MMOs That Require 16 GB VRAM

16 GB of VRAM is needed when a game is genuinely built to use it — ray tracing, high-resolution detailed textures, a lot of geometry on screen at once. This list covers MMOs where that much memory is actually put to work, not just listed "for headroom."

In section: 20 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
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
Lord of MysteriesFree To Play

Lord of Mysteries

MMORPGCBT

Adapted from one of the best-selling web novels in Chinese fiction, with an English translation that has reached millions of readers worldwide, Lord o...

4
2 ratings
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

MMORPGClosed

Player-built ships, ocean trade routes constantly at risk of piracy, and land players actually owned and built on — that's the sandbox identity ArcheA...

4.3
3 ratings
Wuthering WavesFree To Play

Wuthering Waves

MMORPGReleased

Solaris-3 is a planet still reeling from The Lament, a calamity that shattered its old world and unleashed monstrous Tacet Discords across the ruins. ...

4
2 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