In-Development Indie MMORPGs

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So many independent MMOs being developed right now, especially by tiny studios and 1-man teams. I've picked 10 that seem more promising to me, and that are (somewhat) popular. Let me know if you find something I could improve in this post.

Dual Universe [Beta]
Setting: Science-Fiction || Focus: PvP || Budget: ~$25M* || Engine: Unigine 2
  • Single shard persistent universe shared by all the players
  • Voxel-based universe: player-made cities, stations and warships
  • Space warfare: pirate ships, coordinated attacks, skirmishes
  • Player-controlled global economy: mine, craft, build, optimize, barter and trade

Crowfall [Beta]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvP || Budget: $38M || Engine: Unity 5
  • Spiritual successor to Shadowbane
  • Player-created worlds with parcels of terrain and pre-fab building pieces
  • GvG/RvR campaigns that guilds or factions can win
  • Deep crafting system inspired by Star Wars: Galaxies

Camelot Unchained [Beta]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: RvR || Budget: ~$20M || Engine: Unchained
  • Spiritual successor to Dark Age of Camelot
  • Large-scale RvR battles and sieges with more than a thousand players
  • Open world with islands that players can move to strategically reshape the world
  • Block-by-block construction with server-side stability and destruction

Gloria Victis [Beta]
Setting: Medieval Realistic || Focus: PvP || Budget: ~$4M* || Engine: Unity 5
  • Skill-based combat mechanics à la Mount and Blade
  • Class-less system with diversified equipment
  • Open world with housing, territory control and sieges
  • Complex crafting system: leatherworking, armorsmithing, weapon forging

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen [Pre-Alpha]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvE || Budget: $? || Engine: Unity 5
  • Spiritual successor to EverQuest
  • Deeply social: dungeons require teamwork and group strategy
  • Thrilling climbing system
  • Perception system: the world reveals its secrets through the environment

Ashes of Creation [Alpha]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvP || Budget: ~$30M* || Engine: Unreal 4
  • Nodes system: player participation influences the type of content in the surrounding areas
  • Open world housing: players have the ability to survey and develop land anywhere in the world
  • Castle sieges with hundreds of players with many moving parts
  • Harsh, unforgiving and stunning environment

Star Citizen [Alpha]
Setting: Science-Fiction || Focus: PvP || Budget: $348M || Engine: Lumberyard
  • Spiritual successor to Freelancer
  • Procedurally generated and handcrafted stunning worlds
  • Open world PvP with high speed dog fights with multi-crew ships or intense FPS warfare
  • Exploration: hidden outpost, abandoned ships and beautiful sunsets

Project Gorgon [Beta]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvE || Budget: +$1M || Engine: Unity 5
  • Exploration: many hidden secrets awaiting discovery
  • Ambitious skill-based leveling system allowing the player to combine skills
  • Old-school MMO with innovative ideas, such as morphing into animals
  • 16 combat skills, 71 trade skills, 11 beasts skills

Mortal Online 2 [Beta]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvP || Budget: $? || Engine: Unreal 4
  • Open and realistic sandbox world
  • True, real-time combat where outcomes are decided by skill rather than levels or gear
  • Become a legendary crafter whose goods are traded across the globe or a famous warrior studying the art of combat
  • Individual reputation is everything: people will recognize you by the impact you've made on the world

Rise Online [Alpha]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus PvP/PvE || Budget: $? || Engine: Unreal 4
  • Spiritual successor to Knight Online
  • Full PvP-based maps and events
  • PvE content like missions, creatures and bosses that take several groups to defeat
  • An endless war between two kingdoms

Cross post. *Personal estimate, may be inaccurate
 
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SPG said:
Pantheon

Not fond of PVP in MMOs so toxic.
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Yea in general the interactions are more harmonious in PvE games. But playing with a guild can help to have some respectful relationships.

Matty8787 said:
Ashes of Creation and Gloria Victis for me, they look great.
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Agreed, Ashes of Creation graphics are pretty good, and I like Gloria Victis gameplay.

SPG said:
Great post btw, thankyou.
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Thanks!

Tombstone said:
As I've been in the pre-Alpha for a few years now, it goes without saying that Pantheon is the one I'm looking forward to.
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Seems promising but the development is pretty slow. They're showing dungeons, which are cool, but I don't know how they've progressed with the rest of the game world.

robfosters said:
So it’s either Space or medieval fantasy. A bit more diversity wouldn’t go amiss.
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There are super-hero MMO projects (Valiance Online, City of Titans, Ship of Heroes), which are basically spiritual successors of City of Heroes, I could actually add them to my list but for some reasons I don't.
 
francisbaud said:
Seems promising but the development is pretty slow. They're showing dungeons, which are cool, but I don't know how they've progressed with the rest of the game world.
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Thats one of the big questions, obviously I've been in the pre-alpha for a number of years so I've been able to play in some of the rest of the game world but there is always that question of how much more of it has been done that we havent yet been able to see.
 
francisbaud said:
Have you participated in the stress test for Mortal Online 2? There are some great battles (large-scale) happening. Here's an example:
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Unfortunately not. I've watched a few people playing the game though on youtube. I'm not normally in to pvp style battles. But this game reminds me a little of Ultima Online but a modern version.. i.e. the crafting and developement of player interaction with the towns and merchants.

I think its going to be buy 2 play?

I'm liking the look of it, including the pvp :)
 
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