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The Complete List Of Rogue Servers For Dead MMOs

Every private server, emulator, and volunteer project that’s bringing your favourite MMO back to life.

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It’s always a sad day whenever an MMO is shut down. Whether it’s because of licensing issues, a dwindling playerbase, or a shuttered studio, at the end of it all is a community struggling to come to terms with the loss.

Sometimes publishers keep their game’s servers running in maintenance mode, but when this isn’t the case players will take it upon themselves to resurrect the virtual worlds they were turfed out of.

The teams behind these projects are volunteers — due to legal rights issues they cannot make money from their efforts. Yet, their role in preserving MMO history is a vital one, and for that, they should be commended.

Some of these rogue servers, emulators, or private servers are rebuilt from the ground up using only the game’s client-side assets, whereas others are a result of the game’s source code having been made public either officially or via a leak.

There are of course private server projects for games which are still running in an official capacity. This article will, however, only list private server projects for games whose official servers have been sunsetted.

Disclaimer: The vast majority of these projects are distributing unsanctioned software which could potentially contain malware or similar. MMO Folklorist takes no responsibility for any malicious software distributed by individuals or groups mentioned in this article. No downloads from the below links are hosted or tested by MMO Folklorist. Please ensure you do your own research before downloading any files!

Updated August 9, 2025: Added Face of Mankind.

  1. Age of Empires Online
  2. ArcheAge
  3. ArchLord
  4. ArchLord 2
  5. Argentum Online
  6. Asheron’s Call
  7. Asheron’s Call 2: Fallen Kings
  8. Auto Assault
  9. Battlestar Galactica Online
  10. Battle of the Immortals
  11. Borderlands Online
  12. The Chronicles of Spellborn
  13. City of Heroes
  14. Darkfall
  15. Defiance
  16. Digimon Masters Online
  17. Dragon Ball Online
  18. Dragon’s Dogma Online
  19. Earth & Beyond
  20. Earth Eternal
  21. Elyon
  22. Endless Online
  23. Ether Saga Odyssey
  24. EverQuest
  25. EverQuest Online Adventures
  26. EverQuest Landmark
  27. Face of Mankind
  28. Fallen Earth
  29. FHX (Ferentus, Herrcot, Xiones)
  30. Forsaken World
  31. Free Realms
  32. FusionFall
  33. Glitch
  34. Hellgate: London
  35. Infantry Online
  36. Jumpgate
  37. Lego Universe
  38. Maple Story 2
  39. Marvel Heroes
  40. Marvel Super Hero Squad Online
  41. The Matrix Online
  42. Monster Hunter Frontier Z
  43. Neocron
  44. Perpetuum
  45. Pirates of the Burning Sea
  46. Pirates of the Caribbean Online
  47. Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst
  48. Phantasy Star Universe
  49. PlanetSide
  50. PlayStation Home
  51. Project Torque
  52. RaiderZ
  53. The Realm Online
  54. Riders of Icarus
  55. Rusty Hearts
  56. Saint Seiya Online
  57. Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
  58. The Sims Online
  59. Stargate Worlds
  60. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures
  61. Star Wars Galaxies
  62. Tabula Rasa
  63. TERA
  64. ToonTown
  65. Twin Saga
  66. Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
  67. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
  68. Wildstar
  69. Wizardry Online

Age of Empires Online

This cartoony version of the ground-breaking RTS series probably wasn’t the right direction for the franchise to take at the time of its release. Now that we have a real AoE4 however, there’s a certain charm to AoE Online.

No wonder then that the game has been revived by a team of dedicated fans. Project Celeste brings the game back to life with new content and events. Chief among the additions made by the Project Celeste team are two new playable civilizations: Romans and Indians. More content is in the works yet, with a 2025 roadmap available here.

ArcheAge

This once highly anticipated sandbox MMO suffered a decade of mismanagement before it was shut down in 2024. Of course, the playerbase’s contempt for those with the official rights to operate the game ensured that private servers had been operating long before then.

