Deep sandbox: ships, farming, housing, trade
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Never before have I played a game where you can do just about anything. Make a farm, grow what you need.”
Steam review · 3771.7 h played ↗
ArcheAge
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 52%Mixed · 52%XLGAMES2015MMORPG · Sandbox · RPG
The verdict
A once-great sandbox MMO with ships, housing, farming and class mixing, now shut down and delisted. Players blame pay-to-win and greedy publishers; skip it unless you want a private server.
Great for
Nostalgic MMO fans and sandbox lovers who like sailing, farming, housing and open-world PvP, via private servers
Main risk
The official game is shut down, and its pay-to-win and labor systems soured even its fans
What players love
Beautiful graphics and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This was one of the prettiest games I have played to this day. I don't think water could look better.”
Steam review · 261.6 h played ↗
Great open-world and naval PvP
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Best pvp mechanics ever: 1v1 8/10, smallscale 10/10, open world 10/10, Raid v Raid 8/10, naval combat 10/10”
Steam review · 6197.1 h played ↗
Great memories and community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the time spent and friends made are unforgettable”
Steam review · 1211.2 h played ↗
Flexible class-mixing system
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“AWESOME class system, want to be a necromancer and sorcerer at the same time”
Steam review · 312.8 h played ↗
Free-to-play viable without paying
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“(Almost) everything in the game can be done TOTALY free, not one single penny spent on the game.”
Steam review · 863 h played ↗
What players complain about
Publisher greed and ruined management
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“You had a GOLD MINE. Instead, you ran it into the ground didn't you, Kakao? You and your greed.”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
Pay-to-win cash shop and RNG gear
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Incredible game stuck behind the literal worst P2W I have seen in my life.”
Steam review · 726.5 h played ↗
Shut down; characters and accounts lost
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Shutdown with no way to play.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Labor system paywalls everything
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Want to craft something? That costs labour”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Won't install, launch or patch
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The game just doesn't install. I let it sit for hours and it shows 100% but the play button isn't highlighted”
Steam review · 25 h played ↗
Unchained buyers forced into subscription
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“They took the game away from us basically hiding it behind a subscription AFTER they took our money.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported70 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8.1
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8000 series 512MB / AMD Radeon HD 4000 series 512MB
Storage70 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10, 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7
Memory4 MB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon HD 7850
Storage70 MB available space
OSWindows 8.1
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8000 series 512MB / AMD Radeon HD 4000 series 512MB
Storage70 GB available space
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