Building MMORPGs

Sandbox MMORPGs currently tagged with building. This list is generated from the active game database and will change as games are added or updated.

27 current games match this feature.

A Tale in the Desert

Playable
Fantasy • Windows / Linux / macOS
A non-combat social sandbox MMORPG set in ancient Egypt, built around crafting, agriculture, construction, research, lawmaking, tests and large-scale community projects rather than monster combat.
CraftingBuildingFarmingPlayer EconomyPoliticsLawmakingResearch

Aberoth

Playable
Fantasy • Windows / macOS / Linux / browser-era client
A minimalist retro fantasy sandbox MMORPG with no dungeon instancing, unrestricted trading, persistent dropped items, permanent item-built structures, tamable monsters and broad open PvP.
Open PvPTradingPersistent ItemsBuildingTamingNon-instancedFree-to-play

Abyss Online

Uncertain
Fantasy • Windows / Steam
A classless open-world PvP MMORPG with gathering, crafting, a player-driven economy and early open-world building. Steam still sells the game, but its Early Access information is stale, so the current development pace is flagged as uncertain.
ClasslessOpen WorldPlayer EconomyTradingCraftingBuildingPvP

Anvil Empires

In Testing
Fantasy • PC / Steam
A massively multiplayer medieval war sandbox where thousands of players build shared settlements, maintain logistics, raid, siege and fight for conquest across a persistent world.
BuildingPlayer SettlementsCraftingLogisticsSiegesLarge-scale PvPTerritory Control

BitCraft Online

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A community sandbox focused on skilling, building, crafting, farming, trading, exploration, cities and empires in a single editable wilderness.
TerraformingBuildingPlayer CitiesCraftingFarmingTradingPlayer Economy

Camelot Unchained

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A persistent realm-vs-realm MMORPG centered on large-scale warfare, crafting, construction and player conflict.
Realm vs RealmLarge-scale PvPCraftingBuildingTerritory Control

Eris Online

In Testing
Fantasy • Browser
A browser-based dark-fantasy sandbox MMORPG inspired by Shadowbane, centered on political alliances, territorial conquest and open-world PvP. Recent builds added base building, guilds, territory ownership, war declarations, player trading and merchant NPC shops.
Open PvPTerritory ControlPoliticsGuildsBuildingPlayer EconomyLooting

EVE Frontier

In Testing
Fantasy • PC / macOS
CCP's in-development survival MMO set in the wider EVE universe, focused on exploration, mining, building, combat, survival and player-created systems in a living galaxy.
SpaceSurvivalBuildingMiningIndustryPvPPlayer Economy

Fractured: Conquest (formerly Fractured Online)

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
The project formerly known as Fractured Online has been reworked as Fractured: Conquest, a faction-driven warfare sandbox focused on gathering, hauling, crafting, building outposts and fighting over territory.
FactionsTerritory ControlBuildingCraftingLarge-scale PvPSandbox

Haven & Hearth

Playable
Fantasy • PC / Steam / standalone
A hardcore survival-crafting sandbox MMORPG centered on settlement building, farming, hunting, industry, exploration, trade, crime and emergent player politics in periodically regenerated worlds.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer VillagesRealmsSiegesCrafting

Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted

Playable
Fantasy • Windows (official client; official help also documents Mac/Linux options)
A crafting-heavy MMORPG known for playable dragons, multiclass progression, extensive construction, player plots and guild building projects.
BuildingHousingCraftingMulticlassPlayable DragonsGuild ConstructionPersistent World

Life is Feudal: Arden

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A medieval open-world MMORPG built on Life is Feudal: MMO, featuring PvP, politics, professions, crafting, building and sandbox-style social conflict.
Open PvPBuildingCraftingProfessionsPoliticsSandboxPersistent World

Mithrall

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
An open-world dwarven survival MMO combining resource warfare, player economy, building, taming and territorial conquest.
BuildingPlayer EconomyTerritory ControlPvPPvETaming

