Anarchy Online similar games & best alternatives

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Anarchy Online

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Anarchy Online – the first ever science fiction MMO – is now on Steam! Compete and cooperate with thousands of players simultaneously on a vast, alien world. Join humanity nearly 30,000 years in the future in a world of perpetual conflict and scientific marvel.

What works

  • Extensive character customization and twinking
  • Deep and complex gameplay systems
  • Strong and helpful community
  • Large and immersive sci-fi world
  • Free-to-play with substantial content

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and interface
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Low population and maintenance mode development
  • Presence of exploits and cheating
  • Subscription cost and content restrictions for free players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Matchless Kungfu

  • Dune: Awakening

  • Neverwinter

  • SMITE®

  • Conan Exiles Enhanced

  • DARK SOULS™ III

Less dominating

Games that feels like Anarchy Online but with less domination over others

  • RIFT

  • Guild Wars® Reforged

  • Borderlands 2

  • AdventureQuest 3D

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

Less competitive

Games that feels like Anarchy Online but with less competition against others

  • Dungeons & Dragons Online®

  • Warframe

  • REMNANT II®

  • Embers Adrift

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Conan Exiles Enhanced

  • Dune: Awakening

  • Hide and Shriek

  • The Longest Journey

  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Anarchy Online: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026