Two servers are currently in operation: each offering a different take on the game. A full list of the pros and cons of each has been helpfully compiled by the ArcheAge subreddit. The tl;dr version, however, is that those looking for an experience closer to the end-of-life retail version of the game should check out ArcheRage. Alternatively, there’s ArcheAge Classic, which — you guessed it — offers a classis experience.

ArchLord

This game was fairly high profile leading up to its 2006 western release, in part due to its key gimmick whereby one player would be crowned the ruler of the server every four weeks. Beyond this, however, ArchLord was broadly similar to most other South Korean MMOs and it quickly sank into obscurity following its release.

Although ArchLord was shut down in 2014, the game is playable once more. Several rogue servers are hosting versions of the game with different exp and item drop rates. Some of the most popular ArchLord rogue servers are:

ArchLord 2

The sequel to Archlord was a short-lived affair, closing in 2015 after only a year of live service. After a decade of being unplayable, however, ArchLord 2 has been miraculously unearthed. Head on over to Archlordians if you want to check it out.

Argentum Online

Here’s an obscure one! Argentum Online was apparently a very popular homegrown Argentine MMORPG. According to this multi-part history of the game as told by its creator Pablo Marquez, the game entered into testing all the way back in 1999.

As of October 2022, the game — now titled Argentum Online Forever — is back online thanks to the efforts of the Nosetu Inc team.

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Asheron’s Call

The original Asheron’s Call has a well-established emulation community which has been recreating the game since Turbine closed the live servers in 2017. The two main emulation projects are ACEmulator and GDLEnhanced. Both projects recreate a highly playable experience with content and features which are comparable but not altogether the same.

The ThwargLauncher tool is used to access servers running both versions of the emulated client. There are many servers to choose from, each featuring a variety of different rulesets, content, and playerbase sizes. Popular server lists can be found on TreeStats and AsheronDB.

Asheron’s Call 2: Fallen Kings

An emulator for Asheron’s Call 2: Fallen Kings is currently in development. Although the functionality is still limited at this time, regular updates are keeping things moving along. Head over to the AC2 Discord community to download the client. Alternatively, check out the Dereth Reborn Discord as they attempt to rebuild the game in Unreal Engine 5.

Auto Assault

Described as a vehicular combat MMO, this was definitely one of the most unique games to come out of the genre’s mid-2000s boom. It couldn’t find a sustainable audience and shuttered after only a year. An emulator is in the works, but it’s been left spinning its wheels until more help comes on board.

Battlestar Galactica Online

A playable emulator for Bigpoint’s browser MMO is currently in public testing. It isn’t feature complete, but it’s not far off. Check out their Discord if you want to jump in.

Another server, Battlestar Galactica Online 2.0: Resurrection, launched into testing in 2023 but shuttered in 2024.

Battle of the Immortals

This fantasy MMO from Beijing Perfect World was shut down in 2018, but you can play it again on the Battle of the Immortals Reunion and BOI Legends servers.

Borderlands Online

While the Borderlands series has proven to be a huge global success, one title in the franchise never made it westward. Developed exclusively for China by Shanda Games, Borderlands Online was an MMOFPS that went live in 2014 but was hastily shuttered the following year. Between its regional exclusivity and short lifespan, you might’ve supposed that would be the last anybody heard about the game. A decade on, however, a small group of players are now working together to make Borderlands Online playable once again.

The Chronicles of Spellborn

Having only been live for under two years before being taken offline, Spellborn was one of those MMOs which wilted quickly in the late-2000’s rush to publish a WoW-killer. If you ever wanted to play this “rough diamond” as the Spellborn Reborn team have referred to the game, you can head over to their site to get on board their open beta.

As of 2023, Spellborn Reborn has been moved to modern server hardware, ensuring that the game will remain available to play for years to come.

City of Heroes

Back in 2019 when news surfaced that a private server for City of Heroes had been secretly operating for several years after the game’s 2012 demise, players of the beloved MMO were shocked. The story rippled throughout the entire gaming sphere, becoming the most widely reported story on private servers since Blizzard shut down the World of Warcraft private server Nostalrius in 2016.

