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Anarchy Online
Anarchy Online – the first ever science fiction MMO – is now on Steam! Compete and cooperate with thousands of players simultaneously on a vast, alien world. Join humanity nearly 30,000 years in the future in a world of perpetual conflict and scientific marvel.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Best MMO of all time. I've enjoyed this 25 years and counting.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Anarchy Online is one of the earliest large-scale science fiction MMORPGs, developed and published by Funcom. When it launched in 2001, the online RPG landscape was dominated almost entirely by fantasy worlds filled with knights, magic, and medieval settings. Anarchy Online…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Funcom Community Hangout – Gamescom 2023
For 30 years, gamers from all around the world have been experiencing and forming diverse and passionate communities around the vast virtual worlds developed at Funcom. These communities are invaluabl
Winter Event 2021: December 15 - January 7
Wowee let's all try not to succumb to existential dread and realize there's only two weeks left in 2021 and we're still processing 2020! Woo! Anarchy Online's winter festivities begin December 15th th
20 Years of Anarchy Online: A Brief Retrospective
Wow, twenty whole years. You did it! We did it! Anarchy Online celebrates 20 years of service this year, and to celebrate a universe of the far-flung future, we’re inviting you on a trip through the p
z0mg 20th Anniversary Event!
0mgwtf. 20 years. ...We made it! It’s not every day a game can say they’ve been up and running for 20 years, and yet here we are. We’re not even sure where to begin - aside from our fateful launch on
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Massively Multiplayer · RPG · Sci-fi · MMORPG · Adventure · Action · Open World · Strategy · Multiplayer · Cyberpunk · Futuristic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · MMO · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.anarchy-online.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 Processor: Pentium III 450MHz, 128MB RAM Graphics: Direct3D-compatible 32MB video card Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound device