Lineage (series)

Lineage
The Lineage II variation of the series logo
Genre(s)MMORPG
Developer(s)NCSoft
Netmarble Neo
Snail
Publisher(s)NCSoft
Netmarble Games
Tencent Holdings
Snail
Platform(s)
First releaseLineage
September 3, 1998
Latest releaseThrone and Liberty
December 7, 2023

Lineage (Korean: 리니지) is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game franchise by the South Korean video game developer NCSoft. It has become highly popular in South Korea with subscriptions counting into the millions, but is also available in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and English-language versions. It is also one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time, having grossed $9.7 billion in lifetime revenue, as of 2019.