It was a messy affair, but one which ultimately ended up with a feature-complete version of City of Heroes being widely playable once more. There’s now a choice of servers available, with the Homecoming server proving to be the most popular. Almost all of these rogue servers offer custom rulesets and content.

Following several years of discussions between original publisher NCSoft and the Homecoming team, the rogue server was, in January 2024 officially granted a license to continue hosting the game. Homecoming remains a volunteer led project and the other CoH rogue servers continue to operate as well, albeit without NCSoft’s formal backing.

Darkfall

Rise of Agon is an official revival of Darkfall in that the team have been granted the rights to the IP. Still, the team are currently working on a volunteer basis, so this is certainly a community led passion project.

While a test server was running for several months, it has been down since August 2023 with no announced return date. Still, the team have been updating the community with a new post every few months, so it’s worth checking back often if you’re interested.

Defiance

Fans of Defiance received some very unexpected news in March 2025, as it was revealed that the MMO would be revived under Fawkes Games. A huge victory for game’s preservation!

Prior to this, a group of fans were attempting to revive the game under the title Project Defiance. Alas, they’ve now stepped aside to let the official revival do its thing.

Digimon Masters Online

This game, the second and most popular of the three MMOs based on the Digimon franchise, is still available to play in North America. However, due to licensing issues the game has been inaccessible to European players since October 2022.

Thankfully a rogue server called Digital Masters World is open to all players. The server has several custom QoL improvements and new Digimon available. They have an active and helpful Discord, as well as a Wiki with much more comprehensive documentation than the live version of the game ever had.

There are no currently operating private servers for Digimon RPG (aka Digimon Battle Online) or Digimon Super Rumble.

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Dragon Ball Online

Although this MMORPG based on the renowned anime series never made it to the west, its storyline and character designs have informed the franchise in myriad ways. Dragon Ball Online’s direct successor was the multi-platform Dragon Ball: Xenoverse — a fighting game with MMO elements. Its sequel is still receiving regular updates, but those looking to play the original MMO are in luck.

Fan translations for the game began almost as soon as it was released in Korea, and English language private servers have been operating for a number of years. Popular servers include DBO Galaxy, DBOG Revival, DBO Crisis, DBO Hope, and the newest server, DBO Omega. All of them feature custom content, so have a look around and take your pick.

Dragon’s Dogma Online

Fans of the sleeper hit Capcom RPG Dragon’s Dogma have been patiently waiting for a sequel since 2012. Until 2024’s Dragon’s Dogma 2, this MMORPG was the closest thing there’s been to an official continuation.

Despite vocal efforts from the community, Dragon’s Dogma Online was never localized outside of Japan. Having shut down in 2019, its small community in the west has turned to reviving the game. Though a long way from completion, a playable test version is available to download through The White Dragon Temple Discord channel.

Earth & Beyond

The lifespan of this early sci-fi MMO from Westwood Studios and EA was cut mercilessly short just two years after its 2002 launch. The game has since been revived by the team at Net-7, where it can be enjoyed once more with new features and seasonal events.

Earth Eternal

A revival of this furry friendly MMO is in the works over at Terra Aeterna. The server includes the fan-made expansion Valkal’s Shadow.

Elyon

The once hotly anticipated steampunk MMO Ascent: Infinite Realm landed with a thud when it launched as Elyon in 2021. North American servers were shuttered in December 2022, with the SEA servers to follow in April 2023.

A private server was quickly launched in the wake of the official server’s closures. Although the iElyon homepage is partially in Chinese, the server itself is located in the US. iElyon is largely feature and content complete, with increased progression rates compared to the official servers.

Endless Online

This 2D pixel graphics MMO has been brought back to life by the folks at EOSERV. They conveniently have a list of all servers running the emulator over on their site.

Ether Saga Odyssey

This cutesy anime-styled MMO was developed and published by Perfect World. Though it was shuttered in 2016, those looking to experience the game again have two options to choose from:

EverQuest

OK, this one is totally cheating because EverQuest is absolutely still alive and kicking. But, 20+ years of development can change a game a lot, and some people would rather stick to playing an older version.

