Category: Mobile Games

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.

Unlimited Ninja Naruto

Unlimited Ninja is a 2D, side-scrolling browser MMORPG that borrows heavily from the Naruto universe. You create a shinobi by choosing one of three combat schools, then work through story-inspired encounters while building a squad made up of familiar faces from the manga and anime. Battles lean on team formations and ability timing, and the game’s standout progression hook is its pet system, which lets you summon tailed spirits for both PvE and PvP and upgrade them over time.

Publisher: JoyFun
Playerbase: Medium
Type: MMORPG
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Pros: +Well-known Naruto-inspired setting and cast. +Deep pet, summon progression. +Collect and field recognizable characters.
Cons: -Interface can feel overcrowded. -AFK automation reduces challenge. -Combat and objectives can become repetitive.

Therian Saga

Therian Saga is a browser MMORPG built around sandbox progression, where your character improves through a wide mix of survival and trade skills, including exploration, hunting, farming, and crafting. Instead of constant manual grinding, much of your advancement comes from planning and scheduling actions, then letting time and preparation do the work.

Publisher: Gameforge AG
Playerbase: Low
Type: Browser MMORPG
Release Date: 2012
Pros: +Beginner-friendly interface and menus. +Queued actions can resolve automatically. +Deep character build and cosmetic options.
Cons: -Combat feels flat and repetitive. -Overall pacing can be very slow.

OGame

OGame is a long-running, browser-based space strategy MMO that leans heavily on planning and patience rather than flashy visuals. You begin with a single planet and slowly turn it into the foundation of a larger interstellar empire by optimizing production, investing in research, and choosing when to fight or cooperate with other players.

Publisher: Gameforge AG
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Strategy
Release Date: October 3, 2002
Pros: +Simple to learn and start building quickly. +Works for both relaxed planners and competitive optimizers. +PvP and player conflict are central to the experience.
Cons: -Shows its age in presentation and interface. -Progress can feel very slow without long-term commitment. -Monetization can create pay-to-win pressure.

Unison League

Unison League is a free-to-play social RPG built for mobile, mixing bright anime-style visuals with cooperative dungeon runs and competitive guild PvP. It leans heavily on playing with others, whether you are clearing quest stages with a five-person party, hanging out in the lobby, or coordinating big team attacks.

Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Social RPG
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Pros: +Drop-in co-op stages with real players. +Team-based Unison Attack mechanic. +Strategic 5v5 guild battles.
Cons: -Monetization can translate into PvP advantages. -Quest structure can feel samey over time.