List of MMORPGs (Massively multiplayer online role-playing games)

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.

List of MMORPGs (Massively multiplayer online role-playing games):

* 2Moons (2007, GameHi) — 3D, medieval fantasy, free-to-play
* 9Dragons (2006, Indy21) — 3D, Chinese martial arts, free-to-play
* A Tale in the Desert — 3D Non-combat
* Age of Armor - Online Robot Fighting
* Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures — 3D Fantasy, pay-to-play. Released in May 2008
* Aion: The Tower of Eternity — 3D Fantasy, pay-to-play
* AirRivals – 3D science fiction, spaceship combat. Previously known as Space Cowboy Online or "Ace Online". Free-to-play
* 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.
* Asda Story — 3D Fantasy, partial free-to-play.
* Asheron's Call — 3D Fantasy
* Asheron's Call 2 — (defunct) 3D Fantasy
* Atlantica Online — 3D Fantasy, Strategy Turn-based, free-to-play
* Auto Assault — (defunct) 3D Vehicle Combat
* Black Prophecy - (Under Development) 3D science fiction, spaceship combat
* Blade & Soul — (Under Development) 3D Oriental Martial Art
* Blood Wars - Become a vampire and fight with others in the last city in the world.
* BOTS!! - 3D online robot fighting game
* Cabal Online — 3D Fantasy
* Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall - 3D Cartoon universe
* Champions Online — 3D Comic book universe
* City of Heroes — 3D, Comic book universe (combines with City of Villains, Pay to play)
* City of Villains — 3D, Comic book universe (combines with City of Heroes, Pay to play)
* 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
* Crowns of Power — 3D Fantasy, Free To Play
* Dark Age of Camelot — 3D Medieval/Fantasy Arthurian/Celtic/Norse mythology
* Dark Ages — Sprite Fantasy Celtic mythology
* Dark and Light — (defunct) 3D
* Darkeden — Sprite Horror
* Darkfall — 3D Fantasy
* Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands — Sprite Fantasy
* DECO Online — 3D Fantasy
* DC Universe Online - (Under Development Pre-Alpha) 3D, DC Comics book universe.
* Diaspora (computer game) — (defunct) 2D Space Trading Game
* Dofus — 2D fantasy, tactical, combat
* Dragon Ball Online — (under development) 3D Dragon Ball universe
* Dragonica — 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), free to play
* Dungeon Runners — 3D Fantasy, partial free-to-play
* Dynasty Warriors Online - A 3D Base on the series Dynasty Warriors (In Japan Coming to North America in sometime)
* Earthrise (video game) — (under development) 3D Science Fiction
* Earth & Beyond — (defunct) 3D Science Fiction
* Earth Eternal — (under development) 3D Medieval Fantasy
* Emil Chronicle Online — 3D Fantasy
* Empire of Sports - (beta) 3D Sports game
* Eternal Lands — (under development, beta) 3D Medieval Fantasy
* EVE Online — 3D Science Fiction, space vehicle piloting (pay to play)
* EverQuest — 3D Fantasy
* EverQuest II — 3D Fantasy (sequel to Everquest)
* EverQuest Online Adventures — 3D (Playstation 2 only; prequel to Everquest)
* Face of Mankind - 3d Sci-Fi, free-to-play/pay for premium
* Fallen Earth — 3D Post-apocalyptic
* Fantasy Westward Journey — 2D Chinese Fantasy
* Fashion Fantasy Game — Fashion and marketing
* Final Fantasy XI — 3D Final Fantasy universe (Multiplatform: PC, Playstation 2, Xbox 360)
* Final Fantasy XIV — (under development) 3D Final Fantasy universe (Multiplatform: PC, Playstation 3)
* Flyff - 3D animation style, free-to-play with cash shop items, Fantasy
* Free Realms — 3D Fantasy, free-to-play
* Fung Wan Online — 3D Chinese Fantasy
* Furcadia — 2D Fantasy
* Fury (computer game) - (defunct) 3D player-vs-player fantasy
* Gekkeiju Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy,
* Gemstone IV - Text-based, real time
* Ghost Online - 2D oriental fantasy, side scrolling
* Global Agenda - New TPS 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 - 2D Fantasy, Side-scrolling, action/fighting free to play
* Guild Wars - 3D Fantasy, free-to-play; campaign settings and expansions must be purchased.
* Guild Wars 2 - 3D Fantasy, Free to Play (in development)
* 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
* Heroes of Telara - (under development) 3D Fantasy
* 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
