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RAID: Shadow Legends

RAID: Shadow Legends

Plarium Global Ltd · released Jan 8, 2024

Massively MultiplayerRPGStrategyFree To PlayPCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

RAID: Shadow Legends is a free-to-play collection RPG with 800+ playable Champions and 8 game modes. Heed the Arbiter's call and defend the dark fantasy world of Teleria.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 2.3 ↗
60
VGC Score
■Stablemedium confidence

anchored at patch: “RAID Digest (21.08.26)” (11d ago)

58%
At launch
61%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
30%
Player sentiment
50%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews61%611000
Metacritic user ratings–3038
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)50%5259
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 21, 2026) · 20 reviews sampled · 59 total reviews in window · weighted 6.9 up / 6.8 down · computed 6h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 70
    Multiplayer.itMultiplayer.it
    trust 40Aug 2, 2019

    “It's a pretty solid game, with beautiful graphics and without evident flaws, if you aren't yet exhausted by this type of games.”

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Patch history

  1. RAID Digest (21.08.26)
    Aug 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. RAID Digest (07.08.26)
    Aug 7, 2026
  3. New Update: Version 11.70.0
    Aug 5, 2026
  4. RAID Digest (24.07.26)
    Jul 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. RAID Digest (10.07.26)
    Jul 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. New Update: Version 11.65.0
    Jul 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. RAID Digest (25.06.26)
    Jun 25, 2026
  8. RAID Digest (12.06.26)
    Jun 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. New Update: Version 11.60.0
    Jun 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. RAID Digest (29.05.26)
    May 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. RAID Digest (15.05.26)
    May 15, 2026
  12. New Update: Version 11.50.0
    May 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. RAID Digest (30.04.26)
    Apr 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. RAID Digest (17.04.26)
    Apr 17, 2026
  15. RAID Digest (03.04.26)
    Apr 3, 2026
  16. New Update: Version 11.40.0
    Apr 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. RAID Digest (06.03.26)
    Mar 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  18. New Update: Version 11.30.0
    Mar 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. RAID Digest (20.02.26)
    Feb 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. RAID Digest (06.02.26)
    Feb 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. New Update: Version 11.20.0
    Feb 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. RAID Digest (23.01.26)
    Jan 23, 2026
  23. RAID Digest (09.01.26)
    Jan 9, 2026
  24. New Update: Version 11.10.0
    Jan 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. RAID Digest (26.12.25)
    Dec 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. RAID Digest (12.12.25)
    Dec 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. New Update: Version 11.00.0
    Dec 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. RAID Digest (28.11.25)
    Nov 28, 2025
  29. RAID Digest (14.11.25)
    Nov 14, 2025
  30. New Update: Version 10.90.0
    Nov 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. RAID Digest (31.10.25)
    Oct 31, 2025
  32. RAID Digest (17.10.25)
    Oct 17, 2025
  33. New Update: Version 10.80.0
    Oct 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  34. RAID Digest (03.10.25)
    Oct 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  35. Raid Digest (19.09.25)
    Sep 19, 2025
  36. RAID Digest (05.09.25)
    Sep 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  37. RAID Digest 22.08.25
    Aug 22, 2025
  38. RAID Digest (08.08.25)
    Aug 8, 2025
  39. New Update: Version 10.60.0
    Aug 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window