Elex

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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. In ELEX, you join the war over a powerful resource that gives people great magic-like powers, but turns them into indifferent cold creatures.

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Developer:
Piranha Bytes
Publisher:
THQ Nordic
Engine:
Genome
Release date:
17 October 2017
Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (38)
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (5142)

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Description

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.



In ELEX, you join the war over a powerful resource that gives people great magic-like powers, but turns them into indifferent cold creatures. You decide if emotions and humaneness or cold synthetic logic will rule the world of Magalan.



Features:

  • Completely seamless Open World experience without borders and loading zones for the ultimate exploration experience
  • Vertical Exploration: Use the jetpack to reach any place in the game world
  • Simulated game world where everything reacts to the players actions and provides for an authentic atmosphere
  • Highly interconnected quest system that support true player choices
  • Tactical and challenging combat system for close and ranged combat
  • Universe set in a post apocalyptic science fantasy universe that combines the most interesting aspects of all genres

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i5 3570, AMD FX-6350
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
35 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible Sound card

recommended*

OS *:
64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i7-4790, AMD FX-8350
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 480 4GB
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
35 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible Sound card

User reviews

sylvan
Recommended | 18 May 2026
82.6h played

this is my first Pirhanabytes game and I gotta say I'm very impressed. If you're a fan of open world double-A RPGs like Outward then you can't pass on this one - excellent worldbuilding, environmental storytelling, and

Helpful: 10
ITheAbyssI
Not recommended | 28 Jun 2026
50.8h played

This game rather makes you level up trough questing more than from progression. In overworld pretty much 90% of the time you will come across the enemies that are much higher lvl than you and 1-2 tap you without much

Helpful: 9
Ellipsis
Recommended | 08 Jun 2026
21.7h played

Elex is a game taking place in MAGAland where you can join one of three factions the Boomer conservatives who see progress and technology as evil and will exile those who break their rules (berserkers), the radicalized

Helpful: 7
Squadron42
Recommended | 23 May 2026
111h played

I went into ELEX expecting the classic Piranha Bytes "euro-jank" experience, and I was not disappointed, in the best way possible. After finishing the Risen trilogy, ELEX felt like a natural evolution. It delivers a

Helpful: 4
Juri
Not recommended | 27 Jun 2026
13.1h played

This game is poopie poop💩. clunky combat, ugly animations, a story that makes zero sense. The controls feel like steering a drunk robot, the UI looks like it was designed in 2003, and enemies will one shot you for the

Helpful: 3
Big IQ Play
Not recommended | 04 Jul 2026
14.3h played

I loved this game on Xbox. Unfortunately, I've run into a game breaking bug disallowing me from progressing in the Beserker questline. No amount of mods fixed it. For this reason, I cannot recommend it.

Helpful: 0