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Wurm Online cover art

Wurm Online

Code Club AB · 2020-07-24

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

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

Releases: Dec 12, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2012 (Mac), Dec 12, 2012 (Linux)

A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!

194
playing now
62%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

194 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Wurm Online is a 3D massively multiplayer online video game (MMO) developed by Code Club AB. Development started in 2002-2003 by friends Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson, and was released for personal computers using Java in 2006. Both player versus player and realm versus realm combat are possible in the game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 194 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 130 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (599 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32732720202026Week of 2020-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

194522026-08-06 22:00 — 144 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 120 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 133 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 176 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 171 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 108 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 138 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 59 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 124 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 157 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 124 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 145 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 97 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 167 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 110 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 102 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 146 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 124 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 80 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 165 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 150 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 194 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

162282026-06-01 — 72 pageviews2026-06-04 — 49 pageviews2026-06-07 — 63 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-16 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 46 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-28 — 55 pageviews2026-07-01 — 162 pageviews2026-07-04 — 73 pageviews2026-07-07 — 43 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-13 — 52 pageviews2026-07-16 — 58 pageviews2026-07-19 — 44 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-31 — 43 pageviews2026-08-03 — 53 pageviews2026-08-06 — 48 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 45 pageviews2026-08-15 — 46 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 32 pageviews2026-08-24 — 43 pageviews2026-08-27 — 37 pageviews2026-08-28 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
27%
earned "Wurmian"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9690%80

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

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGIndieMMORPGFantasySandboxBuildingSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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