Category: 3D

Neverness to Everness

Neverness to Everness (also called NTE for short) is a free-to-play supernatural urban open world action RPG from Hotta Studio, the team behind Tower of Fantasy. Set in the sprawling modern metropolis of Hethereau, the game drops you into the shoes of an amnesiac Anomaly Hunter who works out of a rundown antique shop called Eibon, taking on paranormal odd jobs while building a life in the city through housing, vehicles, businesses, and a growing crew of colorful companions.

Publisher: Perfect World Games
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile / PC / Console RPG
Release Date: April 23, 2026 (China) / April 29, 2026 (Global)
Pros: +Beautiful modern urban setting. +Unique gacha system. +Voiced protagonist with real dialogue and personality. +Incredible variety of side activities: housing, car modding, city tycoon, minigames, prison system. +Strong character writing with well-produced, expressive anime cutscenes.
Cons: -Driving physics feel stiff and car handling needs work. -Combat leans heavily toward melee, making fights feel samey across different characters. -PC requirements are steep.

Apex Legends

Apex Legends is a free-to-play, squad-based battle royale hero shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. Set in the Titanfall universe, the game drops 60 players into a shrinking arena where three-player squads pick from a growing roster of unique Legends, each with their own tactical abilities, and fight to be the last team standing.

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Playerbase: High
Type: Free-to-Play Battle Royale FPS
Release Date: February 4, 2019
Pros: +Tight, satisfying gunplay inherited from the Titanfall lineage. +Unique Legend abilities create genuine squad synergy and tactical depth. +Smooth movement with sliding, climbing, and ziplines. +All Legends earnable through gameplay.
Cons: -Persistent cheating problem. -Solo queue matchmaking can be punishing and inconsistent. -Audio issues remain an ongoing frustration across seasons. -Server tick rate and performance lag behind competitive standards.

Zenless Zone Zero

Zenless Zone Zero is a free-to-play, cross-platform urban fantasy action RPG from HoYoverse that blends stylish hack-and-slash combat with a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic setting. You play as a Proxy, one half of the sibling duo Belle and Wise, guiding agents through dangerous pocket dimensions called Hollows while running a video rental store as your day job in the last surviving city, New Eridu.

Publisher: COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.
Playerbase: High
Type: Action Gacha RPG
Release Date: July 4, 2024 (Global)
Pros: +Exceptional art direction and urban fantasy aesthetic. +Fast, stylish combat with assist parries and chain attacks. +Comic-book storytelling panels and full voice acting. +More generous free-to-play currency than most gacha games. +Runs well on modest hardware.
Cons: -TV mode exploration (Hollow Deep Dive) can feel sluggish and divisive. -Limited open-world exploration compared to HoYoverse siblings. -Combat is too easy early on before endgame unlocks. -Standard gacha rates still sting if you want a specific 5-star.

Arknights: Endfield

Arknights: Endfield is a free-to-play 3D action RPG with semi-open world exploration, real-time squad combat, and a deep factory-building layer set in the post-Originium future of the Arknights universe. You play as the Endministrator of Endfield Industries on the moon of Talos-II, leading a team of Operators across hostile frontier regions while constructing sprawling automated supply chains that feed your character progression.

Publisher: Hypergryph / Gryphline (Global)
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile / PC / Console Action RPG
Release Date: January 22, 2026 (Global)
Pros: +Striking industrial-anime art direction and strong soundtrack. +AIC factory system is genuinely novel for the gacha space. +Solid PC and PS5 optimization with reasonable hardware demands. +Cross-platform progression across PC, PS5, and mobile.
Cons: -Combat is flashy upfront but loses depth in the long run. -Story leans on tired amnesiac-protagonist gacha tropes. -Heavy tutorialization and dense UI in the early hours. -Standard gacha pulls and grind-heavy daily structure.

Wuthering Waves

Wuthering Waves is a free-to-play, cross-platform open world action RPG with a post-apocalyptic anime style and a heavy emphasis on fast, technical combat. You play as Rover, an amnesiac traveler exploring the world of Solaris-3 alongside a growing roster of allies called Resonators, while collecting monster-based abilities through the unique Echo system.

