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).
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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
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