MMORPGs live from the fact that there are enough active players. There is nothing going on in the world without them and there are no players for competitive or cooperative group content. MeinMMO therefore lists the 10 online role-playing games with the most players on Steam.
If you want to be an MMORPG, i.e. a massive multiplayer online role playing game, you need a sufficiently large, healthy population on the servers. Because without this foundation from active players there is nothing going on in the often huge worlds. Co-or opponent? None! The genre lives from the fact that the virtual bear dails there daily. In the following, Meinmmo listed the MMORPGs with most players in March 2025.
How was the list created? For the top 10, the MMORPGs came into question, which had most active players on Steam in the past 30 days. The number is calculated from how many players were logged in on average.
Steam Charts was used as the source that provides the data for the last 30 days. It is not known how many bots are among the active players. Since we do not know the percentage distribution exactly, we have all active players evaluated as if it were real players.
This list does not take into account the players who log in outside of the Steam client. The number of players should be even higher for MMORPGs, which have appeared on several platforms and/or have their own launcher. However, since developers rarely publish concrete number of players, we are limited to Steam as a platform.
10th place – Star Wars: The Old Republic
Setting: Scifi | developer: Bioware | platform: PC | Release date: December 20, 2011 | Model: Free2Play | Rating on Steam: 89 % positive | Active players: 3.943
How many players does it have on Steam? In the past 30 days, an average of 3,943 players have been online. The peak from this time is at 7,426 active players at the same time. The all -time high is at 27,416 active players at the same time. Since there is also its own launcher for SWTOR, this should only be the tip of the iceberg.
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What kind of game is that? SWTOR is a strongly story-focused MMORPG in the well-known and popular Star Wars universe. It puts a strong focus on the story and demands moral decisions with which you feel drawn to the bright or dark side of power. The dialogues are fully set to music.
Although the game relies on classic tab-targeting, it tries to implement this more modern and dynamic. In addition to the story, the MMORPG can also convince with a good companion system, exciting raids in the endgame and PvP content.
By the way: In Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of the biggest updates in recent years appeared on December 10, 2024. The game has now improved graphics and the names of inactive characters have been removed.
Who is the MMORPG worth? SWTOR appeals Star Wars fans and generally theme park and story players. The focus is on the story in which you can dive deeply without paying. This makes SWTOR a good single player MMO. Another reading material: You have surely overlooked 3 mmorpgs in 2024, and the entry is now worth it. Also with SWTOR.