Indie developers have been hard at work in the past years to create innovative and promising MMORPGs. Some have been building custom engines to feet their needs, but most are using off-the-shelf engines like Unreal. I’ve picked 13 popular indie MMORPGs that are currently in development and made a list. Some of them (Ashes of Creation, Mortal Online 2, Rise Online, Ship of Heroes and City of Titans) use Unreal Engine 4. Here’s the list!
Ashes of Creation [Alpha]
Setting: Medieval Fantasy || Focus: PvP/PvE || 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
https://www…com/watch?v=
Ship of Heroes [Beta]
Setting: Superhero || Focus: PvE/PvP || Budget: $? || Engine: Unreal 4
- Spiritual successor to City of Heroes
- Defend Apotheosis City from criminals and alien invaders and explore whole new planets
- Unique character customization with countless options
- Thousands of power combinations to form a unique playstyle
https://www…com/watch?v=-iruwmjzlYw
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
https://www…com/watch?v=xM7rmu_Ju80
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
https://www…com/watch?v=zBtQV5eM5e8
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
https://www…com/watch?v=TdK_gUSW9iA
City of Titans [Alpha]
Setting: Superhero || Focus: PvE/PvP || Budget: +$675K || Engine: Unreal 4
- Spiritual successor to City of Heroes
- Players choose their own adventure, tell their own tales, and have their own agency
- Beautiful vistas, from glorious Art Deco monuments to villain-dominated broken tenements
- Customization of the powers: different animations, powers and colors
https://www…com/watch?v=rCJGxQwmAJQ
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
https://www…com/watch?v=n5viy3SYIlE
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
https://www…com/watch?v=tIqZEMCC5nA
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
https://www…com/watch?v=f3atf-YLyCY
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
https://www…com/watch?v=DJ740JclvGw
Corepunk [Alpha]
Setting: Cyberpunk || Focus: PvE/PvP || Budget: $? || Unity 5
- Seamless open world with top-down view and fog of war
- Explore the world, participate in trading, complete dungeons, or engage in PvP battles
- Day / night cycles as well as weather conditions
- Flexible character customization with a wide variety of builds
https://www…com/watch?v=1_RPcB-9rE8
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
- Legendary crafters trading across the globe, famous warriors studying the art of combat
- Individual reputation: people will recognize you by the impact you’ve made on the world
https://www…com/watch?v=gBuZnvBWSgE
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
https://www…com/watch?v=-WABcBlFDQQ
Cross post. *Personal estimate, may be inaccurate
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