will no longer appear in Wildcard death boxes. 💡KNOWN ISSUE: Our team is aware of a bug causing the mirrored presentation of "SKIPPY" on the Mythic Alternator skin. While we are select
Apex Legends™: Cyberpunk Event
Two new Cyberware mods are flooding the streets in Wildcard: Sandevistan and Blackwall Breach. Sandevistan is wired for speed, granting quick dashes in any direction: chain two dashes before touching
An Update from the Anti-Cheat Team - 07/13/2026
Cheating has consequences beyond a single account. Since the end of April, we have executed nearly 6,000 hardware bans across PC and console. While the majority of those bans impacted players on PC, w
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Battle Royale · Multiplayer · FPS · Shooter · First-Person · PvP · Action · Hero Shooter · Team-Based · Tactical · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Arabic * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000,000 – 200,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 75 GB available space Additional Notes: ~3.8GB for 1 localized language