Apex Legends is more successful than ever on Steam. Since its launch on Valve’s platform, it has seen new records of players being set. With Season 12, the value has once again reached a new record of almost 400,000 players. But what do fans like so much about the fast-paced Battle Royale?
What are the current values of Apex on Steam? On February 19, 2022, Apex Legends reached a new record of 393,998 players on Steam (via SteamDB). That’s over 60,000 more players compared to the last record of 330,879 players from the launch of Season 9 of Apex Legends.
How many players are playing Apex Legends in total? Unfortunately, there are no reliable data on this, as only the numbers from Steam are publicly accessible. However, Apex Legends is also available on PC via EA’s Origin launcher, PlayStation, Xbox, and also the Switch. All these platforms are likely to provide strong player numbers as well.
From this, one can conclude that Apex Legends also in Season 12 and 3 years after launch likely has a very strong player base overall. And thanks to crossplay, full lobbies are still quickly forming across all platforms.
But what fascinates fans so much about Apex Legends?
Why is Apex Legends so popular?
These are the voices of the community: Here too, a look at the Steam reviews offers good insights. Overall, Apex Legends has “very positive” ratings on Steam. 86 percent of the currently 399,828 reviews are positive (as of 02/22/2022 via Steam).
Fans praise and highlight among other things:
- the fast pace and movement in the game, similar to Call of Duty (hence many CoD pros switched to Apex)
- the excellent gunplay, which shooter god shroud actively contributed to
- the constant updates and that the developers take good care of their “baby”
- the different heroes, each with unique skills and playstyles
- fair cash shop, where there are really only cosmetic items
- intelligent design decisions, like the new heroine Mad Maggie, who breaks the current meta with her skills
However, some players also criticize that Apex Legends, like many BR games, is not very beginner-friendly. But with Season 12, there fortunately is a new game mode called Control.
This comes with unlimited ammo and respawns and provides newcomers with valuable support to try out the game and gunplay of Apex Legends at their own pace.
Therefore, it still holds true: Listen to me! Now is the perfect time to finally start with Apex Legends.
