List of multiplayer online battle arena games
This is a list of multiplayer online battle arena games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available.
List
Year | Game | Developer | Platform | Free-to-play | Still playable | Notes |
2003 | Defense of the Ancients | Eul, Guinsoo, IceFrog | Windows, Mac | See Notes | Custom map that requires installation of ' or '. | |
2008 | Minions | Casual Collective | Browser | |||
2009 | Demigod | Gas Powered Games | Windows | First commercial game inspired by DotA. | ||
2009 | League of Legends | Riot Games | Windows, Mac | |||
2010 | Avalon Heroes | WeMade Entertainment | Windows | Discontinued | Officially shut down on February 8, 2013. | |
2010 | Heroes of Newerth | S2 Games, Frostburn Studios | Windows, Mac, Linux | Became free to play in July 2011. Garena bought the rights of the game from S2 in May 2015 and founded Frostburn Studios to maintain it. | ||
2010 | Monday Night Combat | Uber Entertainment | Windows, Xbox 360 | |||
2010 | Realm of the Titans | Ningbo Shengguang Tianyi | Windows | Discontinued | Discontinued in all regions except China. | |
2011 | Bloodline Champions | Stunlock Studios | Windows | |||
2011 | Rise of Immortals: Battle for Graxia | Petroglyph Games | Windows | Discontinued | Officially shut down since June 2013. | |
2012 | Awesomenauts | Ronimo Games | Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One | 2D sidescrolling MOBA game. | ||
2012 | Guardians of Middle-earth | Monolith Productions | Xbox 360, PS3, Windows | Game based around The Lord of the Rings film series. No longer available on PlayStation Store. | ||
2012 | Super Monday Night Combat | Uber Entertainment | Windows | Discontinued | ||
2012 | ' | Mythic Entertainment | Windows | Discontinued | Officially shut down on March 29, 2013. | |
2013 | Dota 2 | Valve | Windows, Mac, Linux | Sequel to Defense of the Ancients. | ||
2013 | Panzar | Panzar Studio | Windows | |||
2014 | ' | Cartoon Network | Browser | Discontinued | MOBA based on popular TV series, Adventure Time. | |
2014 | Dawngate | Waystone Games | Windows | Discontinued | Officially shut down since March 2015. | |
2014 | Fates Forever | Hammer and Chisel | iOS | Discontinued | Officially shut down since October 2015. | |
2014 | Prime World | Nival | Windows | |||
2014 | Vainglory | Super Evil Megacorp | iOS, Android, Windows | Announced in November 2014 | ||
2014 | Smite | Hi-Rez Studios | Windows, Xbox One, PS4 | MOBA based around different cultures spiritual entities and in over-the-shoulder Third Person perspective. | ||
2015 | Heroes of the Storm | Blizzard Entertainment | Windows, Mac | The game brings various Blizzard characters together as playable heroes, as well as different battlegrounds based on Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch universes. | ||
2015 | Infinite Crisis | Turbine, Inc. | Windows | Discontinued | Officially shut down as of August 14, 2015. | |
2015 | Sins of a Dark Age | Ironclad Games | Windows | |||
2015 | Strife | S2 Games | Windows, Mac, Linux | Released May 22, 2015. Servers became inaccessible in September 2018. | ||
2015 | Arena of Fate | Crytek Black Sea | Windows | Last known state was Closed Beta in 2016. The developers were purchased by SEGA in 2017. | ||
2015 | Wangzhe Rongyao | Timi Studio Group | iOS, Android | Released November 26, 2015. Released internationally in 2017 as Arena of Valor. | ||
2016 | Paragon | Epic Games | Windows, PlayStation 4 | MOBA in third person perspective. Servers shut down on April 26, 2018. | ||
2016 | ' | Whitebox Interactive | Windows | Officially shut down on March 31, 2016. | ||
2016 | ' | Moonton | iOS, Android | Released July 14, 2016. | ||
2017 | ' | Netmarble | iOS, Android | Released January 12, 2017. In-app purchases disabled as of December 19, 2018. No longer accepting new players as of January 17, 2019, and servers were permanently shut down on March 18, 2019. | ||
2017 | Arena of Valor | Timi Studio Group | iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch | Released August 10, 2017. | ||
2017 | Battlerite | Stunlock Studios | Windows | Released November 8, 2017. | ||
2017 | Gigantic | Motiga | Windows, Xbox One | Discontinued | The game focuses on team-based action combat in a third-person perspective with heroes battling alongside a massive guardian. Officially shut down on July 31, 2018. | |
2017 | Master X Master | NCSOFT | Windows | Officially shut down January 31, 2018. | ||
2018 | AirMech | Carbon Games | Windows, Google Chrome | Inspired by Herzog Zwei. | ||
2019 | Marvel Super War | NetEase | iOS, Android | |||
2020 | Bleeding Edge | Ninja Theory | Windows, Xbox One | Team brawler video game | ||
2020 | ' | Riot Games | iOS, Android, consoles | Under development | Abridged version of League of Legends for mobile and consoles. | |
2020 | Pokémon Unite | Timi Studio Group | iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch | Under development | Pokémon themed MOBA developed in partnership with Tencent Games |