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EVE Online

EVE Online

Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.

Released Dec 15, 2010 Developer CCP Platforms Windows · Mac SpaceFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

73.7%positive36,388 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 73.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“This game is a second life... once you find the 'corp' of people you were meant to hang with. You will never run out of new things to try with the elaborate skill tree. With friends, there are endless combinations of fun things that can happen. There is no other game that ten…”

— a player, Steam review · 3,023 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I love eve online While disconnecting from reality, I think the game is very easy and gives me very deep thought space. Thanks for this game. 💙”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 13 found this helpful

“Free means you wont even make it to locations to start missions without getting murdered by some asshat wallet warrior so don't waste your time unless you are prepared to dump the gdp of a small country into staying alive”

— a player, Steam review · 81 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4,197playing at last check
5,01024-hour peak
10,229all-time peak
0 5k 10k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 5.7k avg · May 2020

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 23, 2026
Rampant Drone Fabricator Sites Are Back!

Rampant capsuleers, The Gallente Election was your first chance to experience Rampant Drone Fabricator sites. Thanks to your feedback they are now being made permanently available in C1-C6 wormholes,

Jul 17, 2026
Operation Avalon Ends 20 July

Denizens of New Eden, Operation Avalon closes at downtime on 20 July. This is your final chance to fight across both fronts of the war, with the 0.72 patch for EVE Vanguard bringing a host of improvem

Jul 08, 2026
Operation Avalon: FAQ

One Universe. One War. Two Ways to Fight.From 7–20 July, capsuleers join the fight in Operation Avalon, a limited-time World Event spanning both EVE Online and EVE Vanguard.Capsuleers: The war below h

Jun 26, 2026
Military Campaigns – Bulwark Mining

Change the universe forever and bring glory to your chosen empire with new Military Campaigns in the Cradle of War expansion. A great way to advance your empire’s goals is to gather valuable resources

Jun 25, 2026
25% Off All Omega

Capsuleers, The Steam Summer Sale has arrived in New Eden, so for a limited time, you can save 25% on Omega time. Upgrade to Omega Clone state today and unlock double skill training speed, access to a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsSpace · Free to Play · Massively Multiplayer · Open World · Multiplayer · RPG · Economy · Sci-fi · Sandbox · PvP · Strategy · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , Russian * , French * , Korean * , Japanese * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese * *
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.eveonline.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz, AMD Dual Core @ 2.0 GHz) Memory: 4 GB or higher Video: AMD Radeon 5450 or NVIDIA GeForce 420 or better with at least 1024 MB VRAM