EverQuest

EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released on March 16, 1999. Players move their character throughout the medieval fantasy world of Norrath, often…

84 16 March 1999 Free to play

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Open world Sandbox

EverQuest is an adventure developed by 989 Studios, released 16 March 1999 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

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What EverQuest is

EverQuest is an adventure game developed by 989 Studios and released in 1999. It was published by Daybreak Game Company. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed by Verant Interactive and 989 Studios for Windows. It was released by Sony Online Entertainment in March 1999 in North America, and by Ubisoft in Europe in April 2000. A dedicated version for Mac OS X was released in June 2003, which operated for ten years before being shut down in November 2013. In June 2000, Verant Interactive was absorbed into Sony Online Entertainment, which took over full development and publishing duties of the title. Later, in February 2015, SOE's parent corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment, sold the studio to investment company Columbus Nova and it was…

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

How it was received

EverQuest holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

EverQuest launched on 16 March 1999, within three weeks of Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Silent Hill, RollerCoaster Tycoon and Metal Slug X. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia, Silent Hill, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for EverQuest yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

EverQuest: The Darkened Sea - Collector's Edition

TBA

EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark

14 April 2000

EverQuest: The Scars of Velious

5 December 2000

EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin

4 December 2001

EverQuest: The Planes of Power

29 October 2002

EverQuest: The Legacy of Ykesha

25 February 2003

EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath

9 September 2003

EverQuest: Gates of Discord

10 February 2004

EverQuest: Omens of War

14 September 2004

EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath

15 February 2005

EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow

13 September 2005

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro

21 February 2006

EverQuest: The Serpent's Spine

19 September 2006

EverQuest: The Buried Sea

13 February 2007

EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer

13 November 2007

EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction

21 October 2008

EverQuest: Underfoot

15 December 2009

EverQuest: House of Thule

12 October 2010

EverQuest: Veil of Alaris

15 November 2011

EverQuest: Rain of Fear

28 November 2012

EverQuest: Call of the Forsaken

8 October 2013

EverQuest: The Darkened Sea

28 October 2014

EverQuest: The Broken Mirror

18 November 2015

EverQuest: Empires of Kunark

16 November 2016

EverQuest: Ring of Scale

12 December 2017

EverQuest: The Burning Lands

11 December 2018

EverQuest: Torment of Velious

18 December 2019

EverQuest: Claws of Veeshan

8 December 2020

EverQuest: Terror of Luclin

7 December 2021

EverQuest: Night of Shadows

6 December 2022

EverQuest Legends

28 July 2026

Quick answers

EverQuest — frequently asked questions

When did EverQuest come out?

EverQuest was released on 16 March 1999 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Is EverQuest free?

Yes — EverQuest is free to play.

What are the minimum PC requirements for EverQuest?

At minimum, EverQuest needs Intel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_0 or greater graphics, 20 GB HD space of storage.

How many GB is EverQuest?

The PC version needs about 20 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("20 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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