Secret World Legends

Secret World Legends

Skip · Multiplayer · 2017

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

SKIP IT.

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

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
67% of 9,273
Critics
76 players 9 lower
Genre rank
Top 62% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Reviews

Time and effort

Typical playtime
46.7h
To 100%
546h 11.7x the story

Players and genre

Online
42 now
Better reviewed
29% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 71 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Age of Conan: Unchained (free, scores 26) beats it on value, while it beats Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (free, scores 0).

It is still busy. 42 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 4, 23:46 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Secret World Legends

The press liked it more than its buyers did, 76 against 67 percent.

Inside the two-hour refund window, 32 percent of the 133 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 46.7 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 546, 12 times as much.

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
Reach1.5M+ 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
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
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

What players say

its a good game and the quest design + art direction is very top-notch. i love the npc monologue cutscenes sooo much, it really captures the attention of the player and sets the mood
EctonautRecommendedafter 92hOct 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Used to my favourite mmo devs let this game die but Servers are still online there aren't any people only couple of them. If they updated this game will be still here but first game dev left then all game gone wild. I will recommend game because of story but online game do not play this game.
Justinianus The SecondRecommendedafter 246hSep 2026Read on Steam
TL;DR: I give this game a 3/5 over all. I don't recommend it because its dead. You can solo it for the story, which is really quite good if you don't care about the social aspect of MMOs. That's the only reason I am playing it and the only reason I'm giving it a 3. Combat is lack luster and there are bugs and jank that probably won't be fixed. Full Review: This game is really interesting. The story, lore, and...
clouded_cheetoNot recommendedafter 36hOct 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, nVidia 8800 series 512 VRAM or better/Radeon HD3850 512MB or better, 6.4 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Secret World Legends scores 22/100 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/215280/secret-world-legends
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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 Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-9
Critics76
Players67
Metacritic critics · 9,273 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperFuncom
PublisherFuncom
GenreMultiplayer
Released2017
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate