Lineage II
Lineage II is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Windows and the second game in the Lineage series. It is a prequel to Lineage and is set 150 years before the first game. It has become popular since its October 1, 2003 launch in South Korea, reporting 40,027,918 unique users during the month of March 2007. To date, the game has been played by more than 94 million users from all over the world.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2003
- Developer
- NC
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 October 2003 |
|---|---|
| Developer | NC |
| Publisher | NC |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q477199, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Lineage II? How long to beat it
Total play time for Lineage II is about 1578 hours to do everything, and around 933.7 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 933.7h | 3 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 1578h | 3 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Lineage II sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Lineage II lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 64ahead of 17% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 55ahead of 92% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Lineage II
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Common questions about Lineage II
What platforms is Lineage II on?
Lineage II is available on PC. It first released in 2003.
Who made Lineage II?
Lineage II was developed by NC and published by NC.
How long does it take to beat Lineage II?
about 933.7 hours for the main story, 1578 hours with the main extras, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.