Meridian 59 (2018)

Developer: Archetype Interactive, Andrew and Christopher Kirmse
Publisher: The 3DO Company, Near Death Studios
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
Rating: 4.3 of 5, 391 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 6.6 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You explore an old-school fantasy world where the main draw is guild rivalry and constant player-versus-player skirmishes in a game that feels like stepping back to the earliest days of online RPGs.

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What players say

Players praise Meridian 59 as a classic free-to-play MMO with no pay-to-win, a small but helpful community, and a punishing death system where you lose progress. Some warn that the population is low and the game feels dead, while longtime fans still call it one of the best MMOs for its design.

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