Category: MMO

Paladins

Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a free to play, hero-driven team shooter built around coordinated objective play. Matches revolve around picking a champion with a clear role, then tailoring that kit through loadout cards and in-match item purchases to fit your preferred style or your team’s needs.

Publisher: Hi-Rez Studios
Playerbase: High
Type: F2P Team Shooter
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Pros: +Large roster with distinct roles and playstyles. +Robust loadout card system that meaningfully changes builds. +Bright, readable art style that runs well on many PCs.
Cons: -Ranked can be difficult to break into for newer players. -Audio feedback lacks punch compared to top shooters. -Maps can start to blur together over time. -Matchmaking can feel uneven.

Card Hunter

Card Hunter mixes the feel of a classic tabletop dungeon crawl with the deckbuilding decisions of a trading card game. You build a three-hero party, step onto a grid-based “board,” and let an overly enthusiastic dungeon master walk you through battles where every swing, spell, and sidestep is dictated by the cards you draw.

Publisher: Blue Manchu
Playerbase: Medium
Type: TCG
Release Date: July 13, 2015
PvP: Duels
Pros: +Strong solo campaign with lots of missions. +Co-op option for tackling PvE together. +Enormous card and item pool to experiment with.
Cons: -The paper-mini look will not work for everyone. -Occasional stability issues. -Luck can swing outcomes due to RNG.

No More Room In Hell

No More Room in Hell is a co-op, first-person survival experience built around tense decision-making and brutal zombie encounters. Instead of handing you an arsenal and letting you mow down the undead, it leans into scarcity, teamwork, and the constant pressure of being one mistake away from a bite that ends the run, whether you are holding out in survival waves or pushing through objective-driven scenarios that demand coordination.

Publisher: Lever Games
Playerbase: Medium
Type: First Person Survival Horror
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Pros: +Oppressive, memorable atmosphere +Strong soundtrack +Large, interesting maps +Grounded survival mechanics
Cons: -Melee and hit detection can feel awkward, -Loops can start to feel samey over time -Infinite ammo servers undermine the intended survival balance

MechWarrior Online

MechWarrior Online is a multiplayer vehicular combat title focused on piloting towering BattleMechs in tactical 12v12 matches. Between battles you fine-tune your machine with weapons, modules, and equipment, then take that build into team fights where positioning, heat management, and coordination matter as much as raw firepower. Wins and solid performances translate into experience and in-game currency, which you can reinvest into new chassis and better loadouts.

Publisher: Piranha Games
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Vehicular Combat
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Pros: +Deep mech building and loadout options. +Methodical, position-driven combat. +Strong emphasis on squad and team play.
Cons: -Steep onboarding for new pilots. -Just three core modes. -Tutorial does not prepare you well.

Codename CURE

Codename CURE is a free-to-play 3D MMOFPS built around co-op firefights, swarming zombies, and objective-driven runs through bleak, post-apocalyptic locations.

Publisher: Hoobalugalar_X
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMOFPS
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Pros: +Snappy co-op shooting with quick rounds. +Large zombie packs keep the pressure on. +Strong, unsettling audio design. +Bots can aim well and keep fights moving.
Cons: -Public matches often lack coordination. -Not many maps to rotate through. -Very dim lighting can be frustrating. -No onboarding for new players.

Blockade 3D

Blockade 3D is a free-to-play 3D MMOFPS that drops traditional arena shooting into a fully destructible, voxel-built world. If you like the idea of Counter-Strike style firefights, but with Minecraft-like blocks you can build and blow apart mid-match, this one aims squarely at that niche.

Publisher: Shumkov Dimitriy
Playerbase: Low
Type: 3D MMOFPS
Release Date: November 05, 2014
PvP: FPS Arenas
Pros: +Map creation and heavy customization. +Straightforward FPS mechanics that feel familiar.
Cons: -Pay to win. -Visually rough presentation. -Quiet, hard-to-engage community. -Small active population.

Rocket League

Rocket League takes the familiar rules of soccer and drops them into a toybox of rocket-powered cars, turning every kickoff into a fast, physical scramble for control. The result is a competitive arcade sports game where mechanical skill matters, but so does reading bounces, rotating into defense, and staying composed when the field turns into a pileup.

Publisher: Psyonix
Playerbase: High
Type: Physics-based Vehicle Soccer Game
Release Date: July 07, 2015
Pros: +Includes offline single-player. +Local splitscreen play. +Supports cross-platform matchmaking. +Replay system with cinematic angles. +Plays best with controller support.
Cons: -Bots can feel uneven in difficulty (when enabled). -No strong deterrent for quitting matches. -Some players report stability issues and crashes.

Epic Card Battle

Epic Card Battle is a free-to-play, 3D online trading card game where your main job is assembling decks and chasing better cards through PvE stages and asynchronous PvP. While it borrows the presentation and collectible appeal of bigger TCGs, it has earned a rough reputation because the actual matches resolve automatically, leaving players with little to do beyond deck selection and progression management. It is available on both mobile devices and PC.

Publisher: momoStorm Entertainment
Playerbase: Low
Type: F2P Card Game
Release Date: 2013 (NA/EU)
Pros: +Striking card art and a polished fantasy look. +Plays across iOS, Android, and Steam.
Cons: -Battles largely play themselves with minimal strategy. -Limited card pool. -Premium currency advantages can feel pay-to-win.

Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies

Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies is a 3D free-to-play shooter that arrived in NA and EU on October 7th, 2014. It serves as the Western counterpart to Counter-Strike Online, built on the familiar Counter-Strike 1.6 era tech, and it mixes classic round-based gunplay with a heavy rotation of zombie-focused PvE and PvP modes. If you are chasing that old-school Counter-Strike feel but want something more experimental than straight bomb plants and deathmatch, CSN:Z is designed to be that hybrid.

Publisher: Nexon
Playerbase: High
Type: F2P Shooter
Release Date: October 7, 2014 (NA/EU)
Pros: +Classic CS 1.6-style gunplay and pacing. +Wide variety of modes beyond the basics. +Plenty of exclusive weapons and gimmicks. +Ranks and progression give structure.
Cons: -Aged presentation and effects. -Chasing new weapons can feel grindy due to crafting RNG. -Many crafted weapons are time-limited instead of permanent.

Cubic Castles

Cubic Castles is a voxel-based sandbox MMO focused on gathering, crafting, and building personal realms that other players can freely visit. It blends the familiar loop of mining resources and placing blocks with a strong emphasis on player-made platforming challenges and storefronts, so your world can be a parkour gauntlet one day and a bustling shop the next.

Publisher: Cosmic Cow LLC
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Sandbox MMO
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Pros: +Active player-driven trading and shops. +Straightforward building and crafting tools. +Lots of unusual blocks and gadgets for platformer-style realms.
Cons: -Fixed camera limits movement and precision. -Resource collection can feel grind-heavy. -Interface feels awkward on PC (clearly built with mobile in mind).