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Sins Raid

Sins Raid is a mobile MMORPG with a strong focus on raid-style boss fights, where you recruit heroes, form a five-character squad, and take on increasingly punishing encounters. The core loop is about collecting and upgrading a roster of distinct characters, then using their skills and positioning to push back a corrupting threat led by the God of Death.

Publisher: Cube Magic Interactive
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: January 6, 2018
Shut Down Date: January 13, 2021
Pros: +Strong visual presentation. +Boss fights that demand attention. +Easy-to-learn touch controls. +35+ collectible heroes.
Cons: -Energy/stamina limits play sessions. -No PvP modes. -No shared open world to explore.

Sins Raid Shut Down on January 13, 2021

Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag

Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag was a free-to-play 2D mobile action MMORPG that translated the Sword Art Online anime and manga into quick, touch-driven combat and character collecting. Instead of building a single avatar, you assembled a party of familiar faces from the series, each bringing different weapons, skills, and stats, then took them through story quests and event battles that leaned heavily on flashy special attacks and well-timed defensive play.

Publisher: Bandai Namco
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Shut Down Date: August 30, 2021
Pros: +Strong visual presentation for mobile. +Faithful use of the SAO setting and cast. +Large roster of recruitable characters.
Cons: -Monetization can feel pay-to-win. -You control one fighter at a time in battle. -Gacha-based recruiting can be frustrating.

Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag Shut Down on August 30, 2021

Crusaders Of Light

Crusaders Of Light is a bright, theme park style fantasy MMORPG built around a shared persistent world, where players pick from three core classes and chase better gear through dungeons, raids, and PvP. It leans heavily into big set piece encounters, including 40 player boss fights, while also offering smaller competitive modes like arena brackets and large battleground matches.

Publisher: Netease
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Shut Down Date: November 17, 2021
Pros: +Polished presentation and strong visuals. +Large 40 player raid content. +Several PvP formats to rotate through. +Persistent shared world structure. +Playable across multiple platforms.
Cons: -Heavy reliance on auto combat. -Limited class selection (three total).

Crusaders of Light Shut Down on November 17, 2021

Afterpulse

Afterpulse is a free-to-play mobile third-person shooter built around quick, real-time multiplayer firefights. It focuses on familiar competitive formats like Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, while pushing long-term progression through an extensive weapon collection system with rarity tiers, from compact SMGs all the way to heavy rocket weapons.

Publisher: Gamevil
Type: Mobile Shooter
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Shut Down Date: January 10, 2022
Pros: +Huge weapon collection (800+). +Frequent events and rotating activities. +Three PvP modes for competitive play.
Cons: -Limited movement options (no jump or crouch). -Mode variety feels close in practice. -Matchmaking can create uneven fights.

Afterpulse Shut Down on January 10, 2022

ArcheAge Begins

ArcheAge Begins was a 3D mobile hero-collector MORPG (Multiplayer online roleplaying game) set in the ArcheAge universe, positioned as a prequel that takes place 1,000 years before the PC MMORPG. Rather than aiming for a full sandbox on phones, it focused on party-based combat and a chapter-driven journey centered on the first expedition searching for the Garden.

Publisher: GAMEVIL
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Shut Down: August 9, 2018
Pros: +Responsive, polished combat flow. +Deep hero building via talents, runes, and equipment. +Strong visuals and presentation for mobile.
Cons: -Relies heavily on auto-battle. -Energy (stamina) limits play sessions.

ChronoBlade

ChronoBlade is a mobile action RPG for iOS and Android that blends brawler pacing with combo-heavy inputs. Before it arrived on phones, it existed in a browser and Facebook format, and that heritage shows in its stage-based dungeon structure and quick, repeatable runs. The standout idea is its fighting game flavor, where chaining taps and timed presses produces satisfying strings in a way that feels closer to Street Fighter than to a typical auto-heavy mobile RPG.

Publisher: NetMarble
Type: Mobile Action RPG
Release Date: January 03, 2018
Shut Down Date: December 06, 2021
Pros: +Real-time PvP with responsive duels. +Combo-centric combat inspired by fighters. +Several heroes that play noticeably differently.
Cons: -Energy limits how long you can grind in one sitting. -Support slowed, leaving the game feeling stagnant. -Currency flow (especially gold) can be tight.

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Kritika Online

Kritika Online, sometimes branded as Kritika: REBOOT and more recently as Kritika Global, is a free-to-play, anime-styled 3D action MMORPG built around fast dungeon runs, flashy skill chains, and big damage numbers. Instead of an open world that you slowly wander through, the game leans on town hubs and a steady stream of instanced content, letting you jump quickly from questing to boss fights to PvP battlegrounds.

Publisher: Allm Co / Com2uS
Type: Action MMORPG
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Relaunched as Play2Earn Game: June 8, 2022
PvP: Team-based Battlegrounds
Pros: +Multiple classes with distinct playstyles. +Vibrant anime-inspired presentation. +Satisfying, stylish combo combat.
Cons: -Character appearance options feel fairly limited.