List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games
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MMORPGs (Massively multiplayer online role-playing games) are massively multiplayer games in that they take place in a perpetual online world with hundreds or thousands of other players. They are also computer role-playing games in that each player controls an avatar which interacts with other players, completes tasks to gain experience and acquires items.[1]
0-9
- 2Moons — 3D Extreme-Action/Fantasy, free-to-play
- 9Dragons — 3D Chinese Martial Arts Adventure, free-to-play
A
- A Tale in the Desert — 3D Non-combat
- Active Worlds — 3D Virtual Reality
- Ace Online – 3D science fiction, spaceship combat. Previously known as Space Cowboy Online. Free-to-play
- Aces High 2 — 3D WW2 Fight Simulator.
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (May 2008) — 3D Fantasy
- Aion: The Tower of Eternity — (under development, beta) 3D Fantasy
- Alganon — (under development) 3D Fantasy
- Anarchy Online — 3D Science Fiction, partial Free-to-play
- Angel Love Online — Sprite-based Fantasy
- ArchLord — 3D Fantasy, Free-to-play since August 2007. The game is now free to play without having to pay to register for the game.
- Armada Online — (Under development, alpha) Science Fiction
- Asda Story — Fantasy, partial free-to-play
- Asheron's Call — 3D Fantasy
- Asheron's Call 2 — (defunct) 3D Fantasy
- Atlantica Online — 3D Fantasy, Strategy Turn-based, f2p.
- AWplanet — 3D Science Fiction, partial free-to-play
- AdventureQuest Worlds - 2.5D Fantasy, free-to-play with option of upgrade.
B
- Blade & Soul — (Under Developement) 3D Oriental Martial Art
- Blood Wars - Become a vampire and fight with others in the last city in the world.
- BOTS!! - Online Robot fighting
- BATTLESTAR RELOADED!!- Free 2D Space Empire Building Game
C
- Cabal Online — 3D Fantasy
- Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall - 3D Cartoon universe
- Champions Online — (Under development, beta) 3D Comic book universe
- Chronicles of Spellborn, The — 3D Fantasy
- Chronicles of Gyron - 2D Fantasy
- City of Heroes — 3D, Comic book universe (combines with City of Villains)
- City of Villains — 3D, Comic book universe (combines with City of Heroes)
- Clan Lord — 2D Fantasy, primarily Macintosh
- Club Penguin — 2D, Fictional Life Simulation, partial free-to-play
- Concerto Gate — 3D Fantasy
- Conquer Online — Sprite, Mythical China
- Cronous — 3D Fantasy
- Cross Gate — Sprite-based
D
- Dark Age of Camelot — 3D Fantasy Arthurian/Celtic/Norse mythology
- Dark Ages — Sprite Fantasy Celtic mythology
- Dark and Light — 3D
- Darkeden — Sprite Horror
- Darkfall — 3D Fantasy
- Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands — Sprite Fantasy
- DECO Online — 3D Fantasy
- DCU Online - 3D, DC Comics book universe.
