Welcome to the Best MMORPG 2015 list, the most popular, exhaustive, and easy-to-use resource that MMO gamers have been looking for. Here you will find tons of great online MMORPG games that have been listed by category so that you won’t have to spend a lot of time reading irrelevant, wordy news just to find the one or two MMOs that you want to play.

We value our time and yours so here is a super quick list that you can read in a minute or less to help you find a good MMORPG to play.

Best MMORPG 2015 List: Quick Index

Free to Play
Buy to Play or No Subscription MMORPG
Pay to Play (Subscription)
Browser-Based MMO
Upcoming/Under Development MMORPGs 2015

Best Free to Play MMORPG 2015

Now that 2015 is here this post is being updated every month with the the new MMOs of 2015 and upcoming games. This first category is for existing, playable MMORPGs that you can easily check out because they are all free to play.

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At last it’s out! 2015 is off to a great start with the release of the Skyforge open beta this July 16. Skyforge is one of the most highly anticipated upcoming MMORPG games of the year and it is a must-try for those who are looking for a top quality, big-budget AAA game.

This game is one of the best free open beta MMORPGs around because of its amazing graphics, fun action combat, extensive character customization options, interesting futuristic fantasy setting, and an open class system that allows players to change class whenever they want to. In addition, the game is truly massive, with all the players playing together in one world.

Link: official Skyforge website

Magerealm: Rise of Chaos

magerealm 2015The graphics of this new open beta game are unbelievably good for a browser-based MMORPG and the production quality is remarkable. With its superb character/NPC designs, lovingly detailed dynamic environments, intuitive user interface, and outstanding combat, Magerealm: Rise of Chaos is our top choice for best browser MMORPG of 2015.

There are tons of reasons to play Magerealm:

  • no client download, play on your browser in under 5 minutes
  • RPG with a great story
  • free to play
  • excellent graphics
  • beautiful setting and environments
  • regular, high-quality updates
  • it’s quite fun to play!

Link: official Magerealm: Rise of Chaos website

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A fast-paced shooter MMO game, Waframe can be described as a parkour alien Ninja game with exo-skeletal suits. It’s not grindy and huge content updates are released each month so players never get bored. The gameplay mainly consists of co-op missions with various objectives such as survival, assassination, defense, capture, rescue, etc. It’s more focused on PvE rather than PvP. What makes this game the best is that the players are chill and patient even with newbies. Play this game if you want a co-op game with a friendly community.

Link: Warframe official website

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Best Buy to Play MMORPG Games 2015

Buy to play here means a game that you have to buy but there is no subscription needed. So you pay only once then it is yours to play as much as you want.

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Guilds Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is the top choice for most players who are looking for the best buy to play MMORPG of 2015. Its production values are through the roof and for a one-time payment you can enjoy top quality graphics and gameplay. GW2 is rather unconventional because it values exploration, a personal storyline, and dynamic events over the usual grinding that you find in other MMOs.

Guild Wars 2 Features:

  • Dynamic Events – as you explore the world of Guild Wars 2, you will encounter dynamic events that change as you and other players interact with them. In other MMORPGs you have to go from NPC to NPC fetching 10 rat tails everyday. In Guild Wars 2 as you walk around you might find that a village is being attacked by ogres. Help the villagers and the ogres will go away – but the ogres might return with siege weapons or hole up in the caves nearby. Actions have consequences.
  • Personal Story – each player has a unique story that is his or her own. It evolves based on the player’s action.
  • Dungeons – huge, instanced dungeons for groups of players. In story mode where you interact with legendary heroes and advance the plot of GW2. Exploration mode allows players to chose from 3 strategic choices. Each option generates a different version of the dungeon with new challenges, areas, creatures, and dynamic events. Great fun!

Where to buy: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns on Amazon

Very important – do not buy the core game aka Guild Wars 2 (the original release) because when you buy the newest expansion Heart of Thorns the core game is already included. There is also a free trial. Free accounts come with a few restrictions which will be lifted when you buy the newest expansion.

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Best Pay to Play MMORPG Games 2015

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

A bestselling MMORPG in 2014, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn shows no sign of slowing down and will surely continue to be one of the most popular pay to play MMORPGs of 2015. FFXIV players enjoy its wide range of character customization options, beautiful graphics, epic story, rich lore, fun dungeons, active events, crafting system that produces useful items, lovely music (that the FF series is particularly known for), as well as the usual quirky Final Fantasy elements like chocobos.

This game is available for the PC, Playstation 3 and Playstation 4.

Where to buy: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on Amazon.com

Wildstar

Wildstar is unusual in the MMORPG because of its cartoony and humorous quality. In general, most funny MMOs are browser games but Wildstar really takes the cake as a successful big-budget, top quality zany MMORPG. This a great game for people who like to play to relieve stress as it is sure to amuse with its witty dialogue, amusing characters, and entertaining story.

The game has tons of features that players can enjoy such as quests, group quests, dungeons, adventures, raids, PvP, crafting professions, mounts, auctions, and so forth. Player-owned houses are fully customizable not just with furniture but also with the ability to build all kinds of unusual stuff in it such as a dungeon, crafting station, jumping puzzle, buff station, etc.

Where to buy: Wildstar on Amazon.com

The Elder Scrolls Online

At launch date The Elder Scrolls Online received mixed reviews although it has proved to be enormously popular, with over 5 million people playing the open beta. In the weeks since the launch the developers, Zenimax have continued to improve the game and add content such that many complaints made during the release date are now invalid. Due to this, we expect that TESO will be one of the best subscription MMORPG games in 2015.

