Games Like Black Desert Online

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.

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.

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.

A cross-platform sandbox MMORPG built around crafting, trade, territory warfare, a player-driven economy, classless equipment-based progression, and risk-based PvP.

A long-running sandbox MMORPG centered on terraforming, building, crafting, farming, skill progression, settlements, and player-created communities.

An old-school open-world sandbox MMORPG with uncapped skills, crafting, gathering, housing and player trading.

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.

A persistent science-fiction sandbox MMO built around player corporations, territorial conflict, industry, logistics, politics, piracy, and a deeply player-driven economy.