MMORPG Tier List 2023

Everyone loves a good tier list, especially the MMO community because when you get a bunch of nerds together all with different tastes and opinions the results of such a tier list can spark heated debates in the comments which is fuel for the YouTube algorithm, in 2022 I made my first MMO tier list which many agreed with whilst others questioned my sanity.
This year we’re taking a different approach, a few weeks ago I put together a poll and got my YouTube community to vote on which tier each MMO should end up in, the first community voted MMO tier list, we got over 5000 responses in total and in this video I’ll share with you the results of this tier list as well as give my own personal updated MMO tier list at the end of this video.

What do you think about this 2023 MMORPG Tier List? would your list of top MMOs be different, do you think a community voted MMORPG tier list was a good idea? let me know in the comments below!
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MMORPG Tier List 2023

MMOs featured on this list
Black desert online guild wars 2 world of warcraft wrath of the lich king classic old school runescape runescape 3 eve online archeage albion online v rising lost ark new world elder scrolls online SWTOR neverwinter rift guild wars 1 lotro lineage 2 blade and soul maplestory project gorgon dungeons and dragons online phantasy star online 2 new genesis PSO2 BDO vindictus riders of icarus tower of fantasy allods online warhammer online AION embers adrift the secret world TROVE DCUO conquerors blade gloria victis final fantasy XIV final fantasy 11 bless unleashed adventure quest 3d AQ3D metin 2 swords of legends online SOLO skyforge undecember diablo immortal league of angels

Intro 0:00
Community Voted Tier List 1:48
Peon Personal Tier List 12:50

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MMORPG Tier List 2023

[reverie]

and now we know why a community driven tier list has never been done before

[DeusKnight]

The fact over 30% of people didn't vote Diablo Immortal an F concerns me and shows me why games are like they are nowadays.

[Bnelen]

It's almost hard to accept that these are the best MMOs on the market today. The options are incredibly underwhelming considering we live in an age that, one would imagine, is ideal for developing and successfully marketing MMOs.

[haydzz]

i love that osrs was so high, people often just instantly shut it down due to the graphics but the game itself is actually very good and has all the qualities a good mmo needs

[BloomHD]

Congrats to my fellow GW2 enjoyers - we’ve made it into A tier with the big hitters 😎

[Liraela]

Hey Peon, thanks for the video. I think it might be a good idea for any potential future videos like this to calculate the average of people's votes, rather than using the most popular answer.

To give an over the top example, if there is an mmo that got 40% of the votes in the F tier, 30% in the A tier and 30% in the S tier, it would be put into the F tier, even though 60% of the community (the majority) love it. So I think the average would give us a more accurate result.

[jameshernandez]

I think many underestimate the greatness that is Guild Wars 1. Newer mmos could learn from its systems. Namely the skill system and heroes system

[spyly]

Wow, happy to see that GW2 is still kicking! What an amazing game, an ever-changing event world with so much to give. V Rising is a really good game too, highly recommending it if anyone hasn't tried it out yet.

[Ben-viig]

I would've loved to see a tierlist based not on majority votes, but based on average placement. I feel like that would've given a more accurate depiction of where the community as a whole believes a game should go within the list on average. Otherwise great video.

Here's how the tierlist would look if it were based on average ranking:

S:

A:
Final Fantasy XIV (4.48)
Guild Wars 2 (4.32)
World of Warcraft: Dragon Flight (4.08)

B:
Old School Runescape (3.74)
World of Warcraft: WotLK Classic (3.69)
Elder Scrolls Online (3.56), New World (3.42)
Lost Ark (3.29)
V Rising (3.24)
Albion Online (3.12)
Star Wars the Old Republic (3.06)
Black Desert Online (3.02)

C:
Guild Wars 1 (2.84)
Runescape 3 (2.69)
Lord of the Rings Online (2.66)
EVE Online (2.59)
Maplestory (2.49)
Warhammer Online RoR (2.31)
Final Fantasy XI (2.27)
Neverwinter (2.13)
Dungeons & Dragons Online (2.07)
Lineage 2 (2.05)
Archeage (2.05)

D:
PSO2 New Genesis (1.93)
Tower of Fantasy (1.91)
Blade & Soul (1.9)
Project: Gorgon (1.9)
RIFT (1.86)
Conquerors Blade (1.78)
AION (1.73)
Vindictus (1.61)
DC Universe Online (1.66)
The Secret World(1.61)
Mortal Online 2 (1.56)
Undecember (1.56)
Adventure Quest 3D (1.53)
Embers Adrift (1.33)
Sword of Legends Online (1.33)
Allods Online (1.28)
Skyforge (1.26)
Metin 2 (1.22)
Riders of Icarus (1.18)

F:
Bless Unleashed (0.96)
Diablo Immortal (0.81)
League of Angels 4 (0.76)


Method used:



S = 5-6
A = 4-5
B = 3-4
C = 2-3
D = 1-2
F = 0-1

Some of the results might be very slightly off due to a lack of exact % numbers on some of the voted tiers, though it wouldn't be enough to change the tier itself, at most impacting only the ranking within the tier in some cases (which even then would probably be off by only about 0.01 for most of those cases).

[TheMissileHappy]

I just got into Guild Wars 2 and for the first time in years I feel like a child discovering games again :D it's so beautiful and magical, I love it!

[Forestwhangdoodle]

I feel like this should have been made as a median value of the votes, rather than the largest group to get a more accurate representation. Luckily the data is available so one can make such a list on their own. Thanks for the video! :)

[Revenu]

FF11 was my first mmo. I think if it was f2p people would've voted it higher but as it stands an F seems appropriate. I think it was really a "you had to be there" mmo. Anyone who played ff11 at peak has truly unique memories of the game. Things you could never experience in the games current form... but the game's sountrack is 100% S tier.

[Naeidea]

I was genuinely anxious to see where GW2 came, was relieved when it was A tier as its truly one of my favourite games of all time.

[eeuwke]

I've picked op guildwars 2 again recently after a few years and I'm having a blast. The amount of content is insane and the horizontal progression system is amazing. Also, it has by far the best and most friendly community

[tatemessmer]

GW2 has really shown its value as a game over time. Love it

[RomanKrivocheev]

Great content! I suggest making a new tier list, not based on what has the most %, but instead move the bar higher or lower on the list based on the + or - rating. For example, if a game has 50% of S tier and 50% f tier, then place it in the middle, a B tier. Or if a game has lots of S and lots of B, put in A tier. Something like that. Just a suggestion :)

[johnlane]

Great video! I think a 1-10 rating system where you the result is the average rating from all the survey results might be more accurate than doing a first past the post tier rating

[ciso]

I think it would be nice to show the community votes as a bar graph so you can see the distribution of votes. Then you can actually compare votes horizontally to see which A tier was leaning towards S tier and put them in order in each tier.

[ichangeframes]

Sadly that Aion and Tera went downhill that bad, they started out so beautiful and i have so many memories with them.

[chriss]

I personally think Tera had the best combat of any MMO I've ever played.