TESO’s strong points include its stunning graphics, emphasis on player exploration, and action combat system in which the player must actively move, block, dodge, cast, heal, etc. There are also no cookie-cutter characters, players are free to develop their characters’ weapon, racial, class, crafting, and guild skills as they see fit.

TESO is currently available on the PC and Mac. The Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions will be available at then end of 2014/start of 2015.

Where to buy: The Elder Scrolls Online on Amazon.com

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Best Browser-Based MMORPGs 2015

Here is a list of MMOs that are perfect for those who want a lightweight MMORPG that they can play on older PCs or laptops with no client download needed.

Drakensang Online

The best graphics combined with an immersive world make Drakensang Online one of the top browser MMOs of 2014. The game is very fun, especially the fast-paced and tactical combat system. DO gives the player the full MMORPG experience with different classes, quests, dungeons, skills, crafting, and more.

Link: official Drakensang Online website

Felspire

A very fun new MMORPG with solo and group dungeons world bosses, a PvP arena, elite challenges, a timed dungeon that gives better rewards the faster you complete it, Guild-vs-Guild battles, pets, mounts, and fast-paced combat. The PvE combat skills mostly focus on mowing down a ton of monsters, and we do mean a ton! If you kill 100 mobs in a row, for example, you get bonus 20% exp for having a high kill streak.

Enjoy classic MMORPG gaming with Felspire, a free fantasy MMORPG that was launched last August 7,2015.

Link: official Felspire website

DarkOrbit

At first glance DarkOrbit looks very ordinary but in truth it is astonishingly fun. Players take on the role of a a space pilot and the game has a great scifi atmosphere. It’s non-stop fun from the moment you create an account and choose a spaceship to the time you take part in your first space battle. The first zones for beginners are safe but the rest of space is a free-for-all PvP battleground.

How good is it? According to the developers, there are 80 million active players who log in everyday. This game is massively popular.

Link: official DarkOrbit website

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Upcoming MMORPGs 2015

Confirmed 2015 Release Date

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Camelot Unchained
Official website: http://camelotunchained.com/en/

One of the most anticipated MMO games of 2015, Camelot Unchained is an upcoming realm-vs-realm (RvR) old school MMORPG by City State Entertainment. Their Kickstarter raised over $2.2 million with an estimated delivery date of 2015 for the beta testing phase.

What’s awesome about this game is two words: old school. The developers have promised a “chaotic game with epic surprises at every turn.” The game is being built around three main elements: RvR, crafting and housing.

It will be a purely subscription-based MMORPG.

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
Official website: http://www.eternalcrusade.com/

Due to be released late 2015, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade by Behavior Interactive will be playable on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. This is an open world action shooter type of MMO with a 3rd person (over the shoulder) view. It will feature four races: Orks, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, and Eldar. Looks like this will be quite fun for people who enjoy PvP-focused games.

It seems that this will be a “freemium” (a combination of both premium and free) type of game. Players who buy the box or digital download will get full access to the entire game. Those who want to try it out first will be able to play a limited free account.

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Star Citizen
Official website: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

A very promising space simulation game that features both single player gameplay and a persistent universe, Star Citizen by Roberts Space Industries is an unusual space trading/combat MMO. The MMO part of Star Citizen will have no classes, a player-run dynamic economy, customizable ships, realistic physics, and exciting PvP (ship vs ship and ground combat) battles.

Star Citizen will have a “rolling launch” in which modules will be released on after the other. According to their official release schedule, modules will be released from 2014 onwards and on that page it’s said that the developers are aiming to “launch the Persistent Universe sometime in 2015.” It is important to note that the official Star Citizen launch date is 2016.

Unknown Release Date – 2015 and Beyond

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Project: Theralon
Official website: http://www.theralon.com/

It’s been called a “cartoony Eve Online” and “almost too good to be true.” Project: Theralon is an upcoming browser-based (a client will be available but optional) sandbox MMO game.

True to the usual sandbox style, it will have no levels or classes for its characters. Player-run guilds and factions will be able to build cities from the ground up and the social aspect is intended to be the focus of gameplay, with extensive housing and crafting systems.

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Civilization Online
Official website: http://www.civilizationonline.com/

Civilization Online is coming! Sadly, there is no solid release date for it yet. Massively reports that the developers (South Korean studio XL Games) have finished around 60% as of February 2014 and that the first phase of testing will begin in 2014. However, the English version has no release date yet since the game will have to be find a publisher for North America and perhaps Europe, as well as translated and localized.

In the Civilization MMORPG players will have to cooperate with others to develop a nation together instead of each person controlling a nation. The main draw of the game is the dynamically changing nature of the world that develops based on researching technologies, constructing buildings, and even waging war on other player nations.

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Albion Online
Official website: http://albiononline.com/

Albion Online has no official release date yet. The alpha phase of testing just started and after this is the closed and open beta tests so its possible that the game will official launch on 2015.

This game on is the best MMORPG 2015 list because this upcoming browser MMORPG by Sandbox Interactive has some very exciting features: crafting and a player-driven economy, full-on PvP corpse looting, territory wars controlled by player guilds, and the freedom to create whatever class or type of character you want. It will be available on the Windows, Linux, Mac, iPad, and Android tablets.

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Skyforge
Official website: http://sf.my.com/

Skyforge, by the Allods Team (makers of Allods Online) and Obsidian Entertainment, is an upcoming futuristic fantasy MMORPG. The beta signup page is live which means that they are preparing it for live testing, however there is no official release date yet. The MMO will have classes, talents and abilities but no levels for characters.

The developers have stated that it will be an action MMO with no grinding needed, hence the lack of levels. It will be a full-fledged MMO with all the trimmings such as instances, quests, PvP, PvE, boss fights, plus solo, group, and player guild activities

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This post was written by Maise Tremblay.