Project 1999 is a completely volunteer-led, fan-operated emulator that includes content up to and including 2000’s Scars of Velious expansion. In 2015, Daybreak Games gave the server legal permission to continue operating alongside the live game.

EverQuest Online Adventures

Way back in the early days of the genre there were very few MMORPGs available to console gamers. PlayStation 2’s EverQuest Online Adventures was one such game, but unlike Final Fantasy XI, which made the jump across console generations, EQOA never left the PS2 and was eventually shut down in 2012.

Since then, Project: Return Home has been tracking the efforts of player groups to get EQOA playable once more via PS2, or on PC via emulators.

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EverQuest Landmark

The cancelled MMO EverQuest Next‘s, cancelled sister title Landmark has an emulator project that is not cancelled (Landmark RE:Build), but progress is moving slowly.

Face of Mankind

Nobody would argue that Face of Mankind was as recognizable as the likes of City of Heroes or Warhammer Online, yet here comes that game’s community with a rogue server that is every bit as ambitious as what those much larger fanbases have created.

Face of Mankind: Empire Rising not only brings the game back to life some 10 years after it was sunsetted, but it’s doing so with a raft of improvements. The community development team have created new worlds and weapons for players to enjoy as they experience a storyline that takes the original game’s plot years into the future. On the technical side of things, game engine and graphical updates should help make the experience of returning players a little more welcoming when they jump into the recently launched Open Beta.

Fallen Earth

Fans of this post-apocalyptic MMO were rewarded for their continued loyalty to the game (which was shuttered in 2019) when an official server was brought online in October 2021.

FHX (Ferentus, Herrcot, Xiones)

This hardcore South Korean MMO which was launched globally under several different names is being emulated by the group at FHX Restoration. They’ve combined elements from both the Korean and Global versions of the game to create a new client which runs on their server.

Forsaken World

This recent casualty was somewhat softened by the fact that players already had an alternative ready to go in the Forsaken World Dragon Heart rogue server.

Free Realms

There was a lot of hype behind SOE’s kid-friendly MMO when it launched back in 2009. After shuttering in 2014, an emulator has been in development for several years. FR Sunrise isn’t in a public testing state yet, but progress is steady. Meanwhile, OSFR is an in-development, open-source emulator where players can create a character and explore the world alongside others.

FusionFall

This MMO based on characters from various Cartoon Network shows has had a bit of a troubled history, with multiple private servers being shuttered in the years since its live servers went dark.

As such, it’s difficult to recommend any one server, but if you’re interested in playing the game your best bet is to head over to the Wiki page for OpenFusion, the modified source code upon which all FusionFall rogue servers are based.

Glitch

An unusual, but much-beloved MMO, players can now jump back into the colourful world of Glitch thanks to the efforts of the Odd Giants team. This rebuilt version of the game is still in development, but new patches are frequent.

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Hellgate: London

Ah, Hellgate — the game with a thousand launches. London 2038 brings the original Hellgate: London back to life (as opposed to the version of Hellgate Global which is available on Steam). Yes, I’m aware that I said I wasn’t listing rogue servers for games still actively operating, but in this case, the old version is practically a completely different game, therefore I’m allowing it.

Infantry Online

After running for over a decade, SOE closed the doors on Infantry Online back in 2012. Since then, the game has been receiving regular updates from the Free Infantry team. Those looking to get their fill of sprite-based top-down shooter action can log into the servers 24/7, with events hosted every Sunday and Tuesday night.

Jumpgate

This 2001 space sim MMO is fully playable once more thanks to the fans at Jumpgate TRI.

Lego Universe

Sadly, there are no public servers available for Lego Universe. Darkflame Universe created a functioning emulator of the game and previously hosted a public server, but following discussions with The Lego Group, they were forced to shut up shop.

However, upon closing the server they released their source code for all to use in the creation of private servers. This means that while you won’t be getting the Massively part of the MMO experience, you can set up a server to play the game either solo or with friends and family. This requires a little bit of technical tinkering, but here’s a good video guide that describes the process.

