Aion 2 hit nearly 400,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, yet the game sits at Mixed with around 59% positive reviews. NCSOFT’s free-to-play MMORPG peaked at 397,905 on October 5 and is still pulling hundreds of thousands of concurrent players in its second week. It also ranked No. 1 in sales in 15 countries during early access. Of the top 40 most helpful reviews, 34 are Not Recommended. Players keep praising the early flight, world, and collection loop, but the complaints about monetization, marketplace membership walls, and reward caps dominate. The early game is strong enough to keep people logged in even while they refuse to recommend it.

Aion 2, a free-to-play MMO action RPG, is going viral for its character creation settings — more specifically, for how busty you can make your female character.

AION 2 hit 397,905 concurrent players on Steam on its free-to-play launch day. SteamDB lists that figure as both the 24-hour peak and the all-time peak, reached about three hours before the chart. The same page still showed 355,472 in-game, with reviews at 71.34% positive across 9,000 ratings. Paid advanced access had already peaked at 171,530 on September 30, and that window required a Founder’s Pack.

ICYMI: Aion 2, a free-to-play MMO action RPG, is going viral for its character creation settings — more specifically, for how busty you can make your female character.

😂 Aion 2 devs spent 5 years perfecting combat, lore, and the world… only for gamers to spend launch day testing the mesh deformation sliders. 💀🔥 The goon squad never disappoints — truly the most dedicated QA team in gaming! 😂🎮 Be honest… what would YOU test first? 👀👇