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Games like The Elder Scrolls Online

2014USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified82 % positive19.99 €

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.

  • Dense, handcrafted world
  • Open world
  • Lore and world history
  • Loot and gear

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In short: Games like The Elder Scrolls Online

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

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World of Warcraft

99 %Match

2004USK 12PC

Brings what grabs you about The Elder Scrolls Online: a dense, handcrafted world, lots of grind as well as hunting for loot and gear.

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.

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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.

The Lord of the Rings Online

Lore and world history

A classic MMORPG that recreates Middle-earth with great attention to detail, letting you follow a path parallel to the Fellowship through quests, vast regions and group content. Its Tolkien atmosphere and large explorable world are the highlights.

Sacred

Open 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.

Black Desert

Open world

A visually impressive MMORPG with fluid, combo-driven action combat in a huge open world. Beyond fighting, it offers many life skills such as fishing, trading, cooking and alchemy, plus large-scale siege wars.

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Open world

A hack-and-slash action RPG set in the large open world of Ancaria, where you pick a side between Light and Shadow, choose from several classes, and grow stronger through loot and abilities. Playable in co-op too.

New World: Aeternum

Lots of grind

An open-world MMO set on the supernatural island of Aeternum, built around real-time classless weapon combat, gathering and crafting. You can play solo, in small groups, or in large-scale PvP wars for territory.

RuneScape

Open world

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.

Tera

Playing together in co-op

Tera is a fantasy MMORPG with non-tab-target real-time combat where aiming, dodging and timing matter. Its colorful world of Arborea is built around group dungeons and boss fights with other players.

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