AION 2’ Players Mark 108M Hours Played in 18 Days

Can I have some of those hours for myself?

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Genghis Husameddin

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Last Friday, publisher NC dropped some stats regarding their recent global MMORPG launch ‘AION 2’. Within 18 days, players have logged more than 108.2 million hours in the fantasy world of Atreia, more than 6,000 years of combined playtime—madness!

Those statistics and more were published in the infographic right down under (not Australia):

Starting with Early Access on 30 September and the public launch on 5 October on Steam and NC’s own platform PURPLE, AION 2 has reached more than 400,000 concurrent players, making waves as one of 2026’s biggest surprises. Twitch viewers paid attention, too—AION 2 garnered more than 35.6 million hours watched on the streaming platform since Early Access began, with Steam Charts ranking it the fourth most-watched game on Twitch from 5-12 October.

Blazing equally hot is the war between the game’s two factions, the Elyosians and Asmodians. Players have recorded more than 26.4 million PvP kills and cleared 53.2 million instances while completing 21.1 million party dungeon runs. Urugugu Canyon is the most-cleared instance at nearly four million clears on Normal difficulty. Players have been very busy, creating more than 6.3 million characters, led by the Gladiator, the most-played class, followed by the Chanter and the Sorcerer.

AION 2 is now live across PC via Steam/PURPLE as a free-to-play MMORPG title.

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