Rank 8 – Throne and Liberty
Setting: Fantasy | Developer: NCsoft | Platform: PC, Consoles | Release Date: October 1, 2024 | Model: Free2Play | Steam Rating: 67% Positive | Active Players: 5,643
How many players does it have on Steam? In the past 30 days, there have been an average of 5,643 players online simultaneously. The peak for the current month is 10,385 concurrent players. At the end of 2025, the numbers were almost twice as high. Currently, there is a lack of new content and good reasons to go online.
What kind of game is this? The new MMORPG from NCSoft (Aion, Guild Wars, Lineage) was originally planned as Lineage Eternal and was supposed to adopt an isometric perspective. Due to the extremely critical feedback from testers, a years-long overhaul followed starting in 2017, and it was finally renamed to Throne and Liberty.
In its current form, T&L places an unusual emphasis on the “Massively” in “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game” – for modern online role-playing games.
- You can encounter more characters in the game world than in many other MMORPGs.
- Many contents are aimed at guilds – anyone wanting to get the most out of the MMORPG should join a community of like-minded individuals.
- Many group and raid challenges have a (partly optional) PvP element.
- Servers and technology are designed to bring many characters together in one region without noticeable performance drops.
Moreover, the focus that T&L places on its own game world is particularly noteworthy. Thanks to animal forms and grappling hooks, you can move very mobile through the regions, and you will find quest givers and secrets everywhere. Additionally, the game world reacts dynamically to weather and environmental influences as well as the time of day.
By the way, you don’t need a Game Pass Core or PlayStation Plus membership for Throne and Liberty. Furthermore, the MMORPG has been released with a Free2Play payment model in the West. So, it’s easy to just take a look.
Who is this interesting for? Anyone who is interested in an MMORPG that focuses heavily on guild and raid content with hundreds and sometimes even more than 1,000 players should definitely try Throne and Liberty.
Just moving through the game world, questing, leveling up, and participating in events, while being surrounded by other player characters, is a great feeling. By the way, NCsoft has revealed how successful the MMORPG has been so far: Throne and Liberty was long the unloved stepchild of NCsoft, now the creators are finally revealing how much money the MMORPG has made
