Games Like Ashes of Creation

Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?

Why similar: MMORPG 32.8% ★, Crafting 13%, Character Customization 11.1%, Cinematic 11%, Base Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A social sandbox MMORPG that focuses on player-driven world-building and community-led development similar to the node system.

Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?

Why similar: MMORPG 47.6% ★, Character Customization 14.7%, Crafting 13.3%, RPG 7.8%, Exploration 7%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, first-person sandbox MMORPG that emphasizes high-stakes PvP and a player-run economy.

Throne and Liberty captures the essence of classic MMORPGs while introducing new gameplay elements, depth and excitement at every turn. Gather your guild, prepare for battle, and set forth for throne... and liberty!

Why similar: MMORPG 56.1% ★, Character Customization 12.4%, RPG 8.5%, Crafting 5.4%, Combat 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features massive-scale siege warfare and dynamic weather systems that directly impact combat and exploration.

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

Why similar: MMORPG 60.9% ★, RPG 10%, Character Customization 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an action-oriented combat system within a vast, evolving open world focused on faction-based territory control.

Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!

Why similar: MMORPG 47.2% ★, Character Customization 13.8%, Base Building 12.1%, RPG 7.7%, Co-op 6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows players to build cities, manage territories, and engage in large-scale siege combat.

Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.

Why similar: MMORPG 71.9% ★, Crafting 14.3%, RPG 8.3%, Co-op 2.9%, Strategy 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A player-driven sandbox MMORPG where the economy and territory control are entirely managed by the community.

Guild Wars 2 is an award-winning online roleplaying game with fast-paced action combat, deep character customization, and no subscription fee required. Choose from an arsenal of professions and weapons, explore a vast open world, compete in PVP modes and more. Join over 16 million players now!

Why similar: MMORPG 43.4% ★, Class-Based 14.6% ★, Character Customization 11.8%, RPG 6.7%, Crafting 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its dynamic world events and exploration-focused gameplay that encourages players to interact with a living environment.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is a deeply social high fantasy MMORPG that challenges its players and rewards effort. Join the denizens of Terminus to uncover the mysteries of a world divided by Celestial loyalty… and betrayal.

Why similar: MMORPG 54.7% ★, RPG 13.8%, Character Customization 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on old-school, group-oriented MMORPG mechanics that prioritize social interaction and challenging world content.

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Crafting 23.8%, Character Customization 21.7%, Base Building 18.5%, RPG 12.6%, Exploration 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival MMO that captures the political tension and resource-driven conflict found in sandbox titles.

Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.

Why similar: Character Customization 35%, Exploration 22.7%, Co-op 17.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for player-driven sandbox experiences, featuring complex political systems and massive-scale warfare.

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Crafting 22.9%, Base Building 20.3%, Action RPG 14%, Character Customization 13.8%, RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-action RPG that offers extensive building tools and a world that changes based on player exploration.

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.

Why similar: Crafting 48.2%, RPG 17.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Co-op 9.9%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep base-building and survival mechanics with intense siege warfare and a brutal, reactive world.

Project: Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery.

Why similar: MMORPG 68.1% ★, RPG 22.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Adventure 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: An old-school MMORPG that rewards exploration and experimentation with a deep, skill-based character system.

Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: MMORPG 54.4% ★, Character Customization 14.1%, Crafting 11.8%, RPG 8.5%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A low-fantasy, medieval-themed MMORPG that centers on realistic combat and faction-based territory warfare.

Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

Why similar: MMORPG 45.9% ★, Crafting 19%, Base Building 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, RPG 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tribe management and sandbox survival, allowing players to build and defend their own settlements.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Crafting 34.7%, Base Building 30%, Exploration 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Co-op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique blend of top-down action combat and deep base-building, emphasizing territorial control and resource management.

Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

Why similar: MMORPG 42.2% ★, Crafting 16.5%, Action RPG 14.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Character Customization 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a highly detailed world with complex life-skill systems and large-scale guild-based combat.

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Why similar: Crafting 31.6%, Base Building 24.2%, Character Customization 21.6%, RPG 8.7%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox experience where players tame creatures and build complex structures to dominate the landscape.

A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!

Why similar: MMORPG 64% ★, RPG 18.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex sandbox game that offers unparalleled freedom in crafting, terraforming, and building.

Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

Why similar: MMORPG 45% ★, Class-Based 14.3% ★, RPG 9.9%, Character Customization 7.9%, Exploration 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an expansive world with deep lore and exploration, offering a more traditional but highly polished MMORPG experience.

Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!

Why similar: MMORPG 45% ★, Crafting 19.7%, RPG 9.1%, Base Building 8.2%, Exploration 6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale sandbox game focused on naval combat, exploration, and building empires across a vast ocean.

Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.

Why similar: MMORPG 47.2% ★, Character Customization 11.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Action RPG 7.8%, RPG 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly immersive world with a strong emphasis on narrative and community-driven social spaces.

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

Why similar: MMORPG 51.4% ★, Character Customization 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, RPG 7.8%, Action RPG 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-driven MMORPG that allows players to make choices that impact their personal journey and the world around them.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Crafting 34.9%, Base Building 24.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Co-op 13.6%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-exploration game that emphasizes building and cooperative play in a procedurally generated, dangerous world.

Neverwinter is a free, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter!

Why similar: MMORPG 65.7% ★, RPG 10.8%, Character Customization 8.4%, Action RPG 4%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented MMORPG that features fast-paced combat and a wide variety of dungeons and world events.

Join thousands of players in a true single-world MMORPG. Carve out a cozy nook, master a player-driven economy, or band together to transform the ancient wilderness into thriving cities. From humble beginnings to legend, your choices matter - because in BitCraft, your actions shape our world.

Why similar: MMORPG 49.6% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Character Customization 10.6%, RPG 6.4%

Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.

Why similar: MMORPG 54.1% ★, Crafting 17.5%, Base Building 14.8%, RPG 6.6%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore sandbox MMORPG that focuses on realistic medieval life, crafting, and large-scale group cooperation.

Tree of Savior(abbreviated as TOS thereafter) is an MMORPG in which you embark on a journey to search for the goddesses in the world of chaos. Fairy-tale like colors accompanied with beautiful graphics in TOS will have you reminiscing about precious moments all throughout the game.

Why similar: MMORPG 51.4% ★, Action RPG 14.2%, RPG 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%, Co-op 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique class-based system that encourages diverse character builds and exploration of a stylized world.

On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

Why similar: Crafting 30.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Co-op 16.1%, Exploration 12.3%, RPG 10.4%

Embark on an adventurous journey to explore the Quinfall universe. Be a part of unique battles and an immersive story with dozens of different professions in the depths of medieval times in an all-new MMORPG experience.

Why similar: MMORPG 45.2% ★, Character Customization 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Action RPG 12.8%, RPG 8.6%

Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.

Why similar: Crafting 31.3%, MMORPG 30.2% ★, RPG 19.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 9.1%

This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

Why similar: MMORPG 42.3% ★, Crafting 18.5%, RPG 17.7%, Base Building 10%, Adventure 6.4%

Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!

Why similar: MMORPG 54.1% ★, Crafting 17.7%, RPG 12.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Action 6%

MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.

Why similar: MMORPG 44.7% ★, Crafting 20.4%, RPG 12.2%, Base Building 10%, Co-op 5%

Eldegarde is a mini-MMO Action RPG with PvE, PvPvE and Arena modes. Explore vast outdoor zones, craft powerful gear, and fight to survive in a living fantasy world.

Why similar: MMORPG 34.8% ★, Class-Based 21.8% ★, Action RPG 10.3%, Dungeon Crawler 8.3%, Combat 6.8%

Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, featuring co-op for up to six players. Set years after the original Path of Exile, you will return to the dark world of Wraeclast and seek to end the corruption that is spreading.

Why similar: MMORPG 40.3% ★, Action RPG 21.3%, RPG 9.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9%, Character Customization 7.1%

Warborne is a top-down PvP loot-and-extract MMO. Every choice in the Abyss is a high-stakes gamble. Pick your gear wisely, employ cunning tactics, and plunder every treasure you can from a battlefield teeming with deception. And pray you make it out alive. Trade your spoils to grow your might.

Why similar: MMORPG 61.5% ★, Character Customization 16.9%, RPG 9.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Action 5.3%

Ashen Empires is a classic MMORPG set in the fantasy world of Dransik. Dransik has been besieged by the sinister forces of Talazar, preying on mortals. Play with your friends, battle your foes, complete quests, defeat powerful bosses, pursue tradeskills in a player-driven market. Play YOUR way!

Why similar: MMORPG 34.8% ★, Class-Based 23.5% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.9%, Combat 7.3%

Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.

