LiveNovember 1999 · 27 years ago

Asheron's Call

Asheron's Call (AC) is a fantasy MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) for Microsoft Windows-based PCs developed and published by Turbine Entertainment. Though it was developed by the Turbine team (with Microsoft's extensive assistance), it was published as a Microsoft title until 2004. The game was set on the island continent of Dereth and several surrounding smaller islands and archipelagos on the fictional planet of Auberean. The game was played in a large, seamless 3D virtual world which could host thousands of players' characters at a time. Released on November 2, 1999, it was the third major MMORPG to be released and was developed at the same time as Ultima Online and Everquest. After initial success, its subscription numbers dropped as newer MMORPGs moved into the market. Its host servers remained online for over 17 years after the game's original launch.

Player stats

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1	Down 50%
August 2026	~2
July 2026	~2	—

Community activity

Daily Asheron's Call community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Twitch viewers

1 live streams

3Down 79% past month

Asheron's Call recently drew 3 live viewers on Twitch across 1 streams; viewership peaked at 45 on Aug 20, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 79% over the past month.

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Storyline

The story for players began in Portal Year 10. Through the game's monthly updates the story unfolds. Not only do players experience the current events of the world, but as the months go on and they explore, they learn much about the past. Several monthly updates build upon each other, forming a story arc. Each story arc usually lasts around one year.