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New World: Aeternum cover art

New World: Aeternum

Amazon Game Studios · 2021-09-28

SteamAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

521
playing now
67%
positive of 297k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
72/100
opencritic · fair · 48% recommend
1387h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

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

New World is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Amazon Games Orange County and published by Amazon Games released on September 28, 2021. The game was previously scheduled to release in May 2020 and subsequently August 2021, but was delayed until its worldwide release on September 28, 2021. Set in the mid-seventeenth century, players colonize the lost fantasy land of Aeternum, modeled after the Americas, where everyone who travels to it becomes immortal.

Trailer

New World: Aeternum trailer thumbnail

New World: Aeternum Awaits - Official Trailer

≈238,738 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 521 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,072 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~259/week).
  • · Review velocity down 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95,009 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 5.9M–13M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 296,995 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77k77k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 23,816 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23,105 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 77,387 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17,622 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20,736 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15,350 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,346 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,547 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,946 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,209 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,526 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,571 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,084 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 820 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 504 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 495 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,253 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 782 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,143 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 542 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5,666 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 888 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,989 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 740 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 444 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,811 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,602 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,975 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,905 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 559 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,738 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,965 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,003 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3,389 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 868 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 224 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6702702026-08-06 21:00 — 439 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 305 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 357 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 517 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 411 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 433 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 522 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 400 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 452 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 545 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 317 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 378 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 434 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 345 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 363 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 442 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 330 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 421 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 670 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 364 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 313 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 580 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 507 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 391 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 512 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 486 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 275 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 490 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 521 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002019-12-122026-08-282019-12-12 — best price $39.992022-04-07 — best price $0.002024-10-15 — best price $59.992024-12-19 — best price $41.992025-01-02 — best price $59.992025-03-13 — best price $41.992025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-05-15 — best price $41.992025-05-19 — best price $59.992025-06-26 — best price $35.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992026-08-28 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6112092026-05-30 — 233 pageviews2026-06-02 — 360 pageviews2026-06-05 — 491 pageviews2026-06-08 — 437 pageviews2026-06-11 — 247 pageviews2026-06-14 — 280 pageviews2026-06-17 — 255 pageviews2026-06-20 — 216 pageviews2026-06-23 — 256 pageviews2026-06-26 — 383 pageviews2026-06-29 — 262 pageviews2026-07-02 — 236 pageviews2026-07-05 — 258 pageviews2026-07-08 — 275 pageviews2026-07-11 — 250 pageviews2026-07-14 — 240 pageviews2026-07-17 — 274 pageviews2026-07-20 — 280 pageviews2026-07-23 — 267 pageviews2026-07-26 — 289 pageviews2026-07-29 — 329 pageviews2026-08-01 — 262 pageviews2026-08-04 — 298 pageviews2026-08-07 — 252 pageviews2026-08-10 — 267 pageviews2026-08-13 — 261 pageviews2026-08-16 — 276 pageviews2026-08-19 — 243 pageviews2026-08-22 — 273 pageviews2026-08-25 — 294 pageviews2026-08-27 — 220 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13902026-08-28 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 127 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 75 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "Progress I: Getting To Know My Way Around"
25.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)69,4620%133
PS5 (PlayStation)6,4631%19
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,8131%18

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

PvEPvPRPGCo-opActionMMORPGFantasyCraftingAdventureOpen World

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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