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EVE Online

Fenris Creations · 2010-12-15

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 06, 2007 (Linux), Nov 06, 2007 (Mac), May 23, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

EVE Online is a 2010 Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 39505 reviews).

3,467
playing now
73%
positive of 40k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,166
twitch viewers (latest)
72.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (345 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

3,467 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Eve Online is a space-based, persistent-world massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Fenris Creations. Players of Eve Online can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining, piracy, manufacturing, trading, exploration, and combat. The game contains a total of 7,800 star systems that can be visited by players.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,467 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,860 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~233/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.98 at Steam (2013-12-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,072 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.6k2.9k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,543 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 4,650 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,155 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3,505 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,442 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,172 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,263 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,782 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,621 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,891 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,735 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,561 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,947 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,429 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 4,553 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,850 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,506 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 4,635 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,431 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 5,515 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,603 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,320 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,467 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.7k378Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 520 · peak 815Dec 2012 — avg 1,000 · peak 2,083May 2013 — avg 607 · peak 999Oct 2013 — avg 1,014 · peak 3,420Mar 2014 — avg 1,356 · peak 2,363Aug 2014 — avg 1,364 · peak 2,315Jan 2015 — avg 1,627 · peak 2,669Jun 2015 — avg 1,056 · peak 1,759Nov 2015 — avg 775 · peak 1,456Apr 2016 — avg 957 · peak 1,568Sep 2016 — avg 890 · peak 1,444Feb 2017 — avg 2,916 · peak 4,620Jul 2017 — avg 2,100 · peak 3,139Dec 2017 — avg 3,003 · peak 4,975May 2018 — avg 2,910 · peak 4,416Oct 2018 — avg 2,701 · peak 3,988Mar 2019 — avg 2,822 · peak 4,217Aug 2019 — avg 3,241 · peak 4,875Jan 2020 — avg 3,613 · peak 5,337Jun 2020 — avg 4,686 · peak 6,818Nov 2020 — avg 4,161 · peak 10,229Apr 2021 — avg 3,944 · peak 5,623Sep 2021 — avg 3,350 · peak 5,962Feb 2022 — avg 3,594 · peak 5,084Jul 2022 — avg 3,307 · peak 4,651Dec 2022 — avg 3,812 · peak 5,889May 2023 — avg 4,589 · peak 8,141Oct 2023 — avg 3,751 · peak 6,577Mar 2024 — avg 2,880 · peak 4,156Aug 2024 — avg 2,938 · peak 4,174Jan 2025 — avg 3,265 · peak 4,733Jun 2025 — avg 3,950 · peak 6,673Nov 2025 — avg 3,840 · peak 5,955Apr 2026 — avg 4,126 · peak 6,082Aug 2026 — avg 4,042 · peak 5,862
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 12 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012021-09-232015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-02 — best price $19.992015-05-25 — best price $4.992015-05-27 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-10-22 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992015-11-25 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992015-12-08 — best price $4.992015-12-11 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-05-05 — best price $4.992016-05-09 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-08-18 — best price $4.992016-08-22 — best price $19.992016-11-15 — best price $0.002018-05-31 — best price $11.402018-07-01 — best price $0.002021-09-23 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k3182026-06-03 — 482 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,231 pageviews2026-06-11 — 553 pageviews2026-06-15 — 466 pageviews2026-06-19 — 413 pageviews2026-06-23 — 489 pageviews2026-06-27 — 363 pageviews2026-07-01 — 401 pageviews2026-07-05 — 420 pageviews2026-07-09 — 560 pageviews2026-07-13 — 562 pageviews2026-07-17 — 375 pageviews2026-07-21 — 411 pageviews2026-07-25 — 370 pageviews2026-07-29 — 366 pageviews2026-08-02 — 318 pageviews2026-08-06 — 535 pageviews2026-08-10 — 385 pageviews2026-08-14 — 411 pageviews2026-08-18 — 399 pageviews2026-08-22 — 347 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,154 pageviews2026-08-30 — 502 pageviews2026-09-03 — 418 pageviews2026-09-07 — 354 pageviews2026-09-11 — 378 pageviews2026-09-15 — 719 pageviews2026-09-19 — 361 pageviews2026-09-23 — 473 pageviews2026-09-27 — 445 pageviews2026-10-01 — 410 pageviews2026-10-05 — 427 pageviews2026-10-09 — 328 pageviews2026-10-12 — 326 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.6k2862026-09-30 22:34 — 528 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 408 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 1,725 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 614 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 898 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 1,546 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 779 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 1,951 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 841 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 410 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 1,149 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 443 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 424 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 1,299 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 407 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 2,219 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 1,277 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 1,047 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 1,777 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 708 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 807 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 1,466 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 583 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 1,804 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 1,619 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 762 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 1,055 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 579 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 865 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 1,239 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 470 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1,144 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 997 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 416 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 2,029 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 643 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 1,144 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1,426 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 1,166 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls22 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 22 DLC released, first 2017-10-03, latest 2026-02-20 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRPGSpaceActionMMORPGSci-fiEconomySandboxStrategyOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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