Maple Story 2

We hardly knew ye at all, Maple Story 2. Despite being the sequel to one of the most popular MMOs of all time, Maple Story 2 didn’t quite catch on in the way that publisher Nexon was hoping for, pulling the plug after only two years of live service in the west. Servers for the Korean version of the game continued to operate until May 2025.

While a private server was formerly playable, it has now shuttered and at present there’s no way to play the game. Various emulators are in development, so the best place to keep on top of any updates would be the MapleStory2 subreddit.

Marvel Heroes

Perhaps underappreciated in its time, Marvel Heroes fans have been longing to see this MMOARPG revived ever since it was shuttered back in 2017. While we’re still a while off from being able to play a finished version of the game again, since March 2024, players have been able to log-into an in-development rebuild of Marvel Heroes. While the game’s license holders continue to leave untold stacks of money on the table by not reviving the game officially, you can keep up with the continued development of the MHServerEmu on their Discord server.

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online

Gazillion’s first shot at a Marvel MMO was squarely aimed at a younger audience. If you’ve got a little one looking for a fun little entry-level online experience, you can still check out Super Hero Squad Online over on the SHSO Forever server.

The Matrix Online

An online game set in a franchise based around simulated realities sounds like a pretty good fit, but SOE’s The Matrix Online never really took off. A full emulator of the game isn’t available, but MXOEmu allows you to explore the game world with other players. Considering that the game’s combat was notoriously bad, this may be something of a blessing.

Regular in-game events such as DJ nights will keep you engaged, but if you ever wanted to check out the game’s story then it’s worth downloading this extremely in-depth PDF archive of the game.

Monster Hunter Frontier Z

Despite having never been released in the west, Monster Hunter fans have managed to not only get this game running on private servers, but have also begun an English translation patch. The Monster Hunter Frontier subreddit has a helpful list of all the servers currently in operation.

Neocron

This cyberpunk MMO has been run by a player volunteer team since 2012. Neocron Evolution continues to build upon the game with regular updates, including a texture overhaul in 2021.

Perpetuum

This is kind of a strange one. Development for this mech MMO stopped back in 2018, but the developers made the very excellent choice of handing over the game’s source code to the community. It’s still available on Steam for players to download and set up their own private server, and there’s also a community for those who are adding new content to the game.

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Pirates of the Burning Sea

In a perfect world, no MMO would be shut off and publishers would instead hand the game over to the players once they wished to cut ties. That’s exactly what happened to Pirates of the Burning Sea, which has been operating with continued development under an entirely fan-led team since 2019.

Pirates of the Caribbean Online

Revived under The Legends of Pirates Online, this emulation project has not only rebuilt the game to an almost finished state but has also added swathes of new content.

In 2023, the team opened up the Pirates Online Preservation Project – an invaluable archive full of materials used in both the original game and Legends development and marketing.

Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst

This PC adaptation of the Phantasy Star Online games that began back on the Sega Dreamcast is available to play once more on the Ephinea, Ultima, Destiny and EdenServ servers. Their revival of the game includes new content and events.

Alternatively, you can play the Dreamcast and GameCube versions of the game (including the GameCube exclusive Episode III) again thanks to the Schthack and Sylverant servers. This requires a little bit of hardware tinkering. This video from Nighttime Gaming gives a good overview of how to get each edition of the game running again.

Phantasy Star Universe

The other Phantasy Star MMO to have shuttered (Phantasy Star 2 is still alive and kicking) was revived in 2020. Phantasy Star Universe: Clementine is a fully functioning rogue server with new content.

PlanetSide

This classic MMOFPS is playable once more on PSForever. They have a guide here on how you can join the game.

PlayStation Home

Console MMORPGs were few and far between during the seventh generation of consoles, but the meteoric expansion of online services such as Xbox Live showed that there was finally a market for online experiences in the living room.

PlayStation Home was Sony’s attempt at bringing a kind of Second Life-like experience to consoles. Rather than rely on user generated content however, Home‘s cosmetics and events were usually marketing tie-ins to promote upcoming PlayStation games, Sony-produced movies, and sports events.

