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Meridian 59

Archetype Interactive · The 3DO Company · 2018-08-28

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 15, 1995 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Meridian 59 was the first 3D massively multiplayer game, released in 1996. It's back, and it's free to play!

Meridian 59 is a free-to-play Indie, Massively Multiplayer and RPG title released in 2018, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 391 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 391 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Meridian 59 is a 1996 video game developed by Archetype Interactive and published by The 3DO Company. It was the first 3D graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and one of the longest running original online role-playing games. The development team included John Hanke, who later founded Niantic, Inc. and codeveloped Google Earth and Pokémon Go.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
141Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 14 · peak 31Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 44Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvPRPGIndieMMORPGClassicFantasyAction RPGFree to PlayMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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