Beautiful world and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The atmosphere, the sound design, the weight of every swing, the forests that felt alive”
Steam review · 78.5 h played ↗
New World: Aeternum
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 67%Mixed · 67%Amazon Game Studios2021MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
Action MMO with fun aimed combat, a beautiful world and great sound, but servers shut down Jan 31, 2027 with no refunds or offline mode. Skip buying it now.
Great for
Existing owners wanting a last run through a beloved action MMO before servers close
Main risk
Servers go offline Jan 31, 2027 with no refund or offline mode, so a purchase becomes unplayable
What players love
Best-in-class action combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Organic Combat - A physics-backed, directional system free from tab-targeting.”
Steam review · 3048.6 h played ↗
Friendships and community
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It gave me friends, late night adventures, spontaneous PvP chaos, territory wars that got my heart racing”
Steam review · 1873.2 h played ↗
Improved a lot since launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Most of the issues with the game was fixed over the last few years”
Steam review · 1028.7 h played ↗
Satisfying gathering, crafting and builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“lots of activities both within a server and cross-server, crazy build crafting”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 1183.5 h played ↗
Outstanding sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the greatest sound design of any game”
Steam review · 1751.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers shutting down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~9 in 10 negative reviews
“the game itself will no longer be accessible. What an absolute joke.”
Steam review · 20.5 h played ↗
No refunds for recent buyers
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“I'm absolutely disgusted that I paid full price for this game in the last two weeks only for it to almost immediately be announced”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Amazon mismanagement and distrust
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“AGS budget is literally billions but they have absolutely no idea how to run a live service game.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
DLC made free after buyers paid
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 negative reviews
“I've even purchased the DLC when within a year they gave away for free also!”
Steam review · 159.5 h played ↗
Treadmill with no real endgame
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews
“the whole thing is a treadmill with nothing at the top.”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
Long server queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 75 negative reviews
“Amazon itself can't figure out how to make a game that does not have queues.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 3 GB / AMD Radeon RX 590
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80Ghz / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 3 GB / AMD Radeon RX 590
Storage100 GB available space
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