- #1 Wurm Online
97% matchMixed63% of 2,510 reviews2020
Dev: Code Club AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 29.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.6%, Sandbox 18.6%, RPG 8%, Survival 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive sandbox MMO for players who enjoy slow-paced, deep terraforming and complex crafting systems.
- #2 Life is Feudal: MMO
96% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 28.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a hardcore medieval survival experience with a heavy focus on player-built structures and territorial control.
- #3 Albion Online
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 90,120 reviews2018
Dev: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 40% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16%, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, full-loot sandbox MMO that excels in its player-driven economy and territory-based PvP combat.
- #4 Mortal Online 2
95% matchMixed60% of 13,523 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 32.4% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%, Open World 9.4%, PvP 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, full-loot, open-world sandbox that captures the same sense of danger and player-driven economy found in Haven & Hearth.
- #5 Soulmask
93% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 22.8% ★, Hunting 18.7% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Crafting 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep survival and building experience with complex tribe management that mirrors the progression loop of Haven & Hearth.
- #6 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
94% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 20.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Isometric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival sandbox focuses heavily on gathering, crafting, and building in an unforgiving open world.
- #7 Pax Dei
92% matchMixed57% of 10,783 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 31.9% ★, Sandbox 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused sandbox MMO that emphasizes player-driven building and community cooperation in a vast medieval world.
- #8 Project: Gorgon
91% matchVery Positive87% of 4,441 reviews2026
Dev: Elder Game, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 75.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Project: Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery.
Why similar: MMORPG 37.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 35.7%, RPG 11.6%, Sandbox 5.6%, Open World 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An old-school, indie-spirited MMO that rewards exploration and deep, non-traditional skill progression.
- #9 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
91% matchMixed68% of 10,474 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 37% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.7%, Open World 11.6%, PvP 7.7%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A low-fantasy, realistic medieval MMO that focuses on territory control and player-driven crafting.
- #10 Wild Terra Online
90% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 18%, MMORPG 16.5% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Isometric 10.6%, Survival 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The original top-down survival sandbox that paved the way for many modern crafting-focused MMOs.
- #11 Xsyon - Prelude
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: MMORPG 27.7% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic sandbox that places a heavy emphasis on survival, building, and community development.
- #12 Dark and Light
89% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.8%, Sandbox 13.4%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that blends magic, creature taming, and massive building projects.
- #13 Boundless
88% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.5%, MMORPG 21% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox MMO that allows for massive building projects and deep exploration across interconnected worlds.
- #14 Eco
87% matchVery Positive81% of 13,777 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 88.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 19.4%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 16%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a complex simulation where players must build and craft to save their world from an impending disaster.
- #15 RPG MO
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,944 reviews2015
Dev: Marxnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
RPG MO is a nostalgic MMORPG that reminds of Ultima and Runescape Classic.
Why similar: MMORPG 37.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.9%, RPG 8.2%, Open World 7.2%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, skill-based sandbox MMO that captures the classic feel of early internet-era role-playing games.
- #16 Citadel: Forged with Fire
85% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Massively Multiplayer 18.8%, MMORPG 18.4% ★, Open World 14.2%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A magic-focused sandbox survival game that emphasizes building, exploration, and creature taming.
- #17 Last Oasis
84% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Massively Multiplayer 24.5%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.5%, MMORPG 10.7% ★, Crafting 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique nomadic survival game where players must constantly move and build to survive in a dangerous, shifting world.
- #18 Mist Legacy
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,559 reviews2022
Dev: Virtys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Mist Legacy gives you a new way to experience the thrills and adventures of an MMORPG. Handcrafted by a small team of passionate developers, the game features an easy to play top-down world, turn-based combat and a skill-based progression system. Try our game for free. We hope you like it!
Why similar: MMORPG 33.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, turn-based MMO that focuses on crafting and exploration in a charming, persistent world.
- #19 Dragon And Home
84% matchMixed60% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: MMORPG 33% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 9.4%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes building, farming, and exploration in a stylized open world.
- #20 Conan Exiles
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Survival 22.5%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 15.5%, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Sandbox 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game with extensive building mechanics and a harsh open world that demands constant resource management.
- #21 7 Days to Die
79% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Base Building 22.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Open World 19.7%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An intense survival game where building and fortification are essential to surviving the constant threat of the environment.