- Diaspora (computer game) — (defunct) 2D Space Trading Game
- Disney's Toontown Online — 3D Game
- Dofus — 2D fantasy, tactical
- Dragon Ball Online — (under development) 3D Dragon Ball universe
- Dragonica — (closed beta) 3D side-scrolling Fantasy, Free to play
- DragonRealms — Text-based, Real Time
- Dreamlords — 3D, both browser-based and client-based
- Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach — 3D Dungeons & Dragons universe (3.5 Ruleset)
- Dungeon Runners — 3D Fantasy, partial free-to-play
E
- Earth Eternal — (under development) 3D Medieval Fantasy
- Emil Chronicle Online — 3D Fantasy
- Empire of Sports - (beta) 3D Sports game
- Entropia Universe - 3D SciFi and first RCE MMO, started in 2001
- Eternal Lands — (under development, beta) 3D Medieval Fantasy
- EVE Online — 3D Science Fiction, space vehicle piloting
- EverQuest — 3D Fantasy
- EverQuest II — 3D Fantasy (sequel to Everquest)
- EverQuest Online Adventures — 3D (Playstation 2 only; prequel to Everquest)
F
- Fallen Earth — (under development) 3D Post-apocalyptic
- Fantasy Westward Journey — 2D Chinese Fantasy
- Fiesta — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Final Fantasy XI — 3D Final Fantasy universe (Multiplatform: PC, Playstation 2, Xbox 360)
- Fung Wan Online — 3D Chinese Fantasy
- Furcadia — 2D Fantasy
- Fury (computer game) - (defunct) 3D player-vs-player fantasy
- Free Realms — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
G
- Gekkeiju Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy,
- Gemstone IV - Text-based, real time
- Ghost Online - 2D oriental fantasy, side scrolling
- Global Agenda - (Closed Alpha) New FPS set in near-future
- Goal Line Blitz - (beta) American football simulation
- GodsWar Online — (under development) 3D Greek mythology
- Granado Espada (Sword of the New World) — 3D Age of Exploration/Fantasy
- Grand Chase - 3D Fantasy, action/fighting free to play
- Guild Wars — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play; campaign settings and expansions must be purchased.
H
- Helbreath — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Hello Kitty Online —(Closed Beta) Help Hello Kitty defeat bad guys! free-to-play
- Hero Online — 3D Chinese mythology, free-to-play
- Hero's Journey — (under development) 3D Fantasy
- The Hooded Gunman — Text-based and turn-based Historical ("The Troubles", Irish para-militarism)
- Horizons: Empire of Istaria — 3D Fantasy
I
- Infinity: The Quest for Earth — (under development) 3D Science Fiction; spaceship simulator
J
- Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative — 3D Science Fiction
K
- Knight Online — 3D Fantasy
- Kingdom of Loathing — Text Based (humour)
L
- LaTale — 2D Side-scrolling
- The Legend of Ares — (under development) 3D Fantasy
- The Legend of Mir 2 — Sprite
- The Legend of Mir 3 — Sprite (sequel to Legend of Mir 2)
- Legends of Future Past - Text-based Fantasy
- Lineage — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Lineage II — 3D Fantasy (sequel to Lineage)
- Lineage III — (under development) sequel to Lineage II
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria — 3D Fantasy
- Lunia — (open beta) 3D Fantasy Action Adventure
M
- Mabinogi — 3D Fantasy, Welsh Mythology, free-to-play
- Magical Land — Sprite-based Fantasy
- MapleStory — 2D Side-scrolling Fantasy, Free to play
- The Matrix Online — 3D The Matrix universe
- Megami Tensei Online: IMAGINE — 3D Modern meets mythologies
- Meridian 59 — 3D fantasy, pay-to-play
- Metin 2 — 3D Fantasy
- Minions of Mirth — 3D
- Mortal Online — 3D Fantasy
- Monato Esprit — (open beta) 3D Fantasy
- Monster Farm Online
- Motor City Online - (Defunct) Muscle car outfitting and racing
- MU Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy
- Myth War Online — 2D Fantasy
- Mythos — 3D
- Myst Online — (under development) 3D opensource mmorpg
N
- Neocron and Neocron 2 — 3D Cyberpunk
- Neverwinter Nights (AOL)
- Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds — Sprite-based Korean mythology
- Nicktropolis — Nick
- Nostale — 2.5D Fantasy
O
- OGame — OGame Massive Online Space Game
P
- Pardus - 2D Space Trading game, free to play
- Perfect World — 3D Fantasy, free to play with in-game item purchases
- Phantasy Star Universe - Sega's 3D Futuristic
- Pirates of the Burning Sea — 3D Historical Maritime
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online — 3D Quasi-Historical Maritime, Pirates of the Caribbean Universe
- Pi Story — 2D Fantasy
- PlaneShift — 3D Fantasy (Under Development, Beta)
- Planetarion — One of the oldest, space based genre defining text based games.
