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What people complain about and love in 2026

Shared report · refreshed weekly · updated Oct 29, 2026

About Apex Legends™

Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment.

Action, Adventure, Free To Play · Free · out since 2020 · from the Steam description
Sample2,014 reviews2,014 Steam
Which reviewsNatural mixHealth check
DatesOct 29, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026Last year
WhereGlobalevery language

Players say the anti-cheat is failing and known cheaters stay in matches, with aimbots and toxic chat also named inside the cheaters and toxicity complaints in Apex Legends.

OneStar read 2,014 Steam reviews of Apex Legends posted from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Of the 2,014 people who reviewed Apex Legends in OneStar's sample, 51% complain and 53% praise it. The top complaints about Apex Legends are cheaters and toxicity (12% of complaints), matchmaking and balance (11%) and bugs and crashes (8%). In OneStar's sample of Apex Legends reviews, 2% of reviewers say they're quitting. OneStar's report on Apex Legends was last updated on Oct 29, 2026.

2,014Reviews analyzedposted over 12 months
51%Complain1,120 reviews
53%Praise960 reviews
2%Says they're quittingstopped or quitting now

What goes wrong

Cheaters and toxicity12%
Getting wallhacked on and aimbotted, exploitations every other game is literal torture.
Matchmaking and balance11%
If you havent gotten it yet, do yourself a favor a never think about getting this steaming pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Hands down worse matchmaking of any game.
Bugs and crashes8%
Completely broken and unplayable.
Developer and updates5%
Why did you block access for Linux users?
Difficulty9%
This game is not beginner friendly at all!

What goes well

General praise62%
Very fun very cool
Gameplay is fun29%
Such a fun game! So many fun characters, playstyles, and mechanics. Looks amazing. And is one of the most satisfying games to get a W in.
Multiplayer and community4%
this game is awesome. i made lifelong friends on it.
Lots of content and value1%
very good for free no spend your money tho
Graphics and art1%
absolutlly the most beautiful game ever 100 percent recoment

Reasons for quitting

The main complaint of the 41 reviewers who say they stopped or are quitting

Developer and updates17%
Vague, no specifics15%
Cheaters and toxicity12%
Gameplay and design7%
Performance5%

What they use it for

259 of 2,014 reviewers said; shares are of them

Competitive play44%
This game is the equivilent of using a cheese grater to shave, you'll find yourself hours on end queueing ranked to be back at the same point you started 6 hours earlier. Save yourself while you can.
Playing with friends35%
My experience with Apex Legends: -friend wanted me to play with them. I download the game -we mess around in training mode for a few minutes so I can get accustomed to the controls -we load up a...
Collecting and completing7%
Love grinding this game out. I prefer this over most modern battle royale games. Runs smooth. Couldn't complain.

What they ask for

59 reviews ask for something

New feature or option27%
Bring something back25%
More content11%
Multiplayer and social7%
Platform, device or language6%

Who is saying it

The biggest clear differences between audiences; 2 more with a free account

RecommendationRecommended: mention difficulty 1.8x as often as everyone (19% vs 10%).

TenureLong-time user: mention developer and updates 2.6x as often as everyone (21% vs 8%).

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