Here’s how Apex Legends is doing on Steam: On August 9, Apex Legends experienced a sharp increase in active player numbers, ending in a new record of 510,286 concurrent players (via Steamcharts), a whopping 100,000 more people than the previous record.

The spike continues the upward trend that Apex Legends has enjoyed on Steam for many months now. Since 2020, the average number of active players per month has steadily increased, showing healthy growth for the shooter on Steam.

Apex Legends started at just under 75,000 in November 2020, reached 230,000 in August, and is currently in the top 3 most played games on Steam, just below CS:GO and Dota 2. Although the initial spike has flattened, many have stuck with Apex.

There was also a strong rash of positive reviews, bringing Apex Legends to over 500,000 reviews with a rating of “very positive”. 85% of them gave it a thumbs up.

“I don’t like Battle Royale, but Apex is very neat”.

This is – Season 14: The increase in player numbers and positive reviews overlaps with the start of – Season 14 “Hunted” of Apex Legends. Although the community was actually calling for a boycott of the game, the player numbers exploded.

The new – Season brought numerous customizations, a – Season Pass, and the new Legend Vantage as a playable character. Also, the level cap of 500 was increased and players were able to level up their account.

After the rash of new reviews at the release of the – Season , Apex Legends steadily received between about 350 and 500 positive reviews per day with about 70 to 150 negative reviews.

In the positive reviews, players wrote (among a lot of nonsense) that the shooter managed to convince them, even though they don’t really like Battle Royale.

• “Fun FPS. I don’t like BRs. Apex is very neat though.” – deadweird.
• “Feels very smooth, like an oldschool shooter.” – Souler
• “[…] I can say that I’ve always enjoyed it, as work is constantly being done on the game. It’s definitely suitable for a few rounds in between, but also as a main game.” – Zerox

In the negative reviews (which also contain a lot of nonsense), numerous bugs and crashes were criticized and comparisons are made to the better optimized mobile version.

• “If you manage to play for longer than 5 minutes without crashes, then great […].” – Hibiscuits
• “I liked the game until one day I couldn’t open it. It crashed on startup.” – FrenzyLS
• “I love this game, but the servers…” – KryingKat

So while the negative reviews chalked up Apex Legends’ problems, they still often had some good words for the game.

What is your opinion of Apex Legends? Do you think the shooter has improved over the years? Have you played – Season 14 yourself? Let us know in the comments.

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