Apex Legends™

Apex Legends™

Skip · Multiplayer · 2020

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
68% of 1,075,919
Critics
88 players 20 lower
Genre rank
Top 67% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Monetization, DRM

Time and effort

Typical playtime
33.1h
To 100%
152.9h 4.6x the story
Achievements
12

Players and genre

Online
115,732 now
Recent reviews
66% 30 days
Better reviewed
30% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

47% start to 15% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 70 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Pixel Strike 3D (free, scores 34) beats it on value, while it beats Battle Teams 2 (free, scores 1).

It is still busy. 115.7K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 15:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks. Free to start. PCGamingWiki lists loot boxes in it, the aggressive kind of in-app purchase.

More about Apex Legends™

Critics scored it 88, but players land 20 points lower at 68 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

It carries the aggressive kind of in-app purchases, and the score already docks it for that.

HowLongToBeat players log 33.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 153, 4.6 times as much.

The rating rests on 1,075,919 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reach150M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationBoost, Cosmetic, Infinite spend, Loot box, Free-to-grind, Unlock, Currency, Time-limited
Loot boxes / pay-to-win drag the score down
DRMEA account needed
Needs a second account on top of Steam, a small friction discount
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesBoost, Cosmetic, Infinite spend, Loot box, Free-to-grind, Unlock, Currency, Time-limitedPCGamingWiki

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, AMD Radeon HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, 75 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Apex Legends™ scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1172470/apex-legends
Embed the live badge

Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 3. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-20
Critics88
Players68
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 1,075,919 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperRespawn
PublisherElectronic Arts
GenreMultiplayer
Released2020
Players150.0Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements12