Which MMORPGs are also fun on their own? The 6 best solo MMOs

On January 4, 2022By Garmin Philip

Online role-playing games are actually designed to be played with as many players as possible. But now more and more players want to achieve success in online worlds on their own and do not necessarily want to join a group or guild. Find out here which MMORPGs you have the most fun in as a soloist.

Even the most extroverted team player sometimes just doesn’t feel like meeting other people in online role-playing games. And some gamers just like the feel of online games, even though they are very reluctant to play with other players.

Fortunately for such people there is content in many MMORPGs that promises fun even without annoying fellow players. Here you will get to know six MMOs that are particularly suitable for solo players.

Who wrote that?
MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn plays MMORPGs more as a casual gamer and because of his children and family does not have the time to hang around in guilds and complex raids. Therefore he is the typical solo MMORPG player who has played all of the games presented here before.

Update: We updated and revised this article on January 4th, 2022. The list now includes
– Steam reviews of Secret World Legends
– New updates from Star Trek Online
– New info from End of Dragons in Guild Wars 2
– The new classes on PC and consoles in Black Desert Online
– Information about the new expansion of SWTOR
– More details on the latest expansion of Elder Scrolls Online

Platz 6 – Secret World Legends – Mystery, Cthulhu und Zombies!

Release: July 3, 2012 | Platforms: PC | Payment model: Free2Play | Website: Secret World Legends website

Was ist the Secret World? The Secret World by Funcom is one of the most unusual online role-playing games. The game was never planned from the outset as a classic fantasy MMORPG á la World of Warcraft and presented itself more as a mystery and horror drama. Therefore there are no races, no classes and no typical fantasy story.

Rather, in The Secret World you are an agent of a secret organization like the Templars or the Illuminati. On behalf of the earth goddess Gaia you fight in a shadow war hidden by normal humanity against ghosts, demons, dark cults and undead, who otherwise do their jokes unhindered with the world.

The Secret World – a lot of story and atmosphere

This is the highlight: The Secret World is all about exciting and scary stories. Anyone who likes to click away texts and skip cut scenes in order to complete the next quest as quickly as possible is completely wrong here.

Rather, she pursues complex, multi-part stories that are atmospherically told in long, set-to-music dialogues and are always closely interwoven with the setting and the underlying plot.

In addition, many stories from TSW are reminiscent of classic mystery and horror literature á la Lovecraft or the X-Files.

Often times, these quests end with complex puzzles that would be more likely to appear in a Dan Brown novel than in an MMO. Those who are already overwhelmed by the simple slide puzzles and puzzle games of other games shouldn’t get very far with The Secret World and even puzzle professionals often turn to the Internet guide at some point.

The game even has its own web browser integrated with which you can google for clues in the game! All of this creates an incomparable atmosphere that even many pure solo games cannot achieve and that is completely unique in MMOs.

The Secret World – With shotgun, sword and assault rifle

This is how The Secret World plays: The Secret World gameplay is also different from many popular MMOs. It starts with the fact that you don’t choose a race or class. You are just human, what else? What exactly you then ultimately show depends on the equipment you have chosen.

The combat system is dynamic, but unfortunately it is a bit cumbersome to play. In addition, many opponents are quite difficult to crack, especially at the beginning of the game, and then as a solo player you often have to call other players for help.

The Secret World Legends – Remake als “Shared World RPG”

This is what the remake is all about: In order to revise the gameplay of the Secret World, among other things, the game started as a remake under the name “Secret World Legends”. The old The Secret World is still accessible, it just won’t get any more content. Legens can be played for free on Steam, but only achieves balanced ratings there.

The last big update in Secret World Legends was the new elite dungeon, which you have to defeat with a group of five. It appeared on July 5, 2021.

Play test: Here you can read whether Secret World Legends took its second chance.