Multiplayer Game Types

Type	Description	Players	Persistence	Game Examples
FPS	First person shooter	<= 256	No	Quake 2 Unreal Tournament Counter Strike Battlefield Call of Duty Tribes: Ascend M.A.G.
RTS	Real-time strategy game	<= 8	No	Command and Conquer StarCraft WarCraft Homeworld
MMO	Massively multiplayer online game	Thousands	Yes, generally	Eve Online ^[1]Eve Online describes itself as "an open-ended Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG)." It does not fall cleanly into one of the more specific types below so we'll just call it an "MMO" for now - … Continue reading See more specific MMO examples below.
MMORPG	Massively multiplayer online role-playing game	Thousands	Yes, character development, items.	Ultima Online EverQuest World of Warcraft Guild Wars Rift Elder Scrolls Online
MMORTS	Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game	Thousands	Yes, player bases, leader boards.	Shattered Galaxy Battle Pirates War Commander Tiberium Alliances
MMOFPS	Massively multiplayer online first person shooter	Hundreds to thousands	Yes, character development, items, leader boards.	Planetside Firefall Defiance Global Agenda
MOBA	Multiplayer online battle arena			League of Legends Defense of the Ancients Smite AirMech
Sandbox	Multiplayer sandbox		Yes, player and world state	Minecraft
MMOS	Massively multiplayer online sandbox		Yes, player and world state.	Trove Roblox

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