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EverQuest

EverQuest

Welcome to EverQuest® - the original fantasy MMORPG. Explore huge worlds, fight challenging foes, and grow your character with friends. Discover why players have quested, grouped, and raided in Norrath for more than two decades.

Released Dec 13, 2012 Developer Darkpaw Games Publisher Daybreak Game Company Platforms Windows Free to PlayRPGMassively MultiplayerMMORPGFantasy
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.

80.6%positive2,403 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“I launched EverQuest for the first time in December 2025. Before that, I had spent a lot of time playing World of Warcraft, Lineage 2, and Guild Wars throughout the 2000s. Both EverQuest games always felt like something from a completely distant world - almost unreachable due to…”

— a player, Steam review · 96 hrs played
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“It's the game of games. The first world-famous MMO. One game to rule them all. The Unsullied Game. The Breaker of Brains. But seriously? My best friend got me into this game, and is why I begged my family for my first computer when I was very young, I believe I was 9. This world…”

— a player, Steam review · 569 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“game is one of my fav been playing since 2000 but this game isn't new player friendly most people (not all but enough to make trying to do anything group based a pain) just pay and run 6 accounts at once so you will see full groups around but its 1 player doing it all so you end…”

— a player, Steam review · 116 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

391playing at last check
42824-hour peak
985all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 524 avg · Jun 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 02, 2019
Death, Death, Death!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4314528/1cdc4eac3284edb8d83c4897320f9a3e442f6207.jpg The Death, Death, Death event is back tomorrow! Tudasali, Emissary of Thurgadin,

Jul 01, 2019
Summer Spectacular 2019!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4314528/3463e3426efd42ef6973f3953c38f91b332f80e1.jpg Summer Spectacular! Summer is here, the days are long, and that means it's time

Jun 17, 2019
Producer's Letter: Summer 2019

Good day, Norrathians! From 20th Anniversary in March to now, it’s been a blur! Thanks to the communities on all servers for a great year so far, and a big welcome to the communities that have formed

Dec 11, 2018
New Expansion: The Burning Lands

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4314528/64651cebe16603bcf10de3f6924480940f589647.jpg Hail, brave heroes of Norrath, and brace yourselves! The longstanding peace betw

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresMassively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · RPG · Massively Multiplayer · MMORPG · Fantasy · Classic · Old School · Dwarf · Adventure · Multiplayer · Action · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.everquest.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 + Platform Update 64-bit or newer Processor: Intel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater DirectX®: 11.0 Hard Drive: 20 GB HD space