MMORPG

MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is the genre that started the entire MMO industry — and it's still the backbone of it. A character you grow from nobody to server legend, a world shared with thousands of other players at once, and an economy, guild structure, and PvP scene that keep running whether you're logged in or not: those three pillars are what actually define an MMORPG. It's the format that set the standard for what "MMO" even means — a persistent world, role-playing progression, and a living community instead of a solo campaign. This section covers the catalog, news, guides, and release calendar for MMORPGs of every kind, from genre-defining classics like World of Warcraft and Lineage II to the new titles shaping where the genre goes next.

130 games in genre
MalinovkaFree To Play

Malinovka

MMORPGSimulatorsReleased

Malinovka is a free Russian roleplay server built on a modified GTA: San Andreas engine, where players work as truckers, police, or criminal factions ...

Lineage 2 EssenceFree To Play

Lineage 2 Essence

MMORPGReleased

Lineage 2 Essence is NCSoft's free-to-play take on the classic Korean MMORPG Lineage II, built around faster leveling and an auto-hunt system that tra...

NorrothFree To Play

Norroth

MMORPGReleased

Norroth is a tile-based MMORPG that one independent developer has been building since 2018, and it's adding a Steam client alongside a version 1.0 upd...

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MU OnlineFree To Play

MU Online

MMORPGReleased

MU Online is a South Korean isometric MMORPG from Webzen, first launched in 2001 and still receiving seasonal content updates today. Its defining feat...

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Blue Protocol: Star ResonanceFree To Play

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance

MMORPGReleased

The original Blue Protocol never made it past Japan before Bandai Namco shut it down — Blue Protocol: Star Resonance carries its world forward anyway,...

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TERAFree To Play

TERA

MMORPGClosed

TERA drops you into Arborea, a world built by two sleeping titans and torn apart by a war among twelve gods — one of the first MMORPGs to trade tab-ta...

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Aion ClassicFree To Play

Aion Classic

MMORPGReleased

Aion Classic is a permanent legacy server for NCSoft's Aion, rebuilding the fantasy MMORPG's original 2009 launch of winged combat and open faction wa...

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Runes of MagicFree To Play

Runes of Magic

MMORPGReleased

Released by Runewaker Entertainment in 2009, Runes of Magic built its identity around a dual-class system that lets players combine any two of ten cla...

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EVE FrontierFree To Play

EVE Frontier

MMORPGEarly access

Civilization collapsed generations ago, and EVE Frontier hands survivors nothing but a ship, a signal from three black holes, and the very real job of...

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The IsleBuy To Play

The Isle

MMORPGSimulatorsEarly access

One egg, no second chances, and an entire lifetime to lose — that's The Isle. This hardcore multiplayer survival game puts you inside a dinosaur's ful...

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ARK: Survival EvolvedBuy To Play

ARK: Survival Evolved

MMORPGReleased

Released by Studio Wildcard in 2017, ARK: Survival Evolved puts players on a prehistoric island where taming, breeding, and riding over a hundred dino...

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Where Winds MeetFree To Play

Where Winds Meet

MMORPGReleased

Pick a weapon, join a sect or steal your skills the hard way, and Where Winds Meet drops you into tenth-century China's jianghu as a wandering martial...

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