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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“EverQuest has had, for more than 25 years, everything that MMORPG players have been searching for without quite knowing where to find it. Its design comes from a much deeper heritage than you might imagine. You cannot…”
“If you like old school slow paced games that are more about the exploration and the journey rather than the end game then this is a great game to play. If you don't want to worry about the subscription you get most of…”
“It's EverQuest, or as it was known it the early 2000s, Evercrack. It still gets updates and expansions, and still has a lot of people playing. If you want an MMO that is still a challenge, a journey, and yes a grind,…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've been playing this game since it's launch in the late 90's. It's not for everyone. This game is still one of, if not, the most difficult MMO you'll encounter. It has a very steep learning curve. The graphics are…”
“It's EverQuest, or as it was known it the early 2000s, Evercrack. It still gets updates and expansions, and still has a lot of people playing. If you want an MMO that is still a challenge, a journey, and yes a grind,…”
“I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO TYPE HERE I WAS 11 AND THE INTERNET WAS MOSTLY KIND OLD NERDS AND NO ONE WAS TOXIC YET you had to be there -- watch some videos idk how to possibly pitch this to someone who doesn't like it except…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i played in the 2000s. it was fun to revisit. leveled up much faster with the new tutorial.”
“Good OL TIMES!!!! Fast leveing is nice. Lots of everything......”
“"73 minutes played" more like 1999-2004... really enjoyed EQ back in the day, the GFX are unfortunitly abit too far dated for me to ever want to jump back in. but the class and AA systems are really something all other…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've been playing this game since it's launch in the late 90's. It's not for everyone. This game is still one of, if not, the most difficult MMO you'll encounter. It has a very steep learning curve. The graphics are…”
“this game gives me so much nostalgia, just had a newborn and I decided to load up everquest remembering all the good times i had growing up watching my dad in the early 2000s play his paladin named Sawoutsiders, he was…”
“A fun social game to play with friends or a place to make new ones. A classic for a reason!”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've been playing this game since it's launch in the late 90's. It's not for everyone. This game is still one of, if not, the most difficult MMO you'll encounter. It has a very steep learning curve. The graphics are…”
“With a graphics update to compete with modern titles, this game would absolutely crush everything out there - so much content.”
“EverQuest is a fantastic MMO and sets the bar for comparable titles. My first MMO was Final Fantasy XI, but EverQuest has replaced it to become my favorite. Many of the game systems from XI were pulled from EQ, and I…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I've been playing this game since it's launch in the late 90's. It's not for everyone. This game is still one of, if not, the most difficult MMO you'll encounter. It has a very steep learning curve. The graphics are…”
“It's EverQuest, or as it was known it the early 2000s, Evercrack. It still gets updates and expansions, and still has a lot of people playing. If you want an MMO that is still a challenge, a journey, and yes a grind,…”
“Excellent game dated graphics but not in a bad way, classic fun.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“They have made the game playable for all types of players through out the years. Despite the out dated UI and graphics being a game from 1999 launch the complexity and immersive trade skill, Extensive class an race to…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I will play this game again if they put in game maps for all zones, im done with downloading the fking maps and putting them into the folder.”
“as a new player who watched a video on this game- theres a lot of tabs open and the ui is rlly hard to navigate :(( i understand why people like this game because the graphics have that fun retro-ish vibe but its a…”
“They have made the game playable for all types of players through out the years. Despite the out dated UI and graphics being a game from 1999 launch the complexity and immersive trade skill, Extensive class an race to…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“as a new player who watched a video on this game- theres a lot of tabs open and the ui is rlly hard to navigate :(( i understand why people like this game because the graphics have that fun retro-ish vibe but its a…”
“Game is way to confusing to get around, takes 5 hours just to find the correct spot. No thanks.”
“A timeless classic and the granddaddy of all modern MMOs. The game’s mechanics, interface, graphics, and gameplay would be considered archaic by modern standards, but at its core is a rich and rewarding MMORPG…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I will play this game again if they put in game maps for all zones, im done with downloading the fking maps and putting them into the folder.”
“Daybreak is really fumbling the management of this game, i attempt to get all access and receive an error message. I login to daybreak games to attempt to open a ticket and get a login failure on the ticket site even…”
“I was just getting into i hit lvl 15 everything was going fine and just picked up new spells for he next 5 levels then my camera angle got all ♥♥♥♥♥♥ weird it was like zoomed in but back 10 feet away.. i googled it ..…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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,
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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · RPG · Massively Multiplayer · MMORPG · Fantasy · Classic · Old School · Dwarf · Adventure · Multiplayer · Action · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://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