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Games like RuneScape

2001PEGI 16PCSteam Deck playable81 % positivefree

A sprawling fantasy MMORPG where you freely choose whether to train skills, complete quests, or hunt bosses. Its living, ever-growing world rewards long-term progression across dozens of skills.

Lots of grind
Open world
Loot and gear
Dense, handcrafted world

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In short: Games like RuneScape

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RuneScape special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Old School RuneScape

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2013PEGI 16PCSteam Deck playable82 % positivefree

A retro MMO with a huge open world where you grind dozens of skills over many hours and freely choose between quests, boss fights and risky PvP. The community votes on updates, shaping how the game evolves.

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Lots of grind

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Ultima Online

Sandbox with your own goals

A pioneering MMORPG set in a huge persistent sandbox fantasy world where players freely train skills, trade, craft, and either fight or cooperate with each other.

Sacred

Dense, handcrafted world

A Diablo-style hack-and-slash RPG set in the huge, freely explorable world of Ancaria, with seven classes, lots of side quests and loot. Its open map, traversed on horseback, sets it apart from dungeon-only action RPGs.

The Elder Scrolls Online

Dense, handcrafted world

A massive online RPG that lets you roam across Tamriel, delivering classic Elder Scrolls questing with fully voiced storylines. You can play it solo or team up for dungeons, trials and large-scale PvP battles.

World of Warcraft

Dense, handcrafted world

The genre-defining MMORPG: explore the vibrant world of Azeroth alongside thousands of players, level and gear your hero, tackle dungeons and raids with a group, or clash in Alliance-versus-Horde PvP.

Dofus

Build variety

Dofus is a turn-based tactical MMORPG fought on a grid, with many classes, deep builds and a playful, humorous cartoon look. Its appeal lies in team fights, crafting professions and endless collecting and optimizing.

Guild Wars 2

Dense, handcrafted world

A subscription-free MMORPG built around dynamic world events, mobile dodge-based combat and a gorgeously painted fantasy world full of vistas and jumping puzzles. Strangers naturally team up without formal grouping, and there are raids, fractals and massive WvW battles for those seeking more.

Rift

Lots of grind

A fantasy MMORPG set in Telara where two factions compete and dynamic rifts tear open across the world, triggering invasions that players fight off together. Its flexible class system with many soul specializations is a highlight.

EverQuest II

Lots of grind

A classic fantasy MMORPG with a huge online world, group content, quests and deep class and gear systems. Its appeal lies in community play and long-term character growth.