Why similar: Action RPG 39.5%, MMORPG 17.3% ★, RPG 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 8.1%, Character Customization 6.5%

Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.

Why similar: MMORPG 50.8% ★, RPG 17.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 8.3%, Adventure 6.4%

Step into Guild Wars Reforged, the award-winning online roleplaying game enjoyed by millions, now re-energized with system enhancements and Steam Deck verified. Experience the complete saga— from the fall of Ascalon to the desperate stand against Nightfall. Your adventure is just getting started!

Why similar: MMORPG 37.9% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Character Customization 9.6%, Action RPG 9.1%, RPG 6.8%

Heartwood Online is a cross-platform free-to-play MMO. Explore a vast world filled with adventure where you choose your own path. Immerse yourself in crafting, trade, PvP & PvE battles, guilds, politics, and a thriving player economy.

Why similar: MMORPG 52.1% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Action RPG 9.7%, RPG 8.7%, Dungeon Crawler 8.2%

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Crafting 29.9%, Base Building 21%, Exploration 12.9%, Co-op 12.7%, RPG 12.4%

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: Crafting 44.2%, RPG 15.1%, Co-op 13.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Strategy 9%

Eterspire is a true free-to-play, cross-platform MMORPG where your skill and dedication define your progression! Play on PC and Mobile with crossplay, join a friendly and active community, discover new content updates every two weeks, and explore a massive world full of charming characters.

Why similar: MMORPG 34.2% ★, Class-Based 24.1% ★, Character Customization 10.7%, Action RPG 8.3%, Crafting 7.4%

Choose your hero, form your group and battle through dungeons together in a Multiplayer Online Dungeon Adventure. Progress through Leagues, endlessly scaling Dungeons and chase new rewards with every fresh season. With a growing roster of Heroes and content there’s always something new in FELLOWSHIP

Why similar: MMORPG 44.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 20.6%, RPG 14%, Combat 7.1%, Co-op 6%

Reign of Guilds — the spiritual successor to the old-school fantasy where steel, magic, and skill decide your fate. Inspired by the legacy of Ultima Online and EverQuest.

Why similar: MMORPG 40.4% ★, Crafting 16.7%, Character Customization 14.3%, RPG 9%, Exploration 7.6%

SHROUD OF THE AVATAR: FORSAKEN VIRTUES is a multiplayer fantasy RPG that sets the player on a path filled with peril and tough choices as they explore a persistent realm that can be shared with other Avatars. It is the spiritual successor to Richard Garriott’s Ultima games.

Why similar: MMORPG 50.8% ★, Crafting 17.2%, RPG 10.7%, Action RPG 7.3%, Co-op 6.6%

Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

Why similar: MMORPG 46.9% ★, Crafting 31.2%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 6%, Action 4.6%

Brighter Shores is an all new adventure from award winning MMORPG designer Andrew Gower. It is an enchanting point-and-click style RPG with hundreds of hours of gameplay, set in a land of magic and mysteries, with a huge number of professions to try, and something new to find around every corner.

Why similar: MMORPG 62.4% ★, Character Customization 14.4%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%

Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!

Why similar: Crafting 36.1%, MMORPG 33.9% ★, RPG 12.1%, Co-op 6.7%, Action 3%

Become a Wayfinder, and unlock their powers as you choose your path and playstyle while pushing back a hostile force that has overtaken your world. A Co-Op ARPG where you directly shape and customize the endless adventures you go on with friends, because Wayfinders are stronger together.

Why similar: Action RPG 24.4%, Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, RPG 12.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. Join Kliff on his journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and to save the land from a looming threat. From vast wilderness and cities to ruins and the mysterious Abyss, forge your path through battles and discovery.

Why similar: Combat 22%, Exploration 19.4%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, RPG 13.2%, Action 12.5%

Dive into a world of epic adventure! Create your perfect hero thanks to a uniquely customizable class system. Collect, craft, and customize your gear. Go it alone or group up to challenge dungeons, raids, dynamic open-world content, and your fellow players.

Why similar: MMORPG 69.5% ★, RPG 10.3%, Character Customization 6.7%, Crafting 4.6%, Co-op 3.2%

Afallon is a single-player RPG with the feel of an MMO. Choose your class and race to forge a unique character, explore a large open world with diverse zones and biomes, and experience a living world that changes based on your actions.

Why similar: Class-Based 26.5% ★, Action RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 13.5%, RPG 10%, Action-Adventure 8.9%