* Infinity: The Quest for Earth — (under development) 3D Science Fiction; spaceship simulator
* Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative — 3D Science Fiction
* Jumpgate: Evolution - (in Beta Testing) 3D Science Fiction
* Knight Online — 3D Fantasy
* Kingdom of Loathing — Text Based (humour)
* LaTale — 2D Side-scrolling Fanstasy
* The Legend of Ares — 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: Shadows of Angmar - 3D Fantasy in the world of Middle Earth
* Lunia — (open beta) 3D Fantasy Action Adventure
* Mabinogi — 3D Fantasy, Welsh Mythology, free-to-play
* Magical Land — Sprite-based Fantasy
* MapleStory — 2D Side-scrolling Fantasy, free to play
* The Matrix Online — (Defunct) 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, pay to play in open beta
* Monato Esprit — (open beta) 3D Fantasy
* Monster Farm Online
* MU Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy
* Myth War Online — 2D Fantasy
* Mythos — 3D (under development)
* Myst Online — (under development) 3D opensource MMORPG
* Neocron and Neocron 2 — 3D Cyberpunk
* NEO Shifters
* Neverwinter Nights (AOL)
* Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds — Sprite-based Korean mythology
* Nostale — 2.5D Fantasy
* Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent
* Pardus - 2D Space War and Trading game, free to play
* Perfect World — 3D Fantasy, free to play with in-game item purchases
* Phoenix Dynasty Online — 2D Fantasy, free to play
* Pirates of the Burning Sea — 3D Historical Maritime
* Pirates of the Caribbean Online — 3D Quasi-Historical Maritime, Pirates of the Caribbean Universe, Free to Play
* PlaneShift — 3D Fantasy, 100% Free to play. Open Source. (Under Development, Beta)
* Planetarion — One of the oldest, space based genre defining text based games.
* Priston Tale (2001, Yedong Online) — 3D Fantasy
* Priston Tale 2 — 3D Fantasy
* Poptropica - 2D Adventure free-to-play
* Puppet Guardian - 2D Adventure Fantasy free-to-play
* Puzzle Pirates - 2D Puzzle and Adventure Fantasy (free-to-play with optional subscription or payments)
* Rohan: Blood Feud — 3D Fantasy
* Ragnarok Online — 3D environment with 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
* 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 (On indefinite Hiatus)
* Runes of Magic — 3D Fantasy
* RuneScape - 3D Adventure (Free to play)
* 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 — (Defunct) 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 — 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
* A Tale in the Desert — 3D Ancient Egypt Historical
* Tabula Rasa (defunct, Destination Games, 2008 — 2009) — 3D Sci-fi Game, FPS-Style.
* Tales of Eternia Online — Sprite-based Fantasy(closed/shutdown it dosnt exist anymore)
* Tales of Pirates — 3D Fantasy
* Tantra Online — 3D Hindu mythology
* Terra (computer game) — 3D armoured battle game in a 24x7 virtual world
* The Chronicles of Spellborn — 3D Fantasy, Free to Play
* The 4th Coming — Sprite-based Fantasy
* Tibia — Sprite-based Fantasy
* Toontown Online — 3D Disney Cartoon setting
* Trickster Online — Sprite-based Fantasy
* Turf Battles
* Twelve Sky - 3D Fantasy, free to play
* Twelve Sky 2 - 3D Fantasy, free to play
* Twin Skies - Browser based fantasy MMO with a 3D client component
* Ultima Online — 2D Medieval Fantasy
* Uncharted Waters Online — 3D, Historical Maritime
* Urban Dead — HTML/text-based Zombie Horror
* Underlight — enforced in-character Roleplaying game
* Vanguard: Saga of Heroes — 3D, Fantasy
* Voyage Century Online — 3D, Historical Maritime
* Vendetta Online — 3D Science Fiction, space vehicle piloting (twitch-based interface)
* 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
* WonderKing Online — 2D Side-scrolling Fantasy, Free to play
* World of Darkness MMORPG designed by CCP based on White Wolf's World of Darkness.
* World of Warcraft — 3D Fantasy, set in the Warcraft universe.
* World War II Online — 3D Historical WWII
* Wurm Online — 3D Medieval Fantasy
* Yogurting — 3D Campus Fantasy
* Yulgang — 3D Fantasy, also known as Scions of Fate
* Zhengtu — 2D, Chinese mythology
* Zu Online — 3D, Chinese mythology

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