Games Like Black Desert Online

If you like Black Desert for gathering, processing, farming, workers, trading, crafting and long-term life-skill progression, these MMOs offer similar sandbox or economy-focused systems.

These recommendations are grouped by the systems players tend to love in Black Desert Online—not just by setting or art style.

RuneScape

Playable
Fantasy • Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Jagex's long-running fantasy MMORPG built around open-ended, classless skill progression rather than a fixed character class. Players can train dozens of combat and non-combat skills, gather and craft resources, trade through a large player economy, farm, build and customize player-owned housing, quest and pursue goals in almost any order.
ClasslessSkillsCraftingGatheringPlayer EconomyHousingFarming

Old School RuneScape

Playable
Fantasy • Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Jagex's community-driven version of RuneScape based on the game's 2007 era. OSRS combines classless skill progression, gathering, crafting, farming, player-owned houses, a huge player economy and dangerous Wilderness PvP with a polling system that gives players a direct vote on proposed game updates.
ClasslessSkillsCraftingGatheringPlayer EconomyHousingFarming

ArcheAge

Offline
Fantasy • PC / TBD
A fantasy sandbox/theme-park MMORPG built around open-world exploration, player housing and farms, crafting, trade packs, sailing, naval combat, faction warfare and territorial PvP. The North American and European service closed in June 2024.
SandboxPersistent WorldCrafting

Albion Online

Playable
Fantasy • PC / macOS / Linux / Mobile
A cross-platform sandbox MMORPG built around crafting, trade, territory warfare, a player-driven economy, classless equipment-based progression, and risk-based PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPCraftingPlayer EconomyTradingTerritory ControlClassless

Wurm Online

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A long-running sandbox MMORPG centered on terraforming, building, crafting, farming, skill progression, settlements, and player-created communities.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer SettlementsCraftingFarmingPlayer Economy

RPG MO

Playable
Fantasy • Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
An old-school open-world sandbox MMORPG with uncapped skills, crafting, gathering, housing and player trading.
ClasslessCraftingPlayer EconomyTradingHousingPlayer DungeonsPet Breeding

Ryzom

Playable
Fantasy • Windows / macOS / Linux
An open-source sandbox MMORPG set on the living planet Atys, featuring classless progression, harvesting, deep crafting, optional PvP, guilds, factions, outposts and player-influenced politics.
SandboxClasslessCraftingHarvestingPvE-friendlyOutpostsPolitics

EVE Online

Playable
Fantasy • PC / macOS
A persistent science-fiction sandbox MMO built around player corporations, territorial conflict, industry, logistics, politics, piracy, and a deeply player-driven economy.
Open PvPPlayer EconomyTerritory ControlCraftingPoliticsCorporationsPersistent World