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Anarchy Online cover art

Anarchy Online

Funcom · 2017-02-22

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Feb 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Anarchy Online is an Action, Adventure, Free To Play, and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2017, which is free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (82% of 289 reviews).

3
playing now
82%
positive of 289 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Anarchy Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) published and developed by Norwegian video game development company Funcom. Released in June 2001, the game was the first in the genre to include a science-fiction setting, dynamic quests, instancing, free trials, and in-game advertising. The game's ongoing storyline revolves around the fictional desert planet Rubi-Ka, wherein a valuable mineral known as Notum is found. Players assume the role of a new colonist to Rubi-Ka. With no specific objective to win Anarchy Online, the player advances the game through the improvement of a character's skills over time. After more than 20 years, Anarchy Online has become one of the oldest surviving games in the genre.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $14.95 at FunStock Digital (2015-04-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.68$0.002015-04-132017-02-242015-04-13 — best price $14.952015-04-23 — best price $22.462015-04-30 — best price $23.062015-06-18 — best price $23.682015-07-08 — best price $23.082016-02-16 — best price $22.222016-05-06 — best price $21.562016-06-24 — best price $20.002016-07-07 — best price $19.272017-02-24 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

78332026-06-02 — 62 pageviews2026-06-06 — 44 pageviews2026-06-10 — 53 pageviews2026-06-14 — 48 pageviews2026-06-18 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 49 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-30 — 47 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-20 — 41 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-28 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-05 — 55 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 61 pageviews2026-08-29 — 48 pageviews2026-09-02 — 40 pageviews2026-09-06 — 55 pageviews2026-09-10 — 63 pageviews2026-09-14 — 52 pageviews2026-09-18 — 59 pageviews2026-09-22 — 78 pageviews2026-09-26 — 74 pageviews2026-09-30 — 58 pageviews2026-10-04 — 65 pageviews2026-10-08 — 58 pageviews2026-10-11 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-02-22, latest 2017-06-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionMMORPGSci-fiStrategyAdventureCyberpunkFuturisticOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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