Nostalgia and classic MMO atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The original; if you played it years ago, it's still marvellous. Nothing else ever quite had this sort of atmosphere....”
Steam review · 30.9 h played ↗
EverQuest
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 42%Mixed · 42%Darkpaw Games2012MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, deep old-school MMO with a loyal community and plenty of nostalgia, but a dated UI, aggressive monetization and multiboxed servers. Skip it if you want a polished, solo-friendly modern MMO.
Great for
Nostalgic veterans and patient fans of slow, social, old-school MMOs who like exploring and grouping
Main risk
Confusing dated UI, empty or multiboxed servers, and Daybreak's monetization and account problems
What players love
Huge world with lots of content and lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The world of Norrath is massive and it can be unforgiving. There is many lifetimes of content here to enjoy.”
Steam review · 1081.2 h played ↗
Challenging, immersive old-school design
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“That excitement, that panic, that engagement into character, is unmatched.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗
Friendly, helpful community
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The population is primarily veterans who love the game and are happy to take newcomers under wing.”
Steam review · 3035.1 h played ↗
Mercenaries and QoL make solo play possible
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“I like that it gives you the freedom to be solo for so many levels before you have to have help completing quest.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Free to play with an optional subscription
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Optional subscription which is honestly one of the best subscription plans I've seen from any company presently”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Predatory monetization and paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Almost everything is monetized now. Just sickening how greedy companies have become.”
Steam review · 218.1 h played ↗
Daybreak mismanagement and THJ shutdown backlash
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Crush anything with any shred of creativity - all so they can make EQ more and more pay to win.”
Steam review · 304.7 h played ↗
Multiboxing and bots make grouping hard
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“just pay and run 6 accounts at once so you will see full groups around but its 1 player doing it all”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
Empty servers and poor new-player experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It's just so -empty- in there.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Login, account lockouts and bad support
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Due to unusual activity on your account, we require additional account security and verification”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Confusing, dated UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“there are so many chances for the game to explain something basic about the game and its ui, and every time it chooses not to”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 + Platform Update 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater
Storage20 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700, hardware feature level 11_1 or greater
Storage20 GB HD space
OSWindows 7 SP1 + Platform Update 64-bit or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater
Storage20 GB HD space
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