Nostalgia and active ongoing development
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Nexon's Mabinogi dev team is stellar, and I think they really love this game.”
Steam review · 455.6 h played ↗
Mabinogi
Worth buying? What 290 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 290 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 55%Mixed · 55%NEXON Korea Corporation2012MMORPG · RPG · Casual
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A quirky, decades-old social life-sim MMO with huge freedom, crafting, music and a friendly community, but weighed down by gacha monetization and a confusing start. Skip it if you want polished modern combat.
Great for
Nostalgic or cozy-MMO fans who like crafting, music, fashion and socializing at their own pace
Main risk
Gacha/pay-to-win pressure, dated clunky UI and a confusing start with a thinning playerbase
What players love
Huge freedom and variety of activities
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Mabinogi offers much more freedom than the typical MMORPG, letting you mix combat with crafting, trading, music and plenty of social activities.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Cozy charm, music and fashion customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“To this day the game remains one of the most customizable MMO experiences I've ever heard of with a robust fashion system.”
Steam review · 754.5 h played ↗
Friendly, helpful community
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I have never played a game that had such friendly players as this one haves.”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗
Free-to-play friendly and easier to get into
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“so much content to do for free that youll spend hundreds of hours without needing to spend a dime.”
Steam review · 16.8 h played ↗
Flexible multiclass and rebirth system
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The rebirth mechanic is geniously designed, allowing your character to multiclass an unlimited amount of classes simultaneously.”
Steam review · 302.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Gacha and pay-to-win monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“gacha gacha gacha gacha gacha, if you aren't spending hundreds of dollars in this game to get gacha only gear... you aren't gonna get to end game or have nice clothing.”
Steam review · 1360.1 h played ↗
Confusing, clunky UI and poor new-player guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Awful, clunky UI. Utterly confusing quests and events.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Game stripped of its uniqueness by updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This game is a husk of what it once was, most everything that was unique about it has been stripped down in favor of making it more like other mmo's.”
Steam review · 5369.6 h played ↗
Dying playerbase, AFK crowds and inflated economy
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There are only people in Dunbarton AFKing on channel 1 to show off outfits and titles”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Can't log in, create account or lost account
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“So I uninstalled the game and will move on, irritated that I just wasted 30 minutes of my time”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Character cards and bad Nexon support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“to even make a character you need a "character card"”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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