EVE Online
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.
- Price (US)
- Free to play
- Developer
- Fenris Creations
- Released
- Dec 15, 2010
- Genres
- Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Metacritic
- 88 ↗
- Website
- eveonline.com ↗
How many people are playing EVE Online?
EVE Online had 3,866 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 3, 2026, 01:00 UTC, down 3.3% from 3,999 a day earlier. As of Nov 3, 2026, 01:00 UTC, it ranks #196 of the 502 games tracked here, up 12 places from #208 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 17, 2026 is 6,283, on Oct 10, 2026; the latest reading is 62% of that.
Over the last four weeks, EVE Online has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 19:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent EVE Online updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Sep 22, 2026 Major update Cradle of War Major Update Is Live ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Jun 9, 2026 Major update The Cradle of War Expansion is Here ↗ Not tracked the week before
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