Top 10 Best MMO Games To Play In 2022

Mixing shooting, parkour and RPG elements into a polished loot-n-shoot experience, Warframe offers players the chance to play as spacefaring gun ninjas from the future in an engaging free-to-play experience. If you enjoy grinding, optimising combat builds and… animal conservation, then Warframe does it all with a cheerful kind of haphazardness borne of its open beta status. And if that’s not enough, there’s always the pirate-inspired mech mounts. The game’s long-awaited expansion, The Duviri Paradox, recently got a new teaser trailer promising a world of infinite (if cryptic) possibilities. 

Boasting great action sequences, a class system that succeeds at making you feel cool, and an engaging isometric format, Lost Ark is a robust fantasy MMORPG from developers Tripod Studio and Smilegate. Though the plot is pretty simple with its Angels vs Demons narrative, Lost Ark’s open world and fun combat more than makes up for any story weaknesses. Sailing feels great, and the evolving concept of your Stronghold is an interesting break from instanced housing in other MMOs. In future, we’d like to see non gender-locked classes, please!

A uniquely responsive MMORPG, Guild Wars 2 thrives off its player interactions with the world of Tyria. Traditional questing takes a backseat to the game’s dynamic events and personal stories, and you’ll often team up with other players in a transient, battle-by-battle fashion. These public events take place in a fantasy world that looks incredible, encouraging exploration with a series of jumping puzzles that reward careful players with chests, achievements and that all-important sense of superiority. The game’s most recent expansion was launched in February 2022 to hugely positive reviews.

An MMO for lovers of starships and simulators alike, Elite Dangerous is the first in the series to go multiplayer, bringing players together in a cutthroat experience based on a 1:1 scale representation of our galaxy. In other words, epic fights meet epic space. Weaving amidst galactic warfare while improving your ship and earning your stripes, Elite Dangerous is a great pick for hard sci-fi representations of interstellar travel. The Odyssey DLC might not be the best MMO expansion out there, but the base game is so good you can spend hours cruising before you know it.

As the 2nd MMO and 14th numbered instalment in one of gaming’s most beloved franchises, Final Fantasy 14 had big boots to fill. Thankfully, after a disappointing launch in 2010, Final Fantasy 14 was successfully relaunched in 2013, developing into a high fantasy epic that brings together the best of Final Fantasy’s hero narrative with MMORPG staples including raiding, PvP combat and open world questing. Uniquely, the game offers players the ability to level any of its crafting or battle classes on one character, including iconic jobs such as Summoner, White Mage or Dragoon.