EVE Online
Skip · Multiplayer · 2010
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 73% of 39,746
- Critics
- 88 players 15 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 40% Multiplayer
Holding it back: AI content, Reviews
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 1776.9h
- To 100%
- 5680.9h 3.2x the story
Players and genre
- Online
- 3,699 now
- Recent reviews
- 71% 30 days
- Better reviewed
- 56% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 40 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Star Trek Online (free, scores 48) beats it on value, while it beats Inferna (free, scores 8).
It is still busy. 3.7K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 02:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.
More about EVE Online
Critics scored it 88, but players land 15 points lower at 73 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 282 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1776.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 5681, 3.2 times as much.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Yeah its open PVP game and exactly what it entails - small hardcore groups heavily invested in game for years. Random ganking at any given time & kill on sight unless you join some ancient alliance using thier convoluted websites and application processes. For new people its fun at start in high-sec experiencing game mechanics and such but experience goes dull very quickly. The game is not hard but just very dull in...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
"Free to Play" is a joke and the player count is completely misleading. I really wanted to give this game a fair shot, but the way it presents itself to new players is just dishonest. Here is what you're actually getting into: 1. The player count in the launcher is a lie When you start the game, the launcher shows 20,000 to 30,000 "online players". What they don't explicitly tell you is that these are logged-in...
Captains log Ansur 10924 The mining expedition went well, tomorrow travelling to the abyss, I hear rumor of rare treasure but at a large risk.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon 5450 or NVIDIA GeForce 420 or better with at least 1024 MB VRAM. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
EVE Online scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/8500/eve-onlineReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.