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5 Games like World of Warcraft on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 41 games similar to World of Warcraft down to the 5 that fit the “Mobile” category. Sky: Children of the Light, RuneScape and Old School RuneScape top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to World of Warcraft.

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GenreRPGSubgenreMMORPGSub-subgenreTheme Park MMO
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DarkMultiplayerOnline
Year 2004Dev Blizzard Entertainment

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to World of Warcraft is Sky: Children of the Light — scoring 65/100 on our similarity scale. RuneScape and Old School RuneScape follow close behind.

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The best games like World of Warcraft on Mobile

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to World of Warcraft. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Sky: Children of the Light

65
NGL85
Sky: Children of the Light
Closest overall match
RPGMMORPGTheme Park MMO
MultiplayerOnlineFantasyThird PersonSolo
Year 2019Dev ThatGameCompany · NetEase GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

Genre puts it alongside World of Warcraft, and so does fantasy world, multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on tone and game mode: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus.

Released 15 years after World of Warcraft.

Genre100Setting100Visuals100Game mode67Tone0
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RuneScape

65
NGL82
RuneScape
Closest on game mode
RPGMMORPGSandbox MMO
MultiplayerOnlinePvPMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationSkill TreeThird Person
Year 2001Dev JagexOn Linux · Android · PC

Its point of contact with World of Warcraft is deep RPG systems, open world exploration and magic-based combat. Both also lean on fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in tone and combat — its own ground is strong narrative focus and a sandbox world.

Setting100Game mode92Progression82Genre75World68Visuals62
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Old School RuneScape

63
NGL81
Old School RuneScape
RPGMMORPGSandbox MMO
MultiplayerOnlinePvPOpen WorldFantasyExplorationSkill TreeThird Person
Year 2013Dev JagexOn Android · PC · iOS

Held in common with World of Warcraft: deep RPG systems, open world exploration and fantasy world. To that it adds skill tree progression and a third-person camera. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings strong narrative focus and a sandbox world.

Released 9 years after World of Warcraft.

Setting100Game mode90Progression81Genre75World63Visuals59
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Black Desert

60
NGL74
Black Desert
RPGMMORPGSandbox MMO
MultiplayerOnlineMagicOpen WorldFantasyExplorationSkill TreeThird Person
Year 2019Dev Pearl AbyssOn iOS · Android

With World of Warcraft it shares deep RPG systems, open world exploration and magic-based combat. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and online features. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: a sandbox world and ranged combat.

Released 15 years after World of Warcraft.

Visuals84Progression78Genre75Game mode74World63Combat45
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Pokémon Go

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NGL63
Pokémon Go
Closest on world
RPGMMORPG
MultiplayerOnlineOpen WorldFantasyExplorationThird Person
Year 2016Dev Niantic LabsOn Android · iOS

The thread back to World of Warcraft runs through deep RPG systems, open world exploration and fantasy world. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals and progression — its own ground is an isometric view.

Released 12 years after World of Warcraft.

Setting100World100Game mode79Genre75Progression50Visuals46

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