Huge variety of playstyles and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“So much content to do, yes i did started years ago and i still learn today.”
Steam review · 291.4 h played ↗
EVE Online
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%Fenris Creations2010Space Sim · Adventure · Simulation
The verdict
EVE Online is a deep, unforgiving player-driven sandbox with a real economy and huge fights. Skip it if you want a casual, solo-friendly or truly free game.
Great for
Patient players who love economy, spreadsheets, politics and corp-based PvP, and accept losing ships
Main risk
Getting ganked and hitting the Omega paywall as a new solo player, then feeling it is a second job
What players love
Deep player-driven sandbox and economy
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Eve online is a great experience from a full player made economy with resource harvesting to refining and manufacturing to pvp and pve combat chasing bounties and completing contracts”
Steam review · 1231.3 h played ↗
Great community and corps for new players
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Look for the EVE University corporation in game. they're entire thing is teaching new and returning players the ropes”
Steam review · 484.4 h played ↗
Massive battles and unique scale
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Massive battles - Game is pretty unmatched for this with occasional real time battles with thousands of players”
Steam review · 832.2 h played ↗
Free trial and Omega payable with ISK
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“If you do not want to pay to play, simply do exploration in low-sec as a new bro, and 2 weeks later you have enough in game currency to pay for a month.”
Steam review · 1546.7 h played ↗
Meaningful loss and real stakes
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Ships matter because losing them actually hurts.”
Steam review · 2183.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ganking and hostile PvP toward new players
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Game is nothing but gankers killing you for no reason, can't mine, can't haul, can't craft, just gankers killing you over and over.”
Steam review · 201.1 h played ↗
Free-to-play is really a demo; Omega paywall
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Core game mechanics that let you progress and make an impact are locked behind a $20 a month subscription.”
Steam review · 247.7 h played ↗
Multiboxing and bots dominate
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It’s not "Massively Multiplayer" when every "person" you see in a system is just an alt of the guy you’re already talking to.”
Steam review · 87.4 h played ↗
Confusing UI, poor tutorial, steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“This game is too difficult to understand and navigate, the beginners guide/assistant abandons you too soon and leaves you to fend for yourself.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Toxic community
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Most toxic community in any online game.”
Steam review · 60 h played ↗
Boring grind and time sink
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“90 % of the time spent is just monotonous travelling. EVE is a chore simulator.”
Steam review · 25.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz, AMD Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz)
Memory4 GB or higher
GraphicsAMD Radeon 5450 or NVIDIA GeForce 420 or better with at least 1024 MB VRAM
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.6 GHz or greater
Memory16 GB or greater
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 or better with at least 4 GB VRAM
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz, AMD Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz)
Memory4 GB or higher
GraphicsAMD Radeon 5450 or NVIDIA GeForce 420 or better with at least 1024 MB VRAM
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