PvE-Focused MMOs

PvE-Focused MMOs

For players who'd rather team up against the world than fight each other, PvE-focused MMOs put dungeons, raids, story campaigns, and cooperative content front and center — with player-versus-player combat kept optional or entirely off the table. These are the games built around progression, boss mechanics, and gearing up alongside a guild rather than watching your back in open-world PvP. Explore PvE MMOs where the real challenge comes from the encounter design, not other players — from Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft's PvE scene to co-op-driven titles built with the same philosophy.

Found 83 games
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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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
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...

4
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ARC RaidersBuy To Play

ARC Raiders

MMOFPSReleased

ARC Raiders is a third-person extraction shooter from Embark Studios, set on a near-future Earth overrun by a mechanized threat called ARC. Raiders sc...

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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,...

4
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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...

5
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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...

4
1 rating
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...

4
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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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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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1 rating
Wolcen 2Buy To Play

Wolcen 2

MMORPGAnnounced

Anathea, the goddess holding the Rift between reality and the demonic Void shut, is dying, and the world she's protected is sliding back toward collap...

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1 rating