Non-Target Combat MMOs

Non-Target Combat MMOs

No tab-targeting, no locking onto an enemy from across the map — non-target combat MMOs put aim, timing, and positioning in the player's hands instead of a hotkey. Abilities are aimed manually like a shooter or action game, dodges and blocks actually depend on where you're standing, and a missed swing is a missed swing, not a guaranteed hit rolled against a target lock. It's the design philosophy that action-combat fans gravitate toward when tab-target MMOs start feeling too passive. This tag covers non-target (action combat) MMOs built around real-time precision, from Black Desert Online's fast-paced combat to newer titles chasing the same skill-based feel.

Found 25 games
CrossoutFree To Play

Crossout

MMOFPSSimulatorsReleased

Crossout is a post-apocalyptic vehicular combat game from Targem Games in which armored vehicles aren't chosen from a catalog but hand-assembled from ...

4
1 rating
Escape from TarkovBuy To Play

Escape from Tarkov

MMOFPSReleased

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore extraction shooter where death costs you nearly everything you carried, except for whatever fits in a small secure co...

4
1 rating
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,...

4
1 rating
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...

5
1 rating
Dune: AwakeningBuy To Play

Dune: Awakening

MMOFPSMMORPGReleased

Dune: Awakening drops you onto Arrakis in a timeline where Paul Atreides was never born and the Fremen have vanished without explanation. Extract wate...

5
1 rating
Once HumanFree To Play

Once Human

MMORPGMMOFPSReleased

Capture anomalous creatures called Deviations, install them in your base to mine ore and cook your meals, then send them ahead to the next season when...

5
1 rating
Star CitizenBuy To Play

Star Citizen

MMORPGCBT

Backed by more than a billion dollars from players since 2012, Star Citizen is the most heavily crowdfunded game ever made and still runs as an alpha....

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
Gloria VictisFree To Play

Gloria Victis

MMORPGAnnounced

Gloria Victis is a low-fantasy medieval sandbox MMORPG where politics, territory, and siege warfare matter as much as combat skill. Guilds fight for c...

4
2 ratings
Mortal Online 2Buy To Play

Mortal Online 2

MMORPGReleased

Every fight in Mortal Online 2 is full-loot and first-person, with skill-based combat replacing levels or gear checks entirely, so a new character can...

4
1 rating
Blade & SoulFree To Play

Blade & Soul

MMORPGReleased

Blade & Soul NEO brings NCSoft's wuxia martial-arts MMORPG back with remastered Unreal Engine 4 visuals, Infinite Windwalk traversal, and combat built...

3
1 rating
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