By Omer Altay
There seems to be a new free to play MMORPG released every week these days, but even with the immense growth of the genre, very few MMORPGs are Mac compatible. Considering Mac users only make up for ~5% of the market share for operating systems, it’s not surprising that most game developers opt not to develop Mac compatible versions of their MMORPGs. The only MMORPGs Mac users can usually play are browser MMORPGs, but after Googling around for a bit, I learned that some client based MMORPGs are also Mac compatible. Below is a list of all Mac compatible MMORPGs that run on OS X:
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- The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) is a story driven MMO experience that takes place in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game was originally a paid MMO for PC and Mac but has been free to play for several years now. LOTRO follows a standard MMO design with customisable avatars, multiple classes, NPCs and plenty of quests.
A Unique MMORTS published by S2 Games. The game blends RPG elements as well as RTS elements. Play as either humans or beasts and defeat your enemies stronghold to win.
World of Warcraft
The epic 3D fantasy MMORPG from Blizzard. The game added support for MAC OSX with patch 1.9.3
City of Heroes
A 3D Superhero themed MMORPG by Cryptic. The game is pay to play, but has a free trial.
Dofus
2D Fantasy themed MMORPG.
Earth Eternal
3D Fantasy MMORPG that sort of looks like Runes of Magic and World of Warcraft. The game’s graphics are very impressive for a browser game.
Eve Online
An Epic in Depth 3D Sci-fi MMORPG with a strong emphasis on PvP.
One of the first 3D MMORPGs ever. The game has over 10 expansion packs.
FusionFall
A 3D MMORPG developed by Cartoon Networks.
Pirates of the Caribbean Online
A 3D Fantasy MMORPG based on the popular Pirates of the Caribbean Movie.
Quake Live
An MMO Shooter on the browser. Basically Quake 3 remade.
RuneScape
Jagex’s Enormously popular 3D fantasy MMORPG.
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Splash Fighters
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Splash Fighters is an Arena based fighting MMO that plays a lot like Rumble Fighter. The game is published by Cyberstep. It just recently launched a mac client.
Vendetta Online
Vendetta Online is a pay to play sci-fi themed MMORPG. The game plays a bit like Eve Online.
Warhammer Online
The epic 3D Fantasy MMORPG from Mythic (Electronic Arts) that was designed to be a WoW killer. Even though it didn’t succeed in that, it’s still around and gets updated regularly. The game has a strong emphasis on PvP.
Second Life
Second Life is a surprisingly in depth 3D virtual world developed and published by Linden Labs. It’s not exactly a traditional “game” much like the other titles listed here, but more of a social virtual world than anything else.
Fallen Earth
A 3D sci-fi themed post-apocalyptic MMORPG with third person / first person FPS gameplay.
GetAmped 2
GetAmped 2 is a 3D fighting MMO published by CyberStep. It has an excellent amount of appearance customization and plays a bit like Rumble Fighter.
Regnum Online
This 3D fantasy MMORPG with an emphasis on late game Realm vs Realm PvP added Mac support in early 2011.
Note: Only games that support Mac without any additional software are listed here. You can get a lot more MMORPGs working on OS X through programs like CrossOver and VM Ware, but those are not included in this list.
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This blog relates to protesting the fact that there are numerous freeware multiplayer role playing games that are available for most computer users to download, but 98% of them are for PCs only (Microsoft windows operating system) and rarely do they have a download that is native for the Mac OS (Lepard 10.5)
I have put together two petitions to hopefully someday soon change that fact. I hope that eventually software and videogame (free or not) companies will understand that even though Mac users do not make up most of the market for computer users (only 20%) they still make up SOME of it. I find it kind of insulting that just because I don't own a PC like most people, it gives companies the right to neglect developing a mac compatible download (that is not .Exe extension)
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I feel even more insulted about this blatant lack of support for the mac OS because new macs these days (year 2009-2010) use intel core 2 duo processors or better (intel xeon) in their computers nowadays. Macs are not like they were in the past with PPC (power-PC) based processors. This means that developing Mac versions of PC only games is easier than it has ever been in the past for developers! But, despite advances in technology companies still treat Mac users like they don't exist, pretending that the only computer system in the world is Microsoft Windows.