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.
- Released
- 2019
- Developer
- Iron Galaxy Studios
- Platforms
- 6 systems
- Critics
- 88
- Steam Deck
- unsupported
- Download
- 75 GB
What is 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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 4 February 2019 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Iron Galaxy Studios, Respawn Entertainment, Panic Button |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Platforms | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Nintendo Switch |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter |
| Languages | 14 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q61478103, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Apex Legends received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Full controller support
- Playable without Timed Input
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | full support |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Yes |
| In-game purchases | Yes |
| Steam Deck | unsupported |
| Download size | 75 GB |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Apex Legends on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Crashes and freezes10 of 300 (3%)
game keep freezes my whole pc i tried everything updating this updating that]
Steam review, 21 August 2026 · 133 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpfulcrashes on launch, cant even play.
Steam review, 21 August 2026 · 25 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
A further 2 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
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Common questions about Apex Legends
What platforms is Apex Legends on?
Apex Legends is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Nintendo Switch. It first released in 2019.
Is Apex Legends free?
Yes. Apex Legends is free to download on Steam. It carries in-game purchases.
Do players recommend Apex Legends?
68% of 1,066,464 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Mixed. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Apex Legends?
88 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Apex Legends work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Apex Legends as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the Apex Legends download?
75 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.