List of massively multiplayer online first-person shooter games

This is a selected list of massively multiplayer online first-person shooter games. MMOFPSs are large multi-user games that take place in perpetual online worlds with hundreds or thousands of other players.

List of notable MMOFPSs

Title Status Subscription Model Release Date Close Date Notes
Dust 514 Ended Free-to-play May 14, 2013 May 30, 2016
Face of Mankind Ended Free-to-play/Subscription August 31, 2006 September 3, 2015 Went through various names, financial models, and publishers during its nine-year existence
Firefall Ended Free-to-play September 2, 2011 July 7, 2017
Global Agenda Released Free-to-play February 1, 2010 A hybrid between a multiplayer, hub-based shooter and a larger-scale persistent world online shooter (MMO).
Hellgate: London Ended Free-to-play October 31, 2007 January 31, 2009 "The game can be played in either third person perspective or first person perspective."

"Hellgate: London can be played offline or online without a fee."

Huxley Ended May 3, 2010 December 30, 2010
MAG Ended Free-to-play January 26, 2010 January 28, 2014
Neocron Released Subscription/Free-to-play (June 2011) September 9, 2002 MMO with RPG and FPS elements.
PlanetSide Ended Subscription May 20, 2003 July 1, 2016 Launched with a subscription-based pay model. Went free-to-play on April 29, 2014 until server shutdown.
PlanetSide Arena Ended Free-to-play September 19, 2019 January 10, 2020 Free-to-play spinoff of PlanetSide 2 featuring game modes like capture the flag and battle royale. Shut down due to low player counts.
PlanetSide 2 Released Free-to-play November 20, 2012 On January 23, 2015, PlanetSide 2 set the record for the most players online in a single FPS battle.[1]
Tabula Rasa Ended Subscription November 2, 2007 February 28, 2009 "It still was not an outright shooter and featured sticky targeting and dice rolling based on character stats underneath."
World War II Online Released Free-to-play June 6, 2001 Game is still online and playable, although the player base has significantly dwindled. The game is still providing content updates and developers are pushing towards a core engine update utilising Unreal (As at March 2022).

Business models

MMOFPSs today use a wide range of business models, from completely free of charge (no strings attached) or advertise funded to various kinds of payment plans. This list uses the following terms.

  • Free-to-play (F2P) means that there might be a cost to purchase the software but there is no subscription charge or added payments needed to access game content.
  • Pay-to-play means that players must pay, usually by monthly subscription, in order to play the game.
  • Freemium means that the majority of game content is available for free but players can pay for extra content or added perks.

See also

References

  1. ^ "PlanetSide 2 gamers set Most Players Online in a single FPS battle record". Guinness World Records. January 23, 2015.