Games Like Guild Wars (Series) Similar Role-playing Games & MMORPG Games like Guild Wars (Series)

Guild Wars is described as 'Very successful MMORPG with no monthly fees. PvE and PvP, heavily instantiated. Manageable heroes for your party as well as hero-NPCs. 8-skill-deck and attributes, changeable in every outpost to adjust Skills to play-style, team and preference' and is a role-playing game in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to Guild Wars for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and Web-based apps. The best Guild Wars alternative is The Elder Scrolls. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try The Lord of the Rings Online or Runescape. Other Guild Wars like games are World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online, Aion and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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  1. The Elder Scrolls icon

    The Elder Scrolls

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    The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

    62 The Elder Scrolls alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Wine
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch Online
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    • The Elder Scrolls is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Guild Wars.

    • The Elder Scrolls is the most popular commercial alternative to Guild Wars.

    • The Elder Scrolls is Paid and ProprietaryGuild Wars is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. World of Warcraft icon

    World of Warcraft

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    Join thousands of mighty heroes in Azeroth as well as beyond the Dark Portal, and see what journeys await for those who would plumb the many secrets of this ancient realm. As a massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft enables thousands of players from across the...

    55 World of Warcraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Battle.net App
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    You can't compare a grind-based game with a persistent world to a challenge-based arcade-tactic game.

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    • This alternative is disputed. World of Warcraft is a legitimate Guild Wars alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • World of Warcraft is Paid and ProprietaryGuild Wars is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. The Lord of the Rings Online icon

    The Lord of the Rings Online

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    Enter a free-to-play MMORPG set in a persistent world based on Tolkien’s Middle-earth, offering classic quests, raids, exploration of regions like the Shire, advanced crafting, story-driven missions, cooperative gameplay, and Windows support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • The Lord of the Rings Online is the most popular free alternative to Guild Wars.

    • The Lord of the Rings Online is Freemium and ProprietaryGuild Wars is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Runescape icon

    Runescape

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    Runescape is the most popular free MMO in the world, by Jagex Games Studio. Complete quests and win enormous treasures in a 3D world full of magic and monsters- all while never leaving your internet browser.

    65 Runescape alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Wine
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    • Runescape is the most popular Web-based & Linux alternative to Guild Wars.

    • Runescape is Freemium and ProprietaryGuild Wars is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Aion icon

    Aion

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    Take flight as a winged warrior in the middle of a massive war in Aion, a stunning massively multiplayer online roleplaying game where abundant solo adventures, intriguing epic group quests, challenging dungeons, and massive Legion raids hone your battle skills as you ascend to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Star Wars: The Old Republic icon

    Star Wars: The Old Republic

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    Star Wars: The Old Republic is the only massively-multiplayer online game with a Free-to-Play option that puts you at the center of your own story-driven STAR WARS saga. Play as a Jedi, a Sith, a Bounty Hunter or as one of many other STAR WARS iconic roles and explore an age...

    43 Star Wars: The Old Republic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Origin
    • Steam
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  10. Albion Online icon

    Albion Online

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    A sandbox MMORPG in an open medieval fantasy world. Player-driven economy, player-crafted equipment, combine armor pieces and weapons. Explore and tackle PvE content. Engage in PvP and conquer territories. Gather. Craft. Trade. Conquer.

    11 Albion Online alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  11. Black Desert Online icon

    Black Desert Online

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    Black Desert Online is a sandbox, living-world MMORPG. Experience fast-paced, action-packed combat, hunt monsters and huge bosses, fight with friends in a guild to siege nodes and conquer castles, train your life skills such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and much more.

    51 Black Desert Online alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  12. Legends of Aria icon

    Legends of Aria

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    Inspired by the original sandbox MMORPGs like Ultima Online. Build your character your way, be you a crafter, adventurer, or humble fisherman. The first full-scale MMORPG to support community servers and modding.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Neverwinter icon

    Neverwinter

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    Neverwinter is a free-to-play, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter!

    38 Neverwinter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  14. Entropia Universe icon

    Entropia Universe

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    Entropia Universe is a massively multiplayer online virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg. Entropia uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game currency (PED - Project Entropia Dollars) with real money...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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