Huge amount of content and quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Nice graphics and a HUGE world and TONS of quests.”
Steam review · 556 h played ↗
EverQuest II
Worth buying? What 292 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 292 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 56%Mixed · 56%Darkpaw Games2011MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, aging classic MMO with deep quests, crafting and housing, but heavily paywalled and run by a neglectful publisher. Skip it if you hate subscriptions, tiny UI or account hassles.
Great for
Nostalgic MMO fans who like questing, crafting, housing and slow old-school progression servers
Main risk
Free-to-play is heavily paywalled (chat, broker, characters), with nag popups and account lockouts
What players love
Many races and classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The variety of classes is really broad which is very refreshing”
Steam review · 1596.7 h played ↗
Deep crafting system
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The crafting mechanic is VERY detailed and fun even on a free account.”
Steam review · 550.5 h played ↗
Excellent housing and decorating
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“I personally love the player housing and decorating the most.”
Steam review · 58.7 h played ↗
Progression servers revive the old-school feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“I was thrilled to find tons of players on the server, a thriving community.”
Steam review · 85.4 h played ↗
Friendly, helpful community
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Lots of helpful people online and tons of wiki information is available too.”
Steam review · 2052.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Heavy paywalls on a supposedly free game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the fact that they put just chatting in any of the chat channels behind a pay wall is insane”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗
Neglectful devs and declining game
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Used to be great, been driven into the ground by abysmal leadership.”
Steam review · 3758.7 h played ↗
Pay-to-win monetization and nagging
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Given the way that Daybreak Games has monetized nearly every aspect of the game and paywalls everything”
Steam review · 270.5 h played ↗
Account lockouts, login errors and poor support
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Apparently playing for a few hours and logging off is enough to be "unusual activity" and now they demand I give them my phone number to keep playing.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Tiny UI with no scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“No UI scaling means the game is unplayable.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Browser opens to sell membership on exit
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Every time you close the game it opens a window in your browser trying to sell you premium.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 + Platform Update 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater
Storage10 GB of Free Disk Space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700, hardware feature level 11_1 or greater
Storage30 GB of Free Disk Space
OSWindows 7 SP1 + Platform Update 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater
Storage10 GB of Free Disk Space
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