This officially licensed Ragnarok entry offers eight classes including a new Druid, with open-world exploration, MVP taming for mounts, player stalls, and extensive cosmetic customization. However, players consistently report it as a recycled mobile formula with aggressive monetization, aggressive level gating, and invasive third-party account requirements that undermine the Steam release.
About this game
Ragnarok: The New World is a flagship open-world adventure, officially licensed by Gravity. 8 Classes available at launch! The new Druid class makes its debut! You can tame MVPs as mounts, set up stalls as you like, and customize hundreds of outfits.
Players, last 29 days
Peak 5,278 · Low 3,712
Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.
What players are saying
▼ Not recommended1 hrs
Every few years Gravity just re-skins the same Ragnarok mobile game, throws a new title on it, and acts like it’s some big reinvention. Eternal Love, Origin, now “The New World”… it’s literally the same formula with slightly better graphics and a different name. Same grind, same cash shop nonsense, same everything.
PS: What the hell is up with that kpop girl group on the loading screen
Edit: To be fair and not miss out on the second class (often where Ragnarok starts to get good), I played for more a couple hours and managed to reach it. Throughout this journey, the gameplay pace was lightning fast, there's an experience limit in the grind, and the game revolves around a main questline. If you spend all your energy during the 24 hours of the day, you CANNOT gain more experience, simple as that, unless, of course, you pay. Gacha mechanics, automatic grinding (offline if you pay), and a shop full of boost options with real money. One system I liked is the fact that you can forge items, which can come in various rarities, and transfer the refinements and improvements from your old item to a new, eventually better one.
I don't have much positive to say about this game; it's a waste of time. Made for the alienated and brainwashed Eastern MMO audience.
3rd party launcher requires creating a non-Steam account to login...so why even bother launch on Steam, which allows developers to use Steam as a 3rd-party logon? Clearly they want your email for some other purpose...
Dear Adventurers, Ragnarok: The New World is now officially available on Steam! Adventurers can now download the game through Steam and embark on their own journey across Midgard. To address the questions you care about most, we have compiled the following FAQ. We will continue to share information about future version updates, maintenance schedules, server launch plans, and other important matters through Steam announcements and in-game notices. You are also welcome to join our official Discord and share your thoughts and suggestions with us. We will continue listening and improving. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/GhKGR6cTBm
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