Upcoming Sandbox MMORPGs

Games that are still being built, tested, rebuilt or approaching release.

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

Arcfall

In Testing
Fantasy • Windows PC
A previously playable classless sandbox MMORPG with housing, crafting, farming and a player economy. Neojac is rebuilding the project in Unreal Engine with a new MMO backend; the rebuilt version is not currently a normal live service.
SandboxPersistent World

Ashenmere

In Testing
Fantasy • Windows / macOS / Linux
A Godot-built open-world MMORPG inspired by Lineage 2 and classic sandbox MMOs, with persistent multiplayer, clans, player trading, PvP/karma, towns, raid bosses, fishing and player-sailable pirate ships.
Open WorldPvPGuildsTradingFishingNaval CombatPersistent World

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

Eternal Tombs

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
An upcoming sandbox MMORPG where live Tomb Masters dynamically change the world and run events, alongside player shops, crafting, sieges, war operations, exploration, raids and opt-in PvP.
Dynamic WorldLive GMsPlayer ShopsCraftingSiegesWar OperationsOptional PvP

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

Mithrall

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

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

Pure Hearts

In Testing
Fantasy • PC / Steam
An upcoming social fantasy sandbox MMORPG built around city allegiance, professions, politics, trade, clan warfare and a player-driven economy, with seasonal world resets that create new political and economic starts.
Player EconomyPoliticsCitiesCraftingFarmingPvPPvE

Ruin

In Testing
Sci-Fi • Windows
A small indie sci-fi survival sandbox MMORPG about colonizing a hostile alien world. Its playable builds include terraforming, survival systems and downloadable official server software, with Windows as the current platform.
TerraformingSurvivalSci-FiPersistent WorldFree-to-play

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

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

Spawn World

In Testing
Fantasy • PC
An Unreal Engine 5 PvPvE sandbox MMORPG built around open-world full-loot PvP, skill-based combat, factions, settlements, territory wars and a player-driven economy, with no traditional levels or classes.
Full LootOpen PvPPlayer EconomyClasslessSettlementsTerritory ControlFactions

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

Torebia: Island Odyssey

In Testing
Fantasy • PC / TBD
An upcoming old-school sandbox MMORPG for Windows PC with classless builds, sailing, open dungeons, world bosses, crafting and a player-driven economy where every item is tradeable.
ClasslessPlayer EconomyTradingCraftingNaval CombatOpen DungeonsWorld Bosses