- Playstation Home — 3D Life Simulation (Playstation 3)
- Priston Tale (2001, Yedong Online) — 3D Fantasy
- Poptropica - 2D Adventure free-to-play
- Puppet Guardian - 2D Adventure Fantasy free-to-play
Q
R
- Rohan: Blood Feud — 3D Fantasy
- Ragnarok Online — Sprite-based Norse/mixed mythology
- Ragnarok Online 2 — (under development, open beta) 3D (sequel to Ragnarok Online)
- Ran Online — 3D Campus Fantasy
- Rappelz — 3D Fantasy
- Rapture — (under development) 3D (Square-Enix)
- The Realm Online — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Regnum Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy
- Requiem: Bloodymare — 3D Fantasy, dark-themed
- RF Online — 3D Science Fiction meets Fantasy
- Roma Victor — 3D Roman Empire Historical
- ROSE Online — 3D Fantasy
- Rubies of Eventide — 3D Fantasy
- Runes of Magic — 3D Fantasy
- RuneScape — 3D Medieval Fantasy Webbrowser, free to play with optional expansion of $5.95 monthly charge.
S
- The Saga of Ryzom — 3D Science Fiction meets Fantasy
- Sangokushi Online — Chinese Historical
- Secret of the Solstice - Sprite-based Fantasy, free-to-play
- The Secret World — (under development) 3D Modern
- Seal Online — 3D Fantasy
- Shadowbane — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Shadow Tale — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Shaiya — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine - 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Sho Online — 3D MMORPG Chinese Fantasy, free-to-play
- Shot-Online — 3D Golf MMORPG
- Silkroad Online — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
- Soul of the Ultimate Nation — 3D Fantasy
- Star Trek Online — (under development) Science Fiction
- Star Wars Galaxies — 3D Science Fiction Star Wars universe
- Star Wars: The Old Republic — (under development) 3D Science Fiction Star Wars universe
- Stargate Worlds — (under development) 3D, Science Fiction Stargate universe (PC and Xbox 360)
- StarQuest Online — Science Fiction
- Survival Project - 2D Fantasy
- Scions of Fate or Yulgang -- Sprite-based Fantasy, free-to-play
- Second Life -- 3D Virtual Reality
T
- A Tale in the Desert — 3D Ancient Egypt Historical
- Tabula Rasa (Destination Games, 2008 — 2009) — 3D Sci-fi Game, FPS-Style.
- Tales of Eternia Online — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Tales of Pirates — 3D Fantasy
- Tantra Online — 3D Hindu mythology
- Terra (computer game) — 3D armoured battle game in a 24x7 virtual world
- The 4th Coming — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Tibia — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Toontown Online — 3D Disney Cartoon setting
- Trickster Online — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Travian
- Turf Battles
- Twelve Sky - 3D Fantasy
- Twelve Sky 2 - 3D Fantasy
- Twin Skies - Browser based fantasy MMO with a 3D client component
U
- Ultima Online — 2D Medieval Fantasy
- Uncharted Waters Online — 3D, Historical Maritime
- Urban Dead — HTML/text-based Zombie Horror
- Underlight — enforced in-character Roleplaying game
V
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes — 3D, Fantasy
- Voyage Century Online — 3D, Historical Maritime
- Vendetta Online — 3D Science Fiction, space vehicle piloting (twitch-based interface)
W
- Wakfu — 2D Fantasy, tactical
- Warhammer 40,000 Online - Upcoming sc-fi MMORPG based on Warhammer 40k
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning — 3D Fantasy, set in Warhammer Fantasy universe
- Westward Journey — Sprite-based Fantasy
- Wizard101 — 3D Wizard Game, with cards, and chat is kid-safe
- With Your Destiny — 3D Fantasy, also known as Supreme Destiny
- World of Warcraft — 3D Fantasy, set in the Warcraft universe.
- World War II Online — 3D Historical WWII
- Wurm Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy
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Z
See also
- MMORPG
- Comparison of MMORPGs
- List of text-based MMORPGs
- List of free MMOGs
- List of MMOGs
- List of multiplayer browser games
- History of MMORPGs
- Online game
References
- ^ "What is a MMORPG?". wisegeek.com. Retrieved 2007-08-12.