Category: MMORPG

Shakes and Fidget

Shakes and Fidget is a free-to-play, fantasy-themed 2D MMORPG that riffs on classic role-playing tropes with a steady stream of satire. Beneath the comic-book presentation is a familiar loop of quests, dungeons, gear upgrades, and one-on-one PvP, but the game’s appeal comes from its light, sarcastic tone and its largely automated battles that keep sessions quick and low-pressure.

Publisher: Playa Games GmbH
Playerbase: High
Type: 2D Fantasy MMORPG
Release Date: December 09, 2010
PvP: 1vs1 Arena Battles
Pros: +A memorable parody take on MMORPG staples. +Consistently amusing writing and flavor text. +Strong comic-book 2D art style and presentation. +Plays smoothly across multiple platforms.
Cons: -Very limited combat animation and spectacle. –Few moment-to-moment choices once a fight starts. –Combat resolves automatically. –Progression can feel like repeated click, wait, and return.

Soul Worker

Soul Worker is a free-to-play action MMORPG built around fast third-person combat and a bright, cel-shaded anime presentation. You step into the role of a psychic teenager whose emotions manifest as an oversized “soul weapon”, then carve through monster-infested streets in the deserted city of Cloudrealm.

Publisher: LION Games
Type: MMORPG
PvP: Small-Scale PvP Battles
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Pros: +Striking anime-inspired visuals. +Responsive, combo-driven action combat.
Cons: -Small roster of playable characters. -Character customization is fairly limited. -PvP offerings are narrow in scope. -Classes are gender locked.

Luna Online

Luna Online is an anime-styled MMORPG built around two big pillars, an unusually deep job tree with dozens of branching class paths, and a heavy emphasis on community systems like matchmaking, families, and shared farming. With three playable races and a mix of PvE grinding, dungeons, and light PvP, it is very much a classic-era online RPG that tries to make social play part of your character progression rather than a separate side activity.

Publisher: Suba Games
Type: MMORPG
PvP: Duels
Release Date: 2007 (Original Launch in Korea)
Pros: +Massive job tree with lots of branching paths. +Plenty of activities beyond leveling. +Strong focus on social systems and grouping.
Cons: -Visually dated by modern standards. -Leveling often leans into grinding. -Character creator feels limited.

Revelation Online

Revelation Online is a free-to-play MMORPG built around fast, ability-driven combat and one headline feature that genuinely changes how you move through its zones, permanent flight. Rather than treating aerial travel as a short buff or a special mount, the game leans into vertical exploration as a normal part of adventuring, wrapped in a glossy fantasy presentation and a class roster that supports both PvE and PvP playstyles.

Publisher: My.com
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMORPG
PvP: Duels / World PvP / Arena / Guild Wars
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Pros: +Robust character creator and cosmetic control. +Flexible skill point allocation outside combat. +True, always-on flight for traversal. +Connected zones that encourage seamless exploration.
Cons: -Performance and optimization can be inconsistent. -UI and menus feel busy and hard to parse. -Progression often funnels you into daily activities.

Ninelives

Ninelives is an open world RPG with MMO-style trappings, built around freeform exploration in a bleak fantasy setting. You roam the world looking for quests, dungeons, and dangerous elites, earning experience from most activities and turning that progress into new skills. Loot hunting and crafting sit alongside combat, letting you chase better gear through drops or by assembling materials into useful items.

Publisher: SmokeyMonkeyS
Type: Exploration MMORPG
Release Date: January 09, 2016
Pros: +Procedural, unpredictable touches. +Progression without traditional levels. +Straightforward, readable UI. +Moody fantasy music.
Cons: -Multiplayer support is not available yet. -Left incomplete and appears abandoned. -Visuals feel dated.

Laplace

Laplace is an action-focused MMORPG built around dungeon runs, trap-heavy corridors, and boss fights that are meant to feel dramatic and chaotic. You pick from four core classes, then customize your playstyle further by pairing that class with one of several weapon types, letting you experiment with unusual loadouts inside a bright, anime-inspired world.

Publisher: X-Legend
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: October 02, 2018
Pros: +Colorful, lively zones and dungeons. +Flexible class and weapon pairings with distinct skills. +Strong anime-style presentation.
Cons: -Only four base classes to start with. -Chinese language only, and an English release has not been announced.

Anomaly Zone

Anomaly Zone (formerly known as sZone Online) is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic survival MMORPG that drops you into a radioactive wasteland to scavenge gear, hunt valuable artifacts, and try to stay alive long enough to profit. You pick a faction and lean into a profession-style specialization, then balance PvE against mutants with the constant risk of being ambushed by other Stalkers in open-world PvP.

Publisher: Cybertime System
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: March 02, 2014
PvP: Open World / Arena
Pros: +Strong S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibe. +Risky open-world PvP. +Runs on modest PCs. +Flexible skill-based character building.
Cons: -Little onboarding for new players. -Visually outdated presentation. -Russian-only voice work. -A lot of long travel and heavy grinding.

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.

Priston Tale

Priston Tale is an old-school 3D fantasy MMORPG built around hands-on combat, heavy monster grinding, and long-term character growth through ten classes and their trainable skill trees.

Publisher: SubaGames
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: 2001
Pros: +Ten class options with distinct playstyles. +A dedicated community still keeps it alive. +Full 360-degree camera movement.
Cons: -Visuals show their age. -Localization is rough in places. -Early guidance is unclear and easy to miss.

Thang Online

Thang Online is a 3D, client-driven fantasy MMORPG built around real-time fighting rather than traditional tab-target rotations. Its standout mechanic is the Ki system, which lets you shift your character’s stats on the fly to match the situation, whether you need more offense, sturdier defense, or extra Ki for skill use. Adding to the moment-to-moment tension, certain monsters can unexpectedly evolve into rarer and tougher versions, pushing you to react quickly and lean on the right Ki combinations.

Publisher: Jaca Entertainment
Playerbase: Low
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: January 21, 2005
Pros: +Fast, reactive combat. +Meaningful gear upgrading. +Enemies that can mutate into dangerous variants.
Cons: -Aged visuals. -Little onboarding and no quest structure. -Overall design feels familiar and uneven.