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Eternal Return

Nimble Neuron · 2023-07-19

Steam

Modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale

Releases: Oct 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Eternal Return is a free-to-play, 2.5D perspective Battle Royale game. Search, Craft, Hunt, and Fight using a variety of characters. Plan your strategy and become the last survivor on this eternal experiment.

Eternal Return is a free-to-play game released in 2023, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (77% of 70093 reviews).

4,607
playing now
77%
positive of 70k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
229
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

4,607 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Eternal Return is a multiplayer battle royale game developed by Nimble Neuron and published by Kakao Games. The game was released in early access on October 14, 2020. Eternal Return features a mix of multiplayer online battle arena gameplay with survival game elements. A player can choose one of the many characters already released and is pitted against 21 other players with their two teammates to survive and battle on an island called Lumia, with the last player standing being the winner. The game is available for Microsoft Windows via Steam.

Trailer

Eternal Return trailer thumbnail

Eternal Return - Official Animation Trailer

≈693,073 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,607 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,540 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~818/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.3k6.3k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 1,840 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,305 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 680 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6,304 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 933 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,143 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 701 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,606 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 556 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,136 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 596 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 647 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,319 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,507 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,511 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,231 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,102 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,322 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 98 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

26k5032026-08-06 21:00 — 3,370 players2026-08-07 09:00 — 11,493 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 3,578 players2026-08-08 09:00 — 13,775 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 3,881 players2026-08-09 09:00 — 15,373 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 3,054 players2026-08-10 09:00 — 10,090 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,831 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 10,091 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,752 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 4,858 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 5,591 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 4,858 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 7,297 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 5,886 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 9,601 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 12,602 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 20,098 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 24,700 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 11,967 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 4,509 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 4,299 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 13,296 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 10,300 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 10,661 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 17,057 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,607 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

53192026-05-28 — 33 pageviews2026-05-31 — 25 pageviews2026-06-03 — 34 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 26 pageviews2026-06-12 — 37 pageviews2026-06-15 — 51 pageviews2026-06-18 — 28 pageviews2026-06-21 — 36 pageviews2026-06-24 — 47 pageviews2026-06-27 — 45 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-03 — 41 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 23 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-15 — 26 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 39 pageviews2026-07-27 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-08 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 42 pageviews2026-08-17 — 31 pageviews2026-08-20 — 39 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-25 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.7k1562026-08-26 19:15 — 540 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 336 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 383 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 616 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 439 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 568 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1,571 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 226 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 234 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 228 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 209 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 342 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 341 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 590 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 542 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 354 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 192 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 260 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 361 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 589 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 354 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 607 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 343 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 331 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 273 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 393 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 477 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 609 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 330 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 295 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 229 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Thai…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Windows (Xbox)3492%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DPvPMOBAAnimeActionCombatCraftingStrategySurvivalTactical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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