MMOs Requiring a 4-Core CPU

4 cores is needed by games that split their workload across at least a few independent threads — for example, rendering separate from networking or physics — but without deep parallelization that keeps a large number of cores busy at once.

In section: 15 games
GrimrainFree To Play

Grimrain

MMORPGAnnounced

Starting Grimrain and wondering where the class selection went? This guide walks through the systems a new player actually meets in the current build:...

4
1 rating
Lineage 2Free To Play

Lineage 2

MMORPGReleased

Aden's castles never stay in the same hands for long, and Lineage II has built an entire twenty-three-year game around the fight to take and hold them...

5
1 rating
MapleStoryFree To Play

MapleStory

MMORPGReleased

MapleStory is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG from Nexon that has run continuously since 2003, now home to more than 260 million registered ac...

4
1 rating
Ragnarok OnlineFree To Play

Ragnarok Online

MMORPGReleased

Ragnarok Online has been running since 2002, and the card system it introduced — socketing monster drops into weapons and armor — is still one of the ...

5
2 ratings
SpiritValeBuy To Play

SpiritVale

MMORPGEarly access

SpiritVale is a class-based action MMORPG from Australian indie studio Baikun Interactive, set in the fractured world of Nevaris. Choose from seven cl...

5
1 rating
Final Fantasy XIVPay To Play, Buy To Play

Final Fantasy XIV

MMORPGReleased

Final Fantasy XIV treats its MMO story like a mainline Final Fantasy game rather than an afterthought, letting one character master every job in the g...

5
3 ratings
ArcheAgeFree To Play

ArcheAge

MMORPGReleased

Released by XL Games in 2013, ArcheAge built its reputation on sandbox freedom rarely matched since — housing, farming, shipbuilding, and open-ocean p...

4.3
3 ratings
Guild Wars 2Buy To Play

Guild Wars 2

MMORPGReleased

No holy trinity, no static quest hubs, and no subscription — Guild Wars 2 built its identity on dynamic events that reshape entire zones and combat th...

4.3
3 ratings
Pax DeiBuy To Play

Pax Dei

MMORPGReleased

Land plots, master crafting, and player-built settlements are the backbone of Pax Dei, Mainframe Industries' medieval sandbox MMO where nearly everyth...

4
3 ratings
RIFT

RIFT

MMORPGReleased

Rifts tear open across the sky at random, spilling elemental invaders into Telara and forcing nearby players to drop what they're doing and fight them...

4.5
2 ratings
The QuinfallBuy To Play

The Quinfall

MMORPGReleased

The Quinfall exited Early Access and launched its 1.0 version on February 6, 2026, and developer Vawraek Technology has kept up an unusually aggressiv...

4.5
4 ratings
Lost ArkFree To Play

Lost Ark

MMORPGReleased

Lost Ark launched in Korea in 2019 and has grown into one of the most mechanically dense action MMORPGs on the market, built by Smilegate RPG around i...

4
2 ratings