These recommendations are grouped by the systems players tend to love in Ultima Online—not just by setting or art style.
Legends of Aria: Eternal
In TestingFantasy • Windows PC
Emergent Worlds' revival and reworking of Legends of Aria, returning the Ultima Online-inspired sandbox MMORPG with classless progression, crafting, housing, PvP and player-run community shards. Eligible former supporters can access playtests now, with a Steam launch planned.
SandboxClasslessCraftingHousingPlayer EconomyPvPCommunity Servers
Mortal Online 2
PlayableFantasy • PC
A persistent fantasy sandbox MMORPG where players gather resources, craft goods, trade, build houses and fortifications, form guilds, and fight in first-person full-loot PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPHousingBuildingPlayer VillagesCraftingPlayer Economy
Wurm Online
PlayableFantasy • PC
A long-running sandbox MMORPG centered on terraforming, building, crafting, farming, skill progression, settlements, and player-created communities.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer SettlementsCraftingFarmingPlayer Economy
Haven & Hearth
PlayableFantasy • PC / Steam / standalone
A hardcore survival-crafting sandbox MMORPG centered on settlement building, farming, hunting, industry, exploration, trade, crime and emergent player politics in periodically regenerated worlds.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer VillagesRealmsSiegesCrafting
Salem
PlayableFantasy • PC
A harsh colonial-era crafting sandbox MMO built around homesteading, farming, crafting, settlement growth, open PvP and permanent consequences. The official service remains online in 2026.
BuildingSettlementsCraftingFarmingClasslessOpen PvPFull Loot
Ryzom
PlayableFantasy • 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
Albion Online
PlayableFantasy • 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
Shadowbane: Resurgence
PlayableFantasy • Windows / Steam
A commercial Shadowbane revival focused on unrestricted PvP, flexible character building, player-founded cities and kingdoms, territorial warfare and sieges.
Open PvPLootingPlayer CitiesKingdomsSiegesTerritory ControlGuilds