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.

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Aion 2Free To Play

Aion 2

MMORPGReleased

AION 2 brings NC's Elyos-versus-Asmodian war into Unreal Engine 5, with a seamless rebuilt Atreia, tactical flight combat, and faction sieges fought o...

4
5 ratings
Project Ghost

Project Ghost

MMORPGClosed

Project Ghost was an in-development MMORPG from Fantastic Pixel Castle, the studio founded by former World of Warcraft designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" St...

4
1 rating
Grand FantasiaFree To Play

Grand Fantasia

MMORPGReleased

Grand Fantasia drops players into the war-scarred continent of Saphael as a Sprite Messenger, raising a magical companion while building toward one of...

4
1 rating
Lord of MysteriesFree To Play

Lord of Mysteries

MMORPGCBT

Lord of Mysteries drops players into a fog-choked Victorian city as a fledgling Beyonder, walking the same streets as the novel that inspired it while...

4
2 ratings
DrakantosFree To Play

Drakantos

MMORPGCBT

Drakantos drops players into the pixel-art world of Eldras as one of a growing roster of swappable heroes, teaming up for dynamic dungeons that change...

4
2 ratings
Camelot UnchainedPay To Play

Camelot Unchained

MMORPGAlpha tests

Camelot Unchained drops you into a war between three mythic Realms — Arthurian, Viking, and Tuatha Dé Danann — fighting for territory across a world s...

Anarchy OnlineFree To Play

Anarchy Online

MMORPGReleased

Anarchy Online drops you into the middle of a corporate war on the desert world of Rubi-Ka, where notum-fueled nanotechnology, dynamically generated m...

4
1 rating
Final Fantasy XIVPay To Play, Buy To Play

Final Fantasy XIV

MMORPGReleased

Final Fantasy XIV drops players into the ever-expanding world of Eorzea, where a single character can master every job from Paladin to Black Mage whil...

5
3 ratings
Gloria VictisFree To Play

Gloria Victis

MMORPGAnnounced

Gloria Victis drops you into Stoneholm, a low-fantasy medieval continent where three warring nations fight over castles, farmland, and forges using sk...

4
1 rating
ArcheAgeFree To Play

ArcheAge

MMORPGClosed

ArcheAge dropped players into the war-torn continents of Nuia and Haranya, building a life through farming, crafting, and daring trade runs across con...

4.3
3 ratings
Ultima OnlinePay To Play

Ultima Online

MMORPGReleased

Ultima Online drops you into Britannia with no class screen and no safety rails — build a character skill by skill, craft and trade in a genuinely pla...

4
1 rating
World of WarcraftBuy To Play, Pay To Play

World of Warcraft

MMORPGReleased

World of Warcraft: Midnight brings Blizzard's flagship MMORPG back to Quel'Thalas, where Xal'atath's void armies threaten the Sunwell and a rebuilt Si...

4
2 ratings