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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)

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.

3,819
playing now
73%
positive of 39k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,835
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3,819 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Set more than 21,000 years in the future, the background story of Eve Online explains that humanity, having used up most of Earth's resources through centuries of explosive population growth, began colonizing the rest of the Milky Way. As on Earth, this expansion also led to competition and fighting over available resources, but everything changed with the discovery of a natural wormhole leading to an unexplored galaxy subsequently dubbed "New Eden." Dozens of colonies were founded, and a structure, a gate of sorts (which bears the inscription "EVE" on the New Eden side), was built to stabiliz(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,819 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 5% of 10,710 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

5.6k2.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,430 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3,046 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,394 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,851 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,403 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4,857 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,125 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,586 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 5,202 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,992 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 3,037 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 4,344 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,450 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,945 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 4,408 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,214 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 3,059 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4,407 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 5,338 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3,209 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3,132 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 4,945 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,491 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 4,187 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 5,002 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,487 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 3,311 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,823 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,819 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

7.0k2042026-08-26 19:15 — 866 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 749 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 372 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 320 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 400 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 593 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 737 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1,022 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,121 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 337 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 338 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 440 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 650 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 691 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,021 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 924 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 407 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 208 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 204 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 343 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 844 viewers2026-08-29 14:12 — 4,159 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 6,705 viewers2026-08-29 17:12 — 6,086 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 7,017 viewers2026-08-29 20:12 — 5,957 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 5,981 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1,310 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 835 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 531 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 792 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 868 viewers2026-08-30 14:12 — 3,794 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 5,835 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

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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