ELEX
ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.
- Price:$29.99
- Release Date:10/17/2017
- Developer:Piranha Bytes
- Publisher:THQ Nordic
- Last Updated:4/15/2025
- Steam App Id:411300
ELEX
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, ELEX has 166 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 57% lower than its previous all-time peak of 390 players achieved on 1/12/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for ELEX. It has received a total of 18,955 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 73 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for ELEX and its growth over time. It currently has 149,268 followers on its community page.
ELEX Price
ELEX costs $29.99 in the Steam store as of 4/15/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like ELEX Franchise Pack or Piranha Bytes & friends which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for ELEX.
About ELEX
ELEX is a RPG, Action, and Adventure game developed by Piranha Bytes. On 10/17/2017, it was released on the Steam Store by THQ Nordic.
Players have rated ELEX as "Mostly Positive" out of 18,955 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 14,120 positive reviews and 4,835 negative reviews — an overall 74% positive review rating. Additionally, ELEX has earned a metascore of 67 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play ELEX on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 9 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, ELEX supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, ELEX has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Futuristic
- Difficult
- Gothic
- Violent
- Third Person
- Atmospheric
- Fantasy
- War
- Story Rich
- Third-Person Shooter
- RPG
- Choices Matter
- Base Building
- Dark Fantasy
- Sci-fi
- Open World
- Post-apocalyptic
- Action
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for ELEX and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
ELEX is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ELEX Digital Extras | DLC | 10/17/2017 | View |
Related Bundles
ELEX is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ELEX Franchise Pack | 4 | 4 | $79.76 | View |
 | Piranha Bytes & friends | 11 | 9 | $149.56 | View |
Related Packages
ELEX is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
ELEX is available in 9 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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ELEX data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 15). ELEX on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/411300
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 15). ELEX. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/411300
- Metacritic. (2025, April 15). ELEX for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/elex
- Piranha Bytes. (2023, July 8). ELEX. ELEX. http://elexgame.com/