NosTale - Anime MMORPG

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Not enough reviewsNot enough reviews2017

Free to play

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A dated, grindy 2D anime MMORPG with charming pets and specialist cards, best enjoyed with friends for nostalgia. Skip it if you hate pay-to-win, heavy grind, or empty servers.

Great for

Nostalgic veterans and groups of friends who enjoy old-school grinding MMOs

Main risk

Heavy pay-to-win and endless grind make progress painful for new, solo or free players

What players love

Nostalgia and childhood memories

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“First MMORPG i played, has not been topped by anything for me. Nostalgia plays a role for sure.”
Steam review · 460.1 h played ↗

“My childhood game. absolutely love it. returning to it after almost 10 years to remember the joy i had as a kid playing it in highschool.”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗

“All my youth years were spent in this game and I regret nothing. :3”
Steam review · translated · 738.7 h played ↗

Fun with friends and good community

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“This game is awesome if you've got friends or a squad to play with.”
Steam review · 17 h played ↗

“If you play with buddies, it's fun!”
Steam review · translated · 4.5 h played ↗

“I have been playing this game for over a 12 years and Im still returning. Better community ever”
Steam review · 264 h played ↗

Charming anime art style

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“graphics are unique and cozy”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗

Unique pets and specialist card system

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“The "job" system is innovative. You collect cards that transform you into different specialists”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“Unqiue Subclass systems which are called SP Cards.”
Steam review · 96.8 h played ↗

Lots of content: raids, dungeons, PvP

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Many things to do (you never really run out of things)”
Steam review · 1513.1 h played ↗

“lots of things to do over all. hunts- quest -raids -pvp-lod”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗

Tradable cash items, playable free

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“Pro: Almost all NosMall items are tradable.”
Steam review · 2851.2 h played ↗

“You can get everything as f2p.”
Steam review · 1513.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Heavily pay-to-win

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“The most PAY TO WIN game ever. At around level 20/30 you will struggle without a good pet, to get a good pet, you can only PAY to get it.”
Steam review · 91.5 h played ↗

“if you dont have 13+ hours a day of grind, or 1k+ usd to drop per month, this game is not for you.”
Steam review · 282.1 h played ↗

“it used to be a great game, but now it's a donation dump”
Steam review · translated · 226.6 h played ↗

Dead servers, bots and multi-accounts

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The game is full of bots, and the moderators do not even care because it makes the servers look full.”
Steam review · 220.7 h played ↗

“On 100 connected characters, only 1/5 of them are effectively active players.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“As of 10.06.2020 there are critically few people in the game.”
Steam review · translated · 156.8 h played ↗

Hostile to new players, poor tutorial

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The very first quest tells you to go to the first city, which is exactly where you already are.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“The game is absolutely punishing for new player, no family/clan willing to recruit you, you can't join any raid, you will keep getting kicked.”
Steam review · 67.8 h played ↗

“I had no idea what to do or where. Seems made for those who've played a long time.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

Dated graphics, clunky UI and combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“We cannot adjust the size of any of the elements.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“Awful interface and fonts like 'where's my microscope'. You can't zoom the camera out.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗

“Skills take too long to activate after pressing the button, making fights feel incredibly slow.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

Account bans, toxic staff and server merges

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“they only want to hear one side of story, doesnt take evidence and other parties statement. so if u got reported first, u get banned no matter what u say.”
Steam review · 104.7 h played ↗

“devs make a new server every few months to kill the old one”
Steam review · 1593 h played ↗

“my character was deleted without warning or news”
Steam review · translated · 20.7 h played ↗

Brutal grind and RNG upgrades

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The game is completely based on grinding 16 hours a day. If you have a real life, you'll never reach endgame.”
Steam review · 655.1 h played ↗

“Gacha system without pity, no public drop rates.”
Steam review · 3393.4 h played ↗

“The quests are just awful, and you can't level except through quests.”
Steam review · translated · 12.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

ProcessorPentium 3 800 MHz

Memory512 MB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 2 MX

Storage6 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

ProcessorIntel i3

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsGTS 450

Storage8 GB available space

OSWindows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

ProcessorPentium 3 800 MHz

Memory512 MB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 2 MX

Storage6 GB available space

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