After shutting down in 2015, a revival of the game – Destination Home – is currently in closed beta testing thanks to the efforts of the PlayStation Online Network Emulated (PSONE) team. They’ve also been responsible for reviving a number of other online PS3 titles including Warhawk, Twisted Metal Black, and Resistance: Fall of Man.

Project Torque

Before Ubisoft’s The Crew series came along, Project Torque was the car enthusiast MMO of choice. As of 2019, the game is being operated by a volunteer group called Jogara Ltd. It’s available via Steam, but new content updates are infrequent.

RaiderZ

While the official revival of this action MMO appears to be dead in the water, a private server, Raiderz Revolution, keeps the flame burning.

The Realm Online

One of the very oldest MMORPGs, The Realm Online (1996) had been running on fumes for some years. That changed in 2018 when a small group of players acquired the official rights to the game’s license. Since then, they’ve launched two new F2P servers which run alongside the game’s 1998 subscription-only server Despothes’ Grove.

Riders of Icarus

Following a strong launch back in 2016, Riders of Icarus stumbled through both a change in publisher and a P2E conversion before ultimately shutting its doors in 2025. While a number of rogue servers have sprung up to revive the game, the good folks over on the game’s subreddit have narrowed these options down to two that are worth your time. Icarus Phoenix offers gameplay based on the western version of the game, while Icarus GlowGames is based on the SEA version of the game, Icarus Online.

Rusty Hearts

An action combat MMO with an anime aesthetic. Rusty Hearts can be played one more thanks to the volunteers at Rusty Hearts: Revolution.

Saint Seiya Online

The venerable manga was given the MMO treatment by Perfect World back in 2013, but like so many similar games from this era, it was never localized for English audiences.

Saint Seiya Online may not offer anything that sets itself apart from the crowd in terms of gameplay, but if you’re a fan of the franchise and are curious to see how the MMO played, you can do so thanks to the Saint Seiya Online – Reborn team. Conveniently, they’ve also translated most of the game into English.

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine

This MMO based on the beloved franchise from Atlus was formerly revived by fans as ReIMAGINE. The rogue server was based on the final Japan version of the game which had more content than the western servers.

Unfortunately, ReIMAGINE (along with some smaller SMT:I private servers) were taken offline in September 2022 after legal action was taken by Atlus.

There are currently two private servers in operation – New Moon, and New Order. A guide on how to join them was helpfully created by Reddit user Darkpawra.

The Sims Online

An online version of the game which lets you build the house of your dreams and then turn it into a torture pit for those trapped within it seemed like a no-brainer. Unfortunately, it never took off. For many years, the game was kept alive over at FreeSO, but that all came to an end when the server closed in December 2024.
A new server (run by a different team) has sprung up in its wake over at SimNation Online.

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Stargate Worlds

The other “Star…” franchise promised to complete the sci-fi MMO trifecta (alongside Star Wars and Star Trek MMOs) during the genre’s glory years. Alas, ever flagging behind its more successful skyward-looking counterparts, Stargate Worlds never made it to launch.

As those lucky enough to have been granted access to the game’s beta can attest to, the Stargate MMO was agonizingly close to being release-ready before its untimely demise. Its assets were subsequently recycled for use in the third-person shooter Stargate: Resistance, but the diminished scope of that game was a far cry from the franchise expansion that Worlds had promised.

If you wanted to get a glimpse of the worlds of Stargate Worlds you can do so by following the guide here. If it’s some real Stargate gameplay you’re after, the same group of players behind the Stargate Worlds emulator project have also revived Stargate: Resistance (forum registration required). With the franchise seemingly stuck in limbo, this is about as good as it gets right now for the Stargate fandom.

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures

Following on from Free Realms, SOE released a similar kid-friendly MMO based on The Clone Wars animated series. The game outlived SOE’s other Star Wars MMO, Galaxies, by a few years, before it was killed off in 2014. Fans are working on an emulator for the game, and the team at CWAEmu have a playable server in closed alpha testing. Meanwhile, Oxide is an in-development, open-source emulator.

