Category: Mobile Games

Celtic Heroes

Celtic Heroes is a 3D MMORPG built specifically for phones and tablets, offering a surprisingly traditional MMO loop on the go. You choose from five familiar fantasy roles (Druid, Mage, Ranger, Rogue, or Warrior) and head into the world of Dal Riata to quest, gear up, and push back the threats spreading across the land. What stands out most is how much of the classic PC-style formula it squeezes into a mobile package, including grouping, PvP, and a full world to roam.

Publisher: One Thumb Mobile Ltd
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Pros: +Strong visuals for a mobile MMO. +Plenty to do across zones, quests, and gear. +Receives ongoing updates.
Cons: -Interface can feel clumsy on smaller screens. -Runs best on more powerful devices.

Marvel Future Fight

Marvel Future Fight is a mobile action MMORPG that lets you build a strike team from Marvel’s heroes and villains, then take them into fast, stage-based brawls across familiar locations. You unlock a wide roster of characters and field them in squads of three, swapping between them mid-fight to keep combos going, cover weaknesses, and burst down bosses.

Publisher: Netmarble
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: April 30, 2015 (NA/EU)
Pros: +A roster of 30+ Marvel heroes and villains. +Sharp, high-end visuals for mobile. +Auto-play for previously cleared stages.
Cons: -Progress can feel grind-heavy and repetitive. -Monetization can edge into pay-to-win.

Star Trek: Alien Domain

Star Trek: Alien Domain is a licensed, browser-based strategy MMO that drops you into Star Trek’s strange corner of fluidic space. From there, the loop is familiar to anyone who has played a base-builder, construct a headquarters, gather resources, expand your fleet, and push back against Species 8472. The Star Trek hook is the main draw, letting you side with either the Federation or the Klingon Empire and field faction-flavored ships and officers as you fight for control of the sector.

Publisher: GameSamba
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Browser Strategy MMO
Release Date: April 7, 2015 (Beta)
Pros: +Authentic Star Trek setting. +Feature-rich progression. +Clean, user-friendly UI.
Cons: -Visuals feel dated. -Core gameplay closely follows standard browser strategy formulas.

Bleach Online

Bleach Online is a 2D, browser-based MMORPG that borrows heavily from the Bleach anime and manga. It focuses on light character building, team collection, and rapid progression, wrapped in familiar Soul Reaper imagery and a lot of menu-driven systems that are typical of free-to-play browser MMOs.

Publisher: GoGames
Playerbase: High
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: July 14, 2014
PvP: Arenas
Pros: +Strong anime-style presentation. +Plenty to do between quests and side systems. +Three distinct class archetypes.
Cons: -Busy, crowded interface. -Heavy reliance on automation. -Noticeable pay-to-win pressure. -Rough English localization. -Unofficial use of Bleach branding.

Summoners War

Summoners War: Sky Arena is a turn-based mobile MMORPG built around summoning, collecting, and raising a huge roster of monsters. Battles focus on team composition and skill timing, while long-term progression comes from upgrading, evolving, and tuning your lineup through gear-like rune builds that support many different strategies.

Publisher: Com2uS
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Pros: +Tactical, satisfying turn-based battles. +Helpful in-game comment/advice sections on monster pages. +Massive variety of monsters to summon and grow.
Cons: -Progression can feel very grind-heavy. -Monetization can create pay-to-win pressure.

Galaxy Legend

Galaxy Legend is a mobile sci-fi strategy MMORPG set in the far future of 2841. Instead of piloting a single ship, you build and command an entire fleet, then rely on hero abilities, ship upgrades, and formation choices to win turn-based battles. Progress comes from pushing through the PvE campaign, competing in PvP, and steadily improving your headquarters and its supporting buildings to keep your armada growing.

Publisher: Tap4Fun
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: October 01, 2013
Pros: +Distinct heroes that fill clear combat roles with their own skills. +Active community and plenty of opponents. +Solid single-player progression path.
Cons: -Monetization can tilt competitive balance. -A relatively quick onboarding that may leave questions early on.

Imperia Online

Imperia Online is a free-to-play, 2D browser strategy game focused on building up a Medieval city from humble beginnings into a functioning empire. Between managing an economy, researching upgrades, and training armies, the game leans heavily on long-term planning and server politics, with alliances and rivalries forming as players compete for land, resources, and influence.

Publisher: Imperia Online Ltd.
Playerbase: High
Type: Browser Strategy RPG
Release Date: August 23, 2005
Pros: +Flexible city placement and visual customization. +Playable on both mobile and browser. +Strong language and regional support for global servers.
Cons: -Premium currency can create pay-to-win advantages. -Gameplay loop can feel samey over time. -Progression is intentionally slow and time-gated. -Presentation is very bare, with limited audio and animation.

Rail Nation

Rail Nation is a browser-based strategy MMO built around running a railroad empire across six time periods inspired by the American rail network. You choose a side, either the Western Pacific Railroad or the Eastern Atlantic Railway, then compete with other players to connect cities, haul the right cargo, and grow influence across the map. The core loop is about buying locomotives, upgrading them, and setting efficient schedules so your deliveries stay profitable while the server steadily marches forward through the eras.

Publisher: Travian Games
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Train Simulator MMO
Release Date: January 13, 2013
Pros: +Authentic-feeling locomotives and era progression. +Smart mix of management and train-focused mechanics. +Plenty to do across multiple eras.
Cons: -Occasional long loading. -Interface can feel sluggish at times. -Takes time to understand the systems.

Avabel Online

Avabel Online is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG for mobile that leans heavily into real-time action combat and a shared, persistent world. It stands out for delivering a surprisingly “console-like” sense of scale for a phone game, with busy towns, monster-filled fields, dungeons to run in groups, and plenty of gear chasing if you enjoy long-term progression.

Publisher: ASOBIMO Inc.
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Pros: +Snappy real-time combat. +Impressive visuals for mobile. +Always-online persistent zones.
Cons: -Questing feels bland, story is minimal. -Interface shows its age. -Progression can become grind-heavy.

Monster Strike

Monster Strike is a free-to-play mobile puzzle RPG with light MMO-style trappings, best known for mixing monster collecting with a physics-based battle system that feels closer to pinball than a traditional turn-based gacha game. Instead of selecting attacks from menus, you “shoot” your team into a small arena, then rely on angles, ricochets, and positioning to trigger damage and special effects as your monsters collide with enemies and each other.

Publisher: Mixi
Playerbase: High
Type: Puzzle RPG
Release Date: October 20, 2014 (NA/Europe)
Pros: +Skill-focused, satisfying physics combat. +Strong presentation (art, sound, polish). +Four-player co-op support.
Cons: -Late-game challenge spikes hard. -Loads can feel sluggish at times.