Full-loot PvP with real risk and thrill
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I can't remember the last time I was afraid to leave town in an MMO!”
Steam review · 149.5 h played ↗
Mortal Online
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 72%Mostly Positive · 72%Star Vault AB2015Sandbox · Survival · RPG
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A deep, brutal full-loot sandbox MMO with huge crafting and skill systems, but it has an aging engine, a tiny population, griefers and a sub paywall. Skip it if you want hand-holding or safety.
Great for
Patient hardcore sandbox fans who love Ultima Online-style freedom, crafting and risky open-world PvP
Main risk
Being repeatedly killed and looted by veteran griefers in a near-empty, outdated, subscription-gated game
What players love
Huge freedom and classless skill system
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“there are ZERO classes. You can have a mage in full plate if you want.”
Steam review · 845 h played ↗
Deep, open-ended crafting system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“If you don't look at any guides you could get lost in one of the crafting systems for months and months.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Skill-based first-person combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“One of the best First Person swingers out there.”
Steam review · 455.2 h played ↗
Player-driven world: guilds, keeps, sieges
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Made a guild. Joined an alliance. Blew up a castle; or "keep" as its called in MO.”
Steam review · 929.5 h played ↗
Immersive, atmospheric world to explore
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“it's the game that got me with its atmosphere, dangerous world, game's depth in various ways.”
Steam review · 394.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs, jank and outdated graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Everything in this game feels scuff af, so it's just a chore to play, & it just FEELS bad.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Toxic community and corrupt GMs/devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the corruption that is their GM and Forum Moderation staff who have been known to take sides with in game conflicts”
Steam review · 584 h played ↗
New players get ganked and griefed constantly
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game is filled with nothing but griefers that will pray on new players making sure they wont leave their starting cities by killing them and taking their stuff.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
Subscription paywall; free play capped at 60
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“You cannot get past 60 skill points (the cap being 100 for subbed players) If you play as a free player.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Data breach and account/security problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This company has had so many security breaches in it's lifetime its appalling.”
Steam review · 4982.6 h played ↗
Dying game with tiny player base
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The peak players in the last 30 days is 21.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 x64
ProcessorDual Core 2.4GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
Storage16 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 x64
ProcessorQuad Core 3.4GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7 x64
ProcessorDual Core 2.4GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
Storage16 GB available space
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