Star Wars Galaxies

Thanks to its unique gameplay and IP this game has by far the most rogue servers of any dead MMO. Follow this link for a complete list of Star Wars Galaxies servers.

Tabula Rasa

With Richard Garriott at the helm and NCSoft as publisher, people were expecting huge things from Tabula Rasa. When it was released to a lukewarm critical reception the game stalled and was shuttered after just a little over a year of live service.

It’s no wonder then that there hasn’t been much of a community pull for a rogue server. There’s a small team attempting to rebuild the game under the banner of Infinite Rasa, but progress is slow and no public test server is available as of yet.

TERA

TERA‘s official servers were sadly and unexpectedly shuttered this year, but players had been operating private servers for years prior to this. While the game is still playable on consoles, several rogue servers have made the game playable again on PC. The current list of servers along with their differences can be found in this thread on the TERA subreddit.

ToonTown

Disney’s child-friendly MMO has been given new life by three impressively active volunteer teams. Toontown Rewritten and Toontown: Corporate Clash offer versions of the game which contain hosts of new content, while Toontown Offline allows the game to be played, well, offline.

Twin Saga

Formerly published in the west by Gamigo, this anime MMO has recently been revived following its closure in 2021. Publisher X-Legend have picked up the rights to the game, relaunching it as Astral Tale.

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Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Vanguard had a whole lot of promise as a true successor to EverQuest, but a rushed launch effectively killed any chance the game would have had at being a success. Still, there were plenty of fans who enjoyed this unforgiving high fantasy title, and the VGOEmulator has a thriving community working on bringing the game back to life.

The dev team are describing the current playable test server as being in an alpha state, but players can already partake in some early-level questing and crafting.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

One of the great rogue server success stories. Not only have the Return of Reckoning team made this MMORPG based on the tabletop wargame franchise available to play once more, but they’ve added huge amounts of new content. The server has been running since 2014 and has a sizeable dev team working on it.

Wildstar

The team at Nexus Forever are plugging away at rebuilding the game from the ground up. It’s going to take a while, but you can download the current code and set up your own testing environment if you want to see what they’ve accomplished so far.

There are also a small number of private testing servers currently in operation, but you’ll have to ask around in the Nexus Forever Discord server if you want an invite.

One of the most notable is the Genesis Prime server. They’re working hard to create a roleplay friendly community with regular events held across the game’s many diverse and colourful environments.

Wizardry Online

This short-lived MMO based on the old-school Wizardry series of games is in the process of being revived by volunteers. Although the game was released in English, the team have decided to base their server on the Japanese version of the game, so players should be aware that there are some untranslated elements at present.


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34 responses to “The Complete List Of Rogue Servers For Dead MMOs”

    1. MMO Folklorist Avatar
      MMO Folklorist

      Added this and Monster Hunter Frontier Z. Thanks for the heads up!

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  1. Crowen Avatar

    You forgot all the ultima online emus, servers and client projects. E.g. https://polserver.com/ and https://github.com/ClassicUO/ClassicUO

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    1. MMO Folklorist Avatar
      MMO Folklorist

      Thanks for sharing these. I decided not to include private servers for games that are still in live service unless they’ve been officially sanctioned.
      UO is a tough one because it’s obviously such a wildly different game than it was at launch, but as I plan on doing some coverage of the game in the future I wanted to avoid running into any legal sketchiness by hosting links to unofficial servers.

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  2. I respectfully suggest you do more research on PSO, it maybe deserves a dedicated post. Ephinea, schthack, sylverant, Destiny, and edenserv are a few more. Different servers emulate different versions of the game and some allow cross-platform play with consoles.

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      MMO Folklorist

      Thanks for letting me know about these. I’ve updated the PSO:BB section a little with this info.
      Obviously this list is only a brief jumping-off point for people and it’s inevitable with so many projects that I’ve missed a few. I’m pleased that people are coming forward to point me in the direction of those I didn’t find in my own research.
      I’m hoping that eventually I can do a deeper dive into a lot of these old games and provide some more definitive guides for how to play them.

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  3. Chelsea Avatar

    What an awesome list! I’m personally most excited for WildStar, but that could still be many years off.