- #22 Valheim
80% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Survival 21%, Open World 18.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 17.5%, Sandbox 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Though not a traditional MMO, its survival, building, and exploration loop is highly reminiscent of the core gameplay in Haven & Hearth.
- #23 Unturned
79% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25%, Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes scavenging, building, and player interaction in a persistent world.
- #24 Life is Feudal: Your Own
81% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Sandbox 18.1%, MMORPG 17.2% ★, Open World 17%, Crafting 17%, Survival 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: The standalone version of the LiF survival experience, offering a smaller, more intimate sandbox environment.
- #25 Life is Feudal: Arden
78% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 34.4% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 8.4%, Survival 7.6%
- #26 In Next Life
77% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Dual DecadePub: Wereviz AB
Windows · Mac
An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration. Start in the stone age and live, build, and invent your way to higher civilization. Live and die as well as you can, to gain the experience you need to achieve even more in your next life!
Why similar: MMORPG 21.9% ★, Hunting 13.8% ★, Cooking 12%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #27 Heartwood Online
77% matchMixed69% of 3,249 reviews2023
Dev: E Bros
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 43.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 7.5%, RPG 6.9%
- #28 Winds of Valen
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 635 reviews2025
Dev: Fiery Dog Games
Windows
Winds of Valen is a free fantasy sandbox MMORPG. Experience old-school progression where every level, skill, and drop is earned through effort. Train your combat, mining, and smithing skills, and hunt for rare and unique items in a seamless open world filled with danger and discovery.
Why similar: MMORPG 42.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.7%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 6.5%
- #29 Rogalia
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 534 reviews2018
Dev: TatriX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Rogalia is the sandbox with fantasy open world, meal-based character leveling, nice graphics and cozy atmosphere.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.6%, MMORPG 23.3% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Isometric 9.6%, Open World 9.4%
- #30 ETHYRIAL
76% matchMixed55% of 1,387 reviews2023
Dev: Oath Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A F2P 'Open Alpha' MMORPG! 23 Unique Classes - Charming Quests & Story - 100s of Monsters - 18 Professions - 8+ Dungeons - 4 World Bosses - 1 Pinnacle Boss - Total Level, Skill, & XP Rankings - Active and Friendly Devs... & Much More!
Why similar: MMORPG 28.4% ★, Cooking 14.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12.4%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 9.5%
- #31 BitCraft Online
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,304 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 91.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 38.6% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #32 Spellfarers
75% matchMostly Negative39% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Leisure Inc.
Windows · Mac
Farm, fish, craft, and cast spells with your friends in this idyllic, magical multiplayer farming sim. Befriend the townsfolk of Wenngrove, learn their trades and stories, tend your home with your friends and Familiar, and make magic in Spellfarers.
Why similar: MMORPG 32.7% ★, Agriculture 19.5% ★, Cooking 16%, Massively Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 9.4%
- #33 Havenhold
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: Wolfpack Games
Windows
《决战万界山》是一款洪荒武道题材宗门沙盒网游。武者们通过丰富的技艺制造游戏内的一切物品,并通过集市自由议价赚取武道资粮。积攒财富,加入宗门,建设驻地,携手同门在激烈战斗中与宿敌争夺一统江湖的机会!
Why similar: MMORPG 38.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 11.5%, PvP 9.5%
- #34 Black Desert
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 92,177 reviews2017
Dev: Pearl Abyss
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 178.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 37.6% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 13.6%, PvP 11.6%, Exploration 7%
- #35 Mortal Online
75% matchMixed52% of 2,957 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: MMORPG 23.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.8%, Survival 8.8%
- #36 Realm of Simplicity MMORPG
72% matchMixed64% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Pure Heart Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Realm of Simplicity is an indie-developed open world MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy where you will embark on your own adventure. Complete quests, master your skills, trade loot with others or befriend them in a party to conquer the mightiest of monsters!
Why similar: MMORPG 45.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21%, RPG 13.5%, Top-Down 10.6%, PvP 7.7%
- #37 The Quinfall
70% matchMixed54% of 10,809 reviews2026
Dev: Vawraek Technology Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 23.3% ★, Hunting 14.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Agriculture 12.2% ★, Cooking 10.9%
- #38 Tale of Toast
74% matchMixed51% of 762 reviews2018
Dev: Toasty Leaf AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
With its easy to pick up play style, open world player versus player with high stakes for those daring to partake, and its focus on simple yet tactical combat, social aspects, trade skills, procedurally generated dungeons and quality over quantity quests, it is sure to have something for everyone.