Publisher: Kuro Games
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile / PC / Console RPG
Release Date: May 22, 2024 (Global)
Steam Release Date: April 29, 2025
Pros: +Sharp, skill-based combat with parries, dodges, and swap-cancel windows. +Echo system gives gear progression a fun monster-collecting twist. +Generous traversal with wall running, gliding, and a grappling hook. +Strong production value with memorable music.
Cons: -Standard gacha pulls for the strongest 5-star Resonators and weapons. -PC build is more demanding than rival anime RPGs. -Launch period was rough and some old reputation still lingers.

Miraibo GO

Miraibo GO is a creature-collecting survival adventure built for both PC and mobile, blending open-world exploration with base building and real-time battles. You track down dozens of different Miras to capture and train, then rely on them as companions in combat and as helpers back at camp, whether you prefer playing solo or teaming up through cross-play.

Publisher: DreamCube
Playerbase: High
Type: Open World Survival
Release Date: October 10, 2024
Pros: +Eye-catching art direction and clean presentation. +Plays across platforms with cross-play support. +Guild-focused co-op features encourage teamwork.
Cons: -Microtransactions can provide gameplay boosts. -Many systems feel familiar to the genre.

Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail is a turn-based, multi-platform sci-fi gacha RPG that pairs sleek anime presentation with the kind of polish you normally expect from premium JRPGs. You join the Astral Express and hop between worlds, tackling local crises while investigating the dangerous Stellarons that keep turning up at the center of major disasters. It is developed and published by HoYoVerse, the studio behind Genshin Impact, and it shows in everything from the cinematics to the UI to the overall pacing of the early game.

Publisher: HoYoVerse
Playerbase: High
Type: Sci-fi Gacha RPG
Release Date: April 26, 2023
Pros: +Premium-grade presentation across visuals and audio. +Strong, fully voiced main story. +Memorable character art and animations. +Cross-platform play with cross-save. +Easy to learn combat with real tactical depth.
Cons: -Designed as a solo-focused experience. -No meaningful character appearance customization. -Exploration and world interaction are lighter than Genshin.

UNDECEMBER

UNDECEMBER is a free-to-play, cross-platform hack-and-slash ARPG built around flexible character building rather than locked-in classes. You play as a Rune Hunter fighting back against a rising divine threat, and most of your power comes from collecting and linking Runes to create skill setups that feel closer to a buildcraft sandbox than a traditional “pick a class” action RPG.

Publisher: LINE Games
Playerbase: High
Type: Multiplayer ARPG
Release Date: October 12, 2022
Pros:+Strong presentation with impressive visuals and cutscenes. +Story delivery is surprisingly compelling for the genre. +Cinematics are fully voiced. +Flexible classless build system built around Runes. +Boss encounters can be genuinely demanding.
Cons: -Uses a kernel-level anti-cheat. -No direct player-to-player trading. -Monetization can drift into pay-to-win territory. -Auction house revolves around premium currency.

Yulgang Global

Yulgang Global is a 2.5D, mobile-first Korean MMORPG with a play-to-earn layer built around the WeMix blockchain ecosystem. At its core, it plays like a familiar quest-and-dungeon grinder, complete with pets, mounts, gear upgrades, and PvP, but it also ties endgame progression to Crystals that can be converted into crypto through Tigon Mobile’s token pipeline.

Publisher: Tigon Mobile
Playerbase: Medium
Type: P2E Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: April 1, 2022
Pros: +Lets dedicated players turn in-game effort into real value. +Convenient auto-pathing for questing. +Includes a structured narrative rather than pure grinding.
Cons: -Chibi, mobile-oriented presentation will not appeal to everyone. -UI can feel busy and hard to read on smaller screens. -No mini-map. -No AFK feature. -Combat and progression lean heavily on automation and simplicity.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play, first-person extraction shooter set in a sci-fi setting, with a strong emphasis on tense PvPvE runs where every deployment is a calculated gamble. You play as a prospector dropping onto an alien world to collect valuables and escape with your haul, all while managing hostile wildlife and the constant threat of rival players hunting for an easy score. If you enjoy the high-stakes rhythm popularized by games like Escape from Tarkov, but want it in a more accessible, streamlined package, this one is firmly in that lane.

Publisher: YAGER Development
Playerbase: High
Type: F2P 3D Extraction Shooter
Release Date: June 8, 2022
Pros: +Tense extraction loops that create memorable encounters. +Strong art direction and environmental detail. +Meaningful risk-reward with full-loot stakes.
Cons: -Matchmaking can feel uneven. -Cheating issues can undermine fairness. -Limited variety in creatures and playable areas.