The best game like WoW on PS5 and Xbox is Final Fantasy XIV, which uses the same tank, healer, and DPS party roles and has a free trial with no time limit. The Elder Scrolls Online and Neverwinter come next, and all three run on both consoles today.
World of Warcraft itself is not an option on either console: it runs through the Battle.net app on Windows or Mac, as Blizzard’s starter guide for WoW Forever spells out, and our guide to playing WoW Forever covers the rest. So every game below is one a PS5 or Xbox owner can download now. Each entry says which consoles it is on, what it costs, and how close it gets to WoW’s loop of picking a class, leveling through a story, and grouping up for dungeons and raids. We checked every platform and price against the PlayStation Store and the Xbox store on November 8, 2026.
10. Dune: Awakening
Consoles: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, both since September 22, 2026. It costs $49.99 with no subscription, it is included with Xbox Game Pass, and the PS Store lists PS Plus as required for online play.
Dune: Awakening is a survival MMO first, so it is the furthest thing on this list from a quest hub in Elwynn Forest. It earns its spot with its class system: your starting class is only your first School of the Imperium, and you can learn all five from trainers and mix their abilities. Funcom’s free Blood and Ice expansion arrives December 1, and a full single-player mode covers anyone who wants the world without other people. PS5 and Xbox owners cannot group up yet, since Funcom has dated full crossplay for January 2027. The Dune hub has the rest.
9. Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
Consoles: A PS4 version that runs on PS5 through backward compatibility, plus Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. It is free, and the PS Store page says PS Plus is not required.
SEGA’s free MMO has the class building a WoW player wants, in a much faster shell. You pick a main class and a subclass from a roster that includes Hunter, Ranger, Force, Braver, and Waker, and the two combine into your build. Up to 32 people share an open field, and the Xbox store lists online co-op for up to 12. Fights are real-time action with what SEGA calls simple controls, so you trade WoW’s long rotations for dashing and gliding across big maps. Pick this one if WoW’s combat was the part you were ready to leave behind. Its anime look is a long way from Azeroth, but it costs nothing to find out whether that matters to you.
8. Diablo IV
Consoles: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. It is $49.99 at list price and included with Xbox Game Pass. Online play needs PS Plus on PlayStation and a paid Game Pass tier on Xbox.
Diablo IV is an action RPG rather than an MMO, but it is the closest you can get to Blizzard’s own class design on a console. The base game has five classes (Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Rogue, and Sorcerer), and the Lord of Hatred expansion added the Warlock on April 28, 2026. Blizzard’s store text describes an endgame where you meet other people in towns to trade and team up against World Bosses, with cross-play and cross-progression on every platform. Seasons keep it moving: Season 15 brought back nearly 20 bosses from across the series, and our guide covers when it ends. Groups top out at four, so this scratches the class and loot part of the itch rather than a big raid night. The Xbox store also lists two-player local co-op, which no other game here does.
7. Where Winds Meet
Consoles: PS5 since November 14, 2025, and Xbox Series X|S since June 7, 2026. It is free.
Everstone Studio’s wuxia open world has no WoW-style class list. You build a fighter from weapons and more than 30 mystic arts instead, stealing techniques from martial sects along the way. What earns it this spot is the group side: the studio’s store page lists co-op with up to four friends, guild wars, multiplayer dungeons, and raids, plus full cross-play between Xbox, PS5, PC, and mobile. It also says gameplay content is entirely free and that it only sells cosmetics. The solo campaign is huge on its own, with the PS Store promising more than 150 hours. The first anniversary Hutuo story arc arrives November 13, and our list of the best wuxia games has more like it.
6. Throne and Liberty
Consoles: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is free.
Throne and Liberty has the shape of a classic MMO, with six-player dungeons, raids, guild castle sieges, and player housing. It swaps fixed classes for pairs of weapons, so your role comes from what you carry, and you can change it later without rolling a new character. It would rank higher if it were not changing hands. Amazon Game Studios is moving live operations in the West to NC, and the service transition maintenance begins on November 10, 2026. The Auction House has been closed and Lucent packs pulled from sale since October 26. Amazon says characters, items, and progress all carry over, and Xbox owners will need to install a new app published by NC. We would wait until NC’s service is running before starting a character.
5. Black Desert
Consoles: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only, since Pearl Abyss retired the PS4 and Xbox One versions on June 26, 2025. The Standard Edition is $9.99 on both stores, it is included with PS Plus Extra on PS5, and the PS Store lists PS Plus as required for online play.
Pearl Abyss lists 32 classes on the game’s console site, the deepest roster here, and its non-target combat runs on combos and quick reactions rather than a hotbar rotation. The other half of the game is what WoW’s professions would be if they were the whole point: farming, trading, fishing, sailing, cooking, horse training, and alchemy. Guilds fight node wars and sieges for territory, taxes, and resources. It is a wide-open grind more than a guided climb through dungeons and raids, which is why it sits below the games that follow WoW’s group routine. The studio’s other big open world, Crimson Desert, has its own guides here.
4. DC Universe Online
Consoles: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. It is free.
DC Universe Online is the easy one to overlook, because the capes hide how traditional it is. The powers you choose set your group role, and Daybreak’s own starter guide names fire and ice for tanks, nature and sorcery for healers, and gadgets and mental for controllers. The Xbox store lists online co-op for groups of up to eight, and the action combat suits a controller. It has had native versions on PS5 since March 26, 2024, and on Xbox Series X|S since October 23, 2024, and PS5, PS4, and PC owners share the same servers. Dimensional Ink says all stories are free for all players, and the latest episode, Wrath of the Worldkillers, arrived in October 2026. You pick hero or villain instead of Alliance or Horde, and it also ranks on our full MMORPG list.
