ArcheAge

ArcheAge

XLGAMES · 2015 · Massively Multiplayer, Free to Play, MMORPG, Open World, RPG

PC
Mixed52% · 78980Metacritic1playing now
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About ArcheAge

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Explore a massive open world across multiple continents as one of six unique races, engaging in naval combat, siege warfare, and dynamic PvP battles on land, sea, and air. Build your legacy through housing, farming, guild conquest, and uncovering ancient secrets while enjoying unparalleled freedom in traversal through mounts, gliders, ships, and trade routes.


A vast open-world sandbox MMORPG with everything you can possibly imagine.



On Nuia lives those in harmony with nature through their firm belief in the love of the Goddess Nui. On Harihara, those filled with the spirit of the Goddess labor to shape nature itself. These two continents are where our story begins.

Cut across vast expanses of land on a horse or a snow lion. Board a ship and trade across the great and mighty ocean. Search far and wide for hidden treasures. There is a conspiracy that is lurking in the shadows of this world. Will you be the one to stop it from coming to fruition?

Whether you are training your cannons on an enemy ship or bombarding enemy castle ramparts with a siege engine, you will be uncovering the secrets of the awakening lands, the Lost Continent, and its former denizens. So, revive the legacy of Delphinad, the greatest city ever to exist. Retrace the tracks left by the ancient heroes and gods who had no choice but to travel to the Lost Continent to destroy it.

ArcheAge is home to six major races: the spiritual Nuians, secretive Elves, and crafty Dwarves share the western continent, while the nomadic Firran, cunning Harani, and fearsome Warborn inhabit the continent to the east. Explore 6 unique races with 364 possible class combinations built from 14 skillsets.

Loose ties connect the neighboring races, but allegiances are fluid, forever complicated by the whims of pirate factions sailing, trading, and pillaging at will.

Gliders, Mounts, Ships, and Trade



Ride and glide on mounts to quickly explore the continent. Want to go up on top of mountain peaks? Try using Gliders. Want to explore other continents across the seas? Build ships and set sail. There are no limits to where you can go in ArcheAge. Walk on your feet, ride a donkey, or drive vehicles to explore and trade throughout the continents.

Battle for you, your guild, and your faction



In ArcheAge, you can battle on the ground, the seas, or even in the air. There are no limits. Defeat monsters with your unique set of skills, and conquer all sort of dungeons. You can also glide and fight in the air on your glider.

Craft siege gear and use it to lead your side to victory in wars. Enter Auroria with your Guild, build castles, and push opposing factions away to expand your grounds. Craft various ships such as rowboats, battle clippers, and schooners to set sail on sea. Protect your schooner from pirates. There's also a chance you may run into Kraken, the hidden foe of the sea, so be on guard.

Housing, Farming, Guild



You'll always have some good neighbors around your home. Help each other build up the community and make your neighborhood flourish!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended May 24, 2026
I am leaving this review in 2026, remembering how amazing this game was at launch. I miss you before you got all Fked up on Kakao drugs RIP
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 24, 2026
Abandoned!
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 19, 2026
Game was great until Kakao took over and changed it to a pay 2 play and pay to win.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 17, 2026
MMO, not for me, better MMO's exist. Dated.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 3, 2026
Every once in a while I miss this game. I was apart of the first launch on the Glyph client and loved every bit of it. This game became my main game for the better half of 2 years, and to this day there are systems this game had that I actively hold standard towards other games in the MMO genre. Best class design and combat system I've came across, best profession system, best player housing system, stunning visuals and great sound design. Although gearing was an issue, the later implemented gear equalization arena made PvP feel balanced. It's a shame this game fell to the P2W mafia, if it wasn't for the lootboxes and the credit card being your best in slot weapon I would've said this is by far my favorite MMO to date. It's a shame, this game had so much potential only to be squandered by corporate greed...
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 11, 2026
the only game u get to play while not having to pay for a sub is nice its good if u wanna play a wow like game u get to choose classes and race lots of quests and more side quests with lore

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