250 years ago, the Great Destroyer was bested by strong heroes in the world of Tyria. However, while peace should have reigned over the lands of Tyria, the world wasn’t so lucky. Five Elder Dragons who had been asleep underground awakened and began bringing destruction to Tyria. The human race has begun to grow extinct because of all the damage and the Charr race has advanced on the humans to take back their stolen lands from the now dwindling humans. Your job as a new adventurer is to somehow revive a now disbanded group known as the Destiny’s Edge who are the only hope for bringing peace to the lands of Tyria.

Guild War 2 is a sequel to the very popular MMORPG released seven years and like Ragnarok Online, still has a lot of popularity in the online gaming scene. Players choose from one of several races and professions to then set forth into an epic quest. Like Ragnarok Online, Guild Wars 2 has a lot of customization options for players and tons of cool quests to take on either solo or with others. Guild Wars 2 is a huge improvement over the original titles—as Guild Wars 1 had several expansions—and even today still gets new players to enjoy it’s now free to play format. If you’re ready to dive into a rich world filled with amazing enemies, cool classes and nice combat mechanics then you’re going to want to download Guild Wars 2 as soon as you can.

In the world of Rift, the five elemental planes—Earth, Wind, Water, Life, Death—have each intermingled with one another. Each of the five planes has a dragon-like deity that governs the elemental force they are assigned to. Separating the five planes is the land of Telara where all the planes have been kept separated until the five dragon-like deities decided to join forces as the newly named Blood Storm. Despite their combined power those who lived on Telara were able to stop the Blood Storm and keep them from taking controls of all the elemental powers. However, while the Blood Storm were all chained and locked the leader who combined them—named Regulous—escaped and began to make plans to help the Blood Storm get freed. You play as an Ascended, one of the super powered warriors who stopped the Blood Storm originally from their onslaught and must prevent history from repeating itself once more.

Rift from developer Trion Worlds is easily one of the better MMORPGs we’ve played in some time. Like Ragnarok Online, Rift prides itself on giving players large scale battles with multiple friends and or online players all while taking down loads of dungeons and various other instant events. Originally Rift was a paid subscription based title but in 2012, Trion Worlds went for a free to play method that actually made Rift a lot more appealing to play. We here at Honey’s Anime knew we had to include Rift on our 6 Games Like Ragnarok Online list and if you download it and play it soon you’ll agree with our decision. Just be prepared to get lost in Rift’s huge world and mass amount of sights to see and things to do.

Have you ever wished to play online within the large world of Tamriel found in the Elder Scrolls franchise? Well, now you can do just that in The Elder Scrolls Online. Taking place 800 years before the events found in The Elder Scrolls Morrowind and Oblivion, players will enter a battle for supremacy of Tamriel. Your starting faction will determine where your journey begins and from there you will have to engage in multiple story quests and minor ones to level up and prepare to enter the war. With a large world to explore, The Elder Scrolls Online aims to be one of the biggest MMORPGs ever.

Here at Honey’s Anime it’s safe to assume we’re pretty big fans of games from the Elder Scrolls franchise. We have found ourselves sinking hundreds of real life hours in games like Oblivion or Skyrim and with The Elder Scrolls Online we’ve sunk another large amount of time in this huge MMORPG. If you’re a fan of any of the previous titles we mentioned—and if you love the large variety in Ragnarok Online for example—then you’re going to want to purchase The Elder Scrolls Online. What’s really nice is that unlike when it first released as a subscription based title, The Elder Scrolls Online only requires the player to buy the base game and it’s free from then on. With tons of weapon, classes, skills and places to adventure to, The Elder Scrolls Online will be the MMORPG of choice if you love the setting of the Elder Scrolls series and want to immerse yourself even further in its lore.

Mabinogi is a MMORPG where players choose one of several races and set forth in a large fantasy world. Going against the modern theme of most MMORPGs, those that play Mabinogi will find a lot of freedom in their development of their character. Players are not locked into skills based on race or profession and can feely level up various skills via in game AP. Players will find a world where real life tasks—such as plowing fields or making clothing—can be done for various gains. If you’re ready to embark in a world where freedom of choice is largely the name of the game, then enter Mabiongi.

Mabinogi honestly is one of those MMORPGs that takes a lot of risks. Instead of favoring a linear progression—more so focusing on a story narrative—Mabinogi gives players the ability to either level up via fantasy-like work or to engaged in the campaign proper. Mabinogi may seem like a silly looking MMORPG but like Ragnarok Online, there is a lot of depth seen within not only the gameplay but also the quests available and the gameplay itself. Mabinogi has had a long life as an MMORPG and honestly that is a rarity only mimicked by few gaming titles which is why we placed it on our list of 6 Games Like Ragnarok Online. Now then what are you waiting for, the fantasy world of Mabinogi is waiting for you to go and try it out.

The land of Elrios came to be thanks to a powerful gem named the El Stone. However, the powerful El Stone is stolen by some thieves and it’s up to Elsword and allies to return it. Dubbing this team as the El Search Party, new allies will join to increase the chances of success for Elsword. You happen to be one of these new allies yourself. Arm yourself and prepare to bring justice to those who have wronged the land of Elrios in Elsword.

One thing we love about Ragnarok Online—besides the great gameplay—has to be the anime inspired aesthetics. That’s why we know if you’re like us here at Honey’s Anime you’re going to love Elsword for the same reasons. Developer KOG studios crafted a rich and super fluid 2D side scroller that focuses on action and some very cool classes to play as. Free to play and having had multiple updates that only make the game even better, Elsword is game you won’t mind spending dozens of hours on. Anime inspired visuals, cool 2D combat and tons of cool quests, what’s not to love about Elsword?

The world of Hydaelyn is about to suffer when one race wishes to annihilate another. Hydaelyn has several races that co-exist on the planet in different environments and with different lifestyles. However, the Garleans Empire wants more land and more power. Researching various magic, the Garleans have found a means to call down a small moon and plan on launching it at the beast race to wipe them off the planet completely. While various warriors and adventures are able to stop the Garleans assault, they can’t stop the moon named Dalamud but learn that the moon is actually meant to contain a strong being known as Bahamut and now is free to devastate the planet. Thus a strong scholar named Louisoix Leveilleur uses a power to awaken chosen warriors in a new time to hopefully stop the threat from a different time.

Final Fantasy XIV originally was met with nothing but anger and negative reviews causing Square Enix to have to restart the world. The end result of their decisions led to the now popular Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Fans of the Final Fantasy series will love the amount of similarities found in not only combat but various skills and large explorative world. While Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has only been out for several years, with the large popularity and still very alive servers, it’s safe to assume that it will be running online for some time more. We knew that our 6 Games Like Ragnarok Online list needed a solid last title to end on and thus we end on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.