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      MMO Folklorist

      Thanks! Yep, it’s one of the games I’m most disappointed that I never got the chance to play!

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  4. Missing Neocron Evolution, https://www.neocron-game.com/

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      MMO Folklorist

      Wow, totally forgot about this game! Will add it to the list when I have time to update it at the weekend, thanks!

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  5. Sarblade Avatar
    Sarblade

    Hi!

    There is also:

    Auto Assault – Currently pretty much alted until the developer finds additional help: https://discord.gg/S97h8jxf

    Perpetuum – On Steam, is handled by the community.

    Planetside Online (Planetside Forever) – https://psforever.net/

    Shards of Dalaya – Is a custom game developed on EQ, might still be worth mentioning?
    https://shardsofdalaya.com/

    Dungeon Runners – In development
    https://discord.gg/DFdDMmAB

    The Ascend Hand of Kul – Handled by the community, through Steam https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2068140011

    Shadowbane Emulator – Still in development/wiping
    https://discord.gg/d6JEqQZS

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      MMO Folklorist

      Thank you, I’ll be sure to add these when I have a chance to update the list this weekend!

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  6. Sarblade Avatar
    Sarblade

    I can’t see my other comment, I hope you got it.

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    1. MMO Folklorist Avatar
      MMO Folklorist

      Apologies, comments containing links have to be approved before they appear on the site and I didn’t have a chance to check yesterday.

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    1. MMO Folklorist Avatar
      MMO Folklorist

      It’s already on the list under Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning!

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  7. Shards of Dalaya is an EverQuest emu mod. Not sure if it counts under here or not but it could use the nod.

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      MMO Folklorist

      This is definitely a really cool server, but as it has not (as far as I can tell) had any official approval from Daybreak I’m not going to include it on the list at this point. Thanks for sharing though.

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  8. Sarblade Avatar

    I know you already have a backlog of things to add, but I forgot the last one: BattleForge.

    It has been revived as Skylords Reborn (and is approved by EA): https://www.skylords.eu/

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      MMO Folklorist

      Although this is a really amazing project I’m going to veto adding it to the list because it’s not really an MMO and if I start branching out too far things could get quite out of hand. Maybe some people will find it through this comment though.

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  9. Erulight Avatar

    Here is another one for the list! https://fhxrestoration.com/

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    1. MMO Folklorist Avatar
      MMO Folklorist

      Wow, this is an obscure one! Thanks for sharing, I’ll get it added to the list.

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  10. premierio015 Avatar
    premierio015

    Hi EverQuest 2 emulator dev is here. Too sad, you have not mentioned us. We are actively developing our project. One of our goals is to return removed content from the classic version of game.

    Our discords: https://discord.gg/Q4NNzg2t
    https://discord.gg/eg3rGgt3

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      MMO Folklorist

      Hey, this is a list of emulators for MMOs which are no longer operating official live servers. I included P99 as it has been officially sanctioned by Daybreak.

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  11. This great article should be updated and shared again

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    SereneBurger

    The pirates of the burning sea link leads to a 404 page. I love this article and check it every few months! Thanks for your hard work.

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      MMO Folklorist

      Thanks for the heads up, should be all fixed now!

      Glad to hear that you’re finding value in the article too. Always on the lookout for new (old) games to add,

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  13. Battle of the Immortals has a private server: https://serverstoplist.com/server-pamizra-games-7700448
    There’s also “New Club Penguin” if you want to count that as an MMO: https://newcp.net/en/
    Great article!

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    Cristofor Casto

    Dang. I can’t find an Age of Conan server anywhere. Would love a no player city and no gemstone server to play on.

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    1. James Crosby Avatar
      James Crosby

      Hey Cristofor. This list is only for private servers that are reviving MMOs no longer playable via official means. As Funcom is still operating Age of Conan (albeit in maintenance mode) it’s not included in the list.

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  15. Marvel Heros?

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  16. should add superhero squad online via Retrosquad/ shso forever

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    1. Thanks! Totally forgot that this one existed. I’ll get it added to the list.

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