Mortal Online 2

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A persistent fantasy sandbox MMORPG where players gather resources, craft goods, trade, build houses and fortifications, form guilds, and fight in first-person full-loot PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPHousingBuildingPlayer VillagesCraftingPlayer Economy

Mystera Legacy

Playable
Fantasy • Browser / mobile browser
A free 2D browser sandbox MMO with wall-by-wall base construction, player houses and shops, crafting, farming, skill progression, tribes, PvP and an infinite underground dungeon.
BuildingHousingPlayer ShopsCraftingFarmingTribesPvP

Pax Dei

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A medieval social sandbox MMO where thousands of players explore, build, craft, trade and form communities.
BuildingHousingCraftingPlayer EconomyGuildsPvPPvE

Profane

In Testing
Fantasy • Windows PC
A player-driven sword-and-sorcery sandbox MMORPG with no classes or levels, open building, territorial conquest, taxes and full-loot PvP.
Full LootOpen PvPBuildingPlayer CitiesTerritory ControlTaxesClassless

Rogalia

Playable
Fantasy • Windows / Steam
A craft-heavy sandbox MMORPG with terraforming, construction, farming, breeding and a player economy.
TerraformingBuildingHousingCraftingFarmingAnimal BreedingPlayer Economy

Salem

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A harsh colonial-era crafting sandbox MMO built around homesteading, farming, crafting, settlement growth, open PvP and permanent consequences. The official service remains online in 2026.
BuildingSettlementsCraftingFarmingClasslessOpen PvPFull Loot

SamuTale

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
A solo-developed feudal-Japan-inspired sandbox MMORPG with unrestricted village construction, farming, livestock breeding, classless action combat, full-loot PvP and unrestricted item trading. A major visual/technical rebuild has been in progress through 2026.
BuildingPlayer VillagesHousingFarmingAnimal BreedingCraftingTrading

SEED

Playable
Fantasy • PC / Mac standalone launcher; Steam planned later in 2026
A persistent society-simulator MMO where autonomous Seedlings continue living and working while players are offline. Thousands of players build settlements, businesses, economies, laws and governments together on one shared planet.
Single ShardPlayer EconomyPoliticsBuildingAutomationPersistent WorldSociety Simulation

Sigma World: Foundation

In Testing
Sci-Fi • PC / TBD
The current Sigma World project and successor to Sigma World Online. The official Russian site provides a downloadable Foundation build and links to the legacy project; the premium-account system is still marked as under development.
TerraformingBuildingCraftingPlayer EconomyPersistent World

Star Sonata 2

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A persistent space MMO combining arcade ship combat with RPG progression, player-built stations, colonies, resource extraction, robotic trade routes and empire creation.
BuildingColoniesPlayer EconomyCraftingTradingEmpire BuildingSpace

Stars Reach

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
An in-development science-fiction sandbox MMO focused on player-shaped planets, terrain manipulation, building, resource simulation, crafting, social systems and persistent worlds.
TerraformingBuildingCraftingPlayer EconomyPersistent WorldSci-Fi

Wild Terra 2

Playable
Fantasy • Windows / Steam
A medieval sandbox MMORPG centered on survival, crafting, construction, farming, animal breeding, exploration, economy and PvP/PvE servers in a world heavily shaped by its players.
BuildingHousingCraftingFarmingAnimal BreedingPlayer EconomyPvP

Wurm Online

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A long-running sandbox MMORPG centered on terraforming, building, crafting, farming, skill progression, settlements, and player-created communities.
TerraformingBuildingHousingPlayer SettlementsCraftingFarmingPlayer Economy

Xsyon

Playable
Fantasy • PC
A post-apocalyptic sandbox MMORPG built around tribes, construction, survival systems, trading, world interaction and player-created communities.
TerraformingBuildingTribesCraftingTradingSurvivalPlayer Economy