3. Neverwinter
Consoles: A PS4 version that runs on PS5 through backward compatibility, plus Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. It is free.
Neverwinter is the closest thing to WoW’s routine you can play for free on a console. It is built on Dungeons and Dragons, with classes such as Fighter, Cleric, Wizard, and Rogue, and its long game runs on queues: normal dungeons and skirmishes first, then Advanced and Master content as your item level climbs. The Xbox store lists parties of up to five. Arc Games treats reaching level 20 as finishing the tutorial, so you get to the group content quickly. Combat is action-based, with dodging and aiming rather than tab-targeting, which helps on a controller. Cryptic Studios is still building it: an Arc Games post on November 2 dates Module 34, Sleeping Gods Lie, for November 17, with better rewards for normal queues, though it gives no separate console date.
2. The Elder Scrolls Online
Consoles: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. The Standard Edition is $19.99 on Xbox with no subscription required, it is included with both PS Plus Extra and Xbox Game Pass, and the PS Store lists PS Plus as required for online play.
The Elder Scrolls Online is the closest match to WoW’s sense of scale: a huge fantasy world, long questlines, big PvP, and a seven-class roster with three skill lines each. Five classes come with the base game, while the Necromancer needs the Elsweyr chapter or a Crown Store upgrade and the Arcanist needs the Necrom chapter. Zones scale to your level, so you can quest anywhere in any order instead of following a level bracket. The Xbox store lists online co-op for up to 12, which covers four-player dungeons and 12-player trials. Season Two: Echoes of Skyrim arrived in October with the game’s first solo dungeons, and our Elder Scrolls hub covers the single-player games if Tamriel is what draws you in.
1. Final Fantasy XIV
Consoles: PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X|S. It has a free trial with no time limit, then needs a game purchase and a subscription. The Complete Edition is $59.99 on Xbox.
Final Fantasy XIV is the closest thing to WoW on any console, because it shares the structure that makes WoW work. You play a tank, healer, or DPS, work through a rotation of cooldowns, queue for four-player dungeons through the Duty Finder, and move on to eight-player raids and 24-player alliance raids, with a big expansion every few years. Unlike WoW, one character can play every job by changing weapons, so you never need an alt to try healing. Its cross hotbar was built for a controller, mapping your abilities to the triggers and face buttons.
It is also the easiest to try. The free trial runs to level 80 with no time limit and covers the base game and every expansion through Shadowbringers. It does cut the social side: no Market Board, trading, shout or tell chat, Free Companies, or PvP, and gil caps at 300,000, though the Duty Finder still works. You can also clear the main story dungeons with NPC party members if you would rather not wait on a group.
PS5, Xbox, and PC owners share the same servers, so your console does not decide who you can play with. The next expansion, Evercold, launches on February 23, 2027, with two new jobs. Our guide to every expansion in order shows how much story sits in front of it, our Evercold editions guide covers what to buy, and the Final Fantasy hub has the rest.
How We Chose
We started from the MMOs and MMO-style RPGs with a live PlayStation or Xbox version, then cut anything you can no longer buy or that has stopped getting new content. The order comes down to three questions: how close the game sits to WoW’s loop of classes, dungeons, and raids, how recently its developer has updated it, and how easily a console owner can start. All 10 have had official updates or news since September 2026. Prices and store details come from the PlayStation Store and Xbox store pages as of November 8, 2026, and sales change them often. Our 20 best MMORPGs list ranks the PC games too, and if you do have a PC or Mac, the World of Warcraft hub and our pick for the best class for new players will get you started.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is World of Warcraft on PS5 or Xbox? No. World of Warcraft, including WoW Forever, runs on Windows and Mac through the Battle.net app, with no version on PS5 or Xbox.
Which of these games are free? Neverwinter, DC Universe Online, Throne and Liberty, Where Winds Meet, and Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis are all free to download on both consoles. Final Fantasy XIV has a free trial up to level 80. Black Desert and The Elder Scrolls Online have the lowest entry prices of the paid games, at $9.99 and $19.99 on Xbox.
Which games like WoW are on Xbox Game Pass? The Xbox store lists The Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo IV, and Dune: Awakening as included with Game Pass, and all three are covered by the Premium tier. Where Winds Meet, Neverwinter, and the other free games need no pass to download.
Do you need PS Plus to play these online? The PS Store lists PS Plus as required for online play in The Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, Diablo IV, and Dune: Awakening. It lists no such requirement for Final Fantasy XIV, DC Universe Online, Throne and Liberty, or Where Winds Meet, and the Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis page says outright that it is not required.
Is New World: Aeternum still an option? Not for new players. Amazon pulled it from sale on January 15, 2026, and its servers close for good on January 31, 2027, so only people who already own it can still log in.
Why is Destiny 2 not on this list? It is free on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, with three classes and six-player raids, but Bungie’s support guide says it would get no more live-service content after Update 9.7.0 on June 9, 2026, while staying playable. Bungie has since said it is bringing vaulted campaigns and raids back, with no date yet.
Are Guild Wars 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online on console? No. Guild Wars 2, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Star Wars: The Old Republic have no PS5 or Xbox version, so they stay off this list. All three are on our PC-inclusive MMORPG ranking.