Every EverQuest game, ranked
All 2 EverQuest games we hold, spanning 2011 to 2012: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 5,638 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: EverQuest II (GamingPickz Score 7.0), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The EverQuest games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best EverQuest games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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EverQuest II
Best for: Trying the genre without spending anything
7.0GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceEverQuest II at a glance Released 2011 Studio Darkpaw Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 2,934 Critics 83/100 Price Free Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 79% shrinks to 79.6 on 2,934 reviews, then blends with the 83 critic aggregate, giving 7.0.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
Worth checking first- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
EverQuest at a glance Released 2012 Studio Darkpaw Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 2,704 Critics No aggregate Price Free Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 79% shrinks to 79.6 on 2,704 reviews, giving 6.6. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
Worth checking first- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
Best and worst entry
The best-received EverQuest game we can score is EverQuest II at 7.0. The lowest is EverQuest at 6.6, a 0.4-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: EverQuest II at Free. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the EverQuest entries on Steam:
- Playable: EverQuest II, EverQuest
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 EverQuest games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The EverQuest series, game by game
Every EverQuest game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2011
EverQuest II
7.0EverQuest® II is a deep fantasy MMORPG with over two decades of content, a thriving world, and ongoing expansions that keep Norrath growing. Create your hero and adventure through a massively rich, ever-evolving universe. (Steam)
Reception
Reception EverQuest II had mostly positive reception from critics, earning an 83 out of 100 average score from aggregate review website Metacritic . Many reviewers compared the title to the original EverQuest , which was viewed as one of the best and most influential examples of the genre. Greg Kasavin of GameSpot said that EverQuest II isn't the massive step for the genre that its predecessor was, but it can still be a fun and addictive online… (Wikipedia)
- 2012
EverQuest
6.6Welcome to EverQuest® - the original fantasy MMORPG. Explore huge worlds, fight challenging foes, and grow your character with friends. Discover why players have quested, grouped, and raided in Norrath for more than two decades. (Steam)
Reception
Reception Reviews of Everquest were mostly positive upon release in 1999, earning an 85 out of 100 score from aggregate review website Metacritic . Comparing it to other online role-playing titles at the time, critics called it "the best game in its class", and the "most immersive and most addictive online RPG to date". Dan Amrich of GamePro magazine declared that "the bar for online gaming has not so much been raised as obliterated" and that the game's… (Wikipedia)
EverQuest, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
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Common questions
How many EverQuest games are there?
We hold 2 EverQuest games in the catalogue, released between 2011 and 2012. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which EverQuest game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, EverQuest II rates highest at 7.0. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the EverQuest games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2011 to 2012. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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