Games Like Black Desert

Guild Wars 2

ArenaNet's fantasy MMORPG with dynamic open-world events, a capped gear treadmill and no subscription; expansions are bought once.

• MMORPG
• RPG

World of Warcraft

Blizzard's subscription MMORPG set in Azeroth, with questing, dungeons, raids and PvP across two decades of expansions, plus WoW Classic.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Black Desert Mobile

Pearl Abyss's mobile take on Black Desert, with detailed action combat, a large open world, life skills and guild wars.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Perfect World International

A 3D fantasy MMORPG drawn from Chinese myth, with free flight, several playable races and 80-versus-80 territory wars.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Aion

NCSOFT's 2008 winged-combat MMORPG, where Elyos and Asmodians fight each other and the Balaur in the contested Abyss.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Neverwinter

A free-to-play action MMORPG set in the Forgotten Realms city of Neverwinter, with dodge-based combat, campaigns and dungeons.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Ravendawn

A free-to-play top-down fantasy MMORPG with a mixed class system, player housing, farming, sailing and guild wars over forts.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Albion Online

A sandbox fantasy MMORPG where almost every item is crafted by players and gear is lost on death in the open-world PvP zones.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Project: Gorgon

An indie fantasy MMORPG from a tiny team, built around discovery, hundreds of skills to mix and odd, humorous systems like being turned into an animal.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Aion 2

NCSOFT's Unreal Engine 5 sequel to Aion: winged Daevas, flight and the Elyos-Asmodian war, live in Korea and Taiwan and globally on PC since October 2026.

• MMORPG
• RPG

The Elder Scrolls Online

An MMORPG set across Tamriel a thousand years before Skyrim, with level-scaled zones, voiced stories and a three-faction PvP war in Cyrodiil.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Lost Ark

An isometric action MMORPG from Smilegate with fast class-based combat, sea exploration and demanding multiplayer raids, published in the West by Amazon Games.

• MMORPG
• RPG

RIFT

A fantasy MMORPG known for dynamic rifts that open across the world and a flexible soul system that lets each character mix many roles.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Aion Classic

Classic edition of Aion

A separate version of Aion that restarted from the game's early content and re-adds later updates over time, with slower progression than the live game.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Last Chaos

A fantasy MMORPG with large faction wars, guild castle sieges and eight classes, now run by Fawkes Games.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Square Enix's story-driven Final Fantasy MMORPG where one character can learn every job, with a large free trial and expansions on PC and consoles.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Ragnarok Online

A classic Korean MMORPG based on the Ragnarok manhwa, known for its job class tree, sprite art and guild castle sieges.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Metin2

An East Asian martial arts MMORPG built around three warring kingdoms, fast melee combat and Metin stones that spawn monsters.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Throne and Liberty

A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with shapeshifting travel, weather and day-night effects on combat, and large guild sieges.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis

SEGA's free-to-play science fiction action RPG on the planet Halpha, with fast combat, open fields and urgent quests for up to 32 players.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Ultima Online

One of the oldest running MMORPGs, a skill-based sandbox in Britannia with player-built houses, a player economy and open PvP in Felucca.

• MMORPG
• Sandbox

Rappelz

A fantasy MMORPG where pets and tamed creatures fight alongside the player, with three races and job advancements.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Tree of Savior

An isometric fantasy MMORPG with a hand-drawn storybook look and a class system built from many combinable ranks.

• MMORPG
• RPG

Cabal Online

A fantasy MMORPG known for its combo-chaining combat system, set in the world of Nevareth.

• MMORPG
• RPG