Game profile
Apex Legends
A battle royale shooter with a fluid movement system and legends who each bring their own tactical abilities. The ping system makes coordinating with teammates easy even without voice chat.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Shooter / Action, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The world is open, so wandering off and ignoring the main path is part of the deal. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. There is no story to speak of, the systems carry everything. You can play it with others cooperatively or go head to head. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. Getting in costs nothing.
What stands out
- Fluid movement
- Strong ping system
- Free to play
This fits you if
- you want your skill measured against other people
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- you like getting lost and ignoring the main objective for hours
- cutscenes annoy you and you just want to play
- you have someone to play with
Look elsewhere if
- you play mainly for narrative
- you want a game with a clear ending you can reach
- you play alone, this needs other people
- you want a game that fills a whole evening in one go
How long is Apex Legends?
This one has no finish line. It is built to be played for years, in whatever rhythm suits you.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 88 out of 100, which puts it above 78 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 227 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Shooter averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 7 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 676 collected ratings.
Released in 2019, so it has 7 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2019
- Genres
- Shooter, Action, Survival
- Playtime
- Endless game
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- None, pure gameplay
- Play with
- Competitive, Co-op
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Free-to-play
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 88 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Legends | 2019 | Endless game | 88 | Free-to-play |
| Sand: Raiders Of Sophie | 2026 | Endless game | n/a | Mid price |
| Overwatch 2 | 2022 | Endless game | 78 | Free-to-play |
| Valorant | 2020 | Endless game | 78 | Free-to-play |
If you liked this, try these
- n/a Sand: Raiders Of Sophie Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi
- 78/100 Overwatch 2 Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi
- 78/100 Valorant Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi
- 70/100 Supervive Shared: Shooter, Survival, Sci-fi
- 88/100 Halo Infinite Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, shorter
- n/a Machine Party Shared: Action, Survival, Sci-fi, rated higher