34 games · updated August 2026

Best online games, ranked

The complete library in order. Positions come from our editors’ score, which weighs how a game plays today over how it reviewed at launch, so a game can move down without anything being taken away from it.

TerraX
9.5/10
Idle MMORPGBrowserFree to play2026
A browser-based idle MMORPG built on USDT. Workers mine and harvest around the clock, the Forge turns raw ore into gear, and everything you make trades on a player-run order book.
Idle GamesWeb3 GamesBrowser Games
Old School RuneScape
9.4/10
MMORPGPCMobileFree to play2013
A restored 2007 build of RuneScape where every meaningful change is put to a player vote. Twenty-three skills, no classes, and the most open progression in the genre.
MMORPGRPGMultiplayer
Final Fantasy XIV
9.3/10
MMORPGPCConsoleSubscription2013
A subscription MMORPG where one character can hold every class in the game. Best-in-class story, and a free trial that runs to level 70.
MMORPGRPGAdventure
Counter-Strike 2
9.2/10
Tactical shooterPCFree to play2023
Twenty-five years of the same idea, refined until nothing is left to cut.
Minecraft
9.2/10
Sandbox survivalPCMobileConsoleBuy to play2011
A block, a world, and fifteen years of people finding out what that means.
Path of Exile 2
9.1/10
Action RPGPCConsoleFree to play2024
An action RPG that expects you to read the tooltip and means it.
Deep Rock Galactic
9.0/10
Co-op shooterPCConsoleBuy to play2020
Four dwarves, a procedurally generated cave, and a fully destructible one.
EVE Online
8.9/10
Space sandbox MMOPCFree to play2003
One server, one universe, and an economy nobody is in charge of.
Warframe
8.9/10
Co-op action RPGPCConsoleFree to play2013
The best movement system in any free game, attached to a decade of content.
Dota 2
8.8/10
MOBAPCFree to play2013
Every hero free, every mechanic sharp, every match an hour you owe someone.
Guild Wars 2
8.7/10
MMORPGPCBuy to play2012
Buy it once, own it forever, and never worry about gear again.
Terraria
8.7/10
Sandbox adventurePCMobileConsoleBuy to play2011
Two dimensions, five hundred hours, and a boss list that keeps going.
Valorant
8.6/10
Tactical shooterPCConsoleFree to play2020
Counter-Strike's economy, with abilities that change the map.
Rust
8.5/10
Survival sandboxPCConsoleBuy to play2018
You start naked with a rock. Everything after that is other people.
Melvor Idle
8.5/10
Idle RPGBrowserPCMobileBuy to play2021
RuneScape's skill list, rebuilt as an idle game, and better for it.
League of Legends
8.4/10
MOBAPCFree to play2009
The most-played strategy game in the world, for better and worse.
Stardew Valley
8.4/10
Farming simPCMobileConsoleBuy to play2016
A farming sim with four-player co-op and no clock you did not set.
Genshin Impact
8.3/10
Open-world action RPGPCMobileConsoleFree to play2020
An open world built to a standard the free-to-play model does not usually reach.
Albion Online
8.2/10
Sandbox MMORPGPCMobileFree to play2017
A classless sandbox MMO where the gear you lose was made by someone.
Marvel Snap
8.2/10
Digital card gamePCMobileFree to play2022
A card game that respects your time to an almost aggressive degree.
World of Warcraft
8.2/10
MMORPGPCSubscription2004
The genre's centre of gravity, twenty years on and still setting the standard for raids.
Fortnite
8.1/10
Battle royalePCMobileConsoleFree to play2017
A battle royale that turned into a platform and kept the shooter working.
Apex Legends
8.0/10
Battle royalePCConsoleFree to play2019
The best movement in the battle royale genre, attached to the best ping system.
Roblox
7.9/10
Game platformPCMobileConsoleFree to play2006
Not a game, a few million of them, made by the people playing.
Krunker
7.8/10
Arena shooterBrowserPCFree to play2018
A browser shooter fast enough to make you forget it is a browser shooter.
Hearthstone
7.7/10
Digital card gamePCMobileFree to play2014
The game that proved a card game could be born digital.
Legends of Runeterra
7.7/10
Digital card gamePCMobileFree to play2020
The most generous economy in card games, attached to the sharpest turn structure.
Slither.io
7.6/10
Arena io gameBrowserMobileFree2016
Snake, made competitive, and still the cleanest idea of the .io wave.
Forge of Empires
7.4/10
Browser city builderBrowserMobileFree to play2012
A city builder that runs on a schedule measured in months.
Cookie Clicker
7.3/10
IncrementalBrowserPCFree2013
The joke that accidentally invented a genre and then took it seriously.
Universal Paperclips
7.2/10
IncrementalBrowserMobileFree2017
An incremental game with an argument, and an ending.
Gods Unchained
6.9/10
Tactical card gameBrowserPCFree to play2021
A competent card game where the cards are actually yours to sell.
The Sandbox
6.6/10
Voxel sandboxBrowserPCFree to play2021
Voxel creation tools with a land layer bolted on top.
RuneScape
7.9/10
MMORPGPCMobileFree to play2001
The modern branch of the same world, with the systems the old one voted down.