Why similar: MMORPG 50.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.7%, Open World 12.1%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 4.4%
- #39 Longvinter
70% matchMixed67% of 7,526 reviews2025
Dev: Uuvana Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 15%, PvP 10.8%
- #40 Faehnor Online
70% matchMixed70% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: Wyrd Ark
Windows
A handcrafted MMORPG developed by a solo creator, where exploration relies on real paper maps. Get lost, find your way, and set out to conquer a world that will never take you by the hand.
Why similar: MMORPG 39.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 24.4%, PvP 11%, Open World 10.4%, RPG 7%
- #41 Villagers and Heroes
73% matchMixed61% of 3,427 reviews2014
Dev: Mad Otter Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Enter a magical, 3D fantasy world filled with hundreds of unique locales, immersive lore, and exciting quests -- and it's all free to play. Join thousands of players from around the world, and be part of a one of a kind community.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 27.4%, MMORPG 27.4% ★, Open World 11.3%, RPG 9.4%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #42 Therais Book
71% matchMixed61% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: CrossOrbit Studio
Windows
Therais Book is an open world online RPG where you harvest resources, craft items and equipment, hunt animals for food, monsters for loot, and even players in PVP
Why similar: MMORPG 56% ★, RPG 11.4%, PvP 11%, Exploration 9.6%, 3D 6.4%
- #43 PIONER
67% matchMixed65% of 3,315 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: MMORPG 31.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
- #44 Wurm Unlimited
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: MMORPG 17.5% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.2%
- #45 Piworld
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Ahaha studio
Windows
Piworld is a unique multiplayer game where everyone can find something to do to suit their desires. Try out different roles: from a simple fisherman to an adventurer. Explore the world alone or with friends, fight evil, develop your skills, and create your own story.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 17.7%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 15%, Open World 14.4%
- #46 Soulforged
69% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Arkadiusz Bisaga
Windows
Join our community on a fantastic journey across a vast, unique world. Discover new technologies, build infrastructure and brave new frontiers. All that with no fees or in-game purchases. Please note: This is a slow-paced game limited by Action Points that regenerate very slowly in real time!
Why similar: MMORPG 32.1% ★, Perma Death 19.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 7.4%, Exploration 6.3%
- #47 8BitMMO
71% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: MMORPG 29.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.9%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 9.1%, PvP 8.7%
- #48 Coronation
69% matchMixed66% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sword Studio
Windows
Coronation, an online medieval sandbox with player-built settlements, dungeons & economy.
Why similar: Base Building 28.8%, Crafting 24%, Open World 20%, PvP 18.2%, 3D 9%
- #49 Grind Hero: MMORPG
66% matchMixed59% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Xtreaming
Windows · Mac
2D MMORPG with PvP, guilds, bosses, sigils, and a vast world to explore!
Why similar: MMORPG 38.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.6%, PvP 13.2%, RPG 8.4%, Open World 8.3%
- #50 Tombstone MMO
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Well BucketPub: RedTigerPro
Windows
Tombstone MMO is a western-futuristic, low-res 2D indie MMORPG set in a post-climate-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: MMORPG 30.6% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Massively Multiplayer 12.3%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #51 Downfall MMORPG
66% matchMixed54% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Rainmade Games
Windows
Downfall MMORPG is an open-world sci-fi & fantasy MMORPG where magic and technology collide. Choose a faction, forge your own playstyle, and fight for control of a living world in massive PvP battles and endless PvE adventures.
Why similar: MMORPG 44.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.8%, Open World 10.9%, RPG 8.1%, PvP 7.1%
- #52 Palia
63% matchVery Positive86% of 40,274 reviews2024
Dev: Singularity 6 Corporation
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.
Why similar: MMORPG 46.3% ★, Crafting 27.8%, Exploration 14.1%, RPG 11.7%
- #53 Inferna
68% matchMixed63% of 2,208 reviews2019
Dev: INFERNA UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Classic free-to-play open-world MMORPG with grind, PvP, and a risky upgrade system up to +10. Level 1–100 with no resets. 33 maps. Crossplay for PC & mobile (Android beta).
Why similar: MMORPG 36.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.7%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, PvP 7.7%
- #54 Countrified
68% matchMixed57% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Avelar Studios
Windows
Countrified is an online Survival simulator focused on player interaction. Hunt, build, control regions, survive, kill, die and more in our world!
Why similar: Survival 48.6%, RPG 33.3%, Adventure 18.1%