MeinMMO crowns the most anticipated MMORPGs of the future during the Grindfest Theme Week 2026 – chosen by the MeinMMO community. We complement the Top 6 with an assessment from our genre expert Karsten Scholz on whether the hope is justified or if we can expect a flop.
The MMORPG Theme Week 2026 is almost over, but we have kept a very special treat for the last day of the Grindfest: the evaluation of the big community vote for the most anticipated MMORPG of the future.
More than 3,000 genre enthusiasts have cast their votes, thank you for that! In our evaluation, we focus on the 6 games that received at least 100 nominations (as of June 26, 2026). Place 7 (Honor of Kings: World) is already clearly lagging behind.
Please note that while 250 votes went to “Another MMORPG not mentioned here”, the comments primarily discussed big names like Aion 2 and Guild Wars 3.
During this week, you can expect exciting articles every day around the topic of MMORPGs. Included: nostalgic retrospectives, exciting analyses from renowned industry veterans, previews of upcoming online role-playing games, and lively streams.
Here’s the program for the big MMORPG Theme Week 2026 from MeinMMO
On the following pages, we will go through your Top 6 most anticipated MMORPGs of the future, with the most important, currently known information, and an assessment from MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz, in which he attempts to answer the following question: Can the game captivate us in the West? Through the summary, you can jump directly to the online role-playing game that interests you the most.
Rank 6: EverQuest 3
Developer: Daybreak | Platform: PC | Release Period: expected in 2028 | Model: Premium with microtransactions | Votes in the MeinMMO vote: 108
EverQuest is a big name within the MMORPG genre, and when a studio dares to create a third part, many genre fans perk up. The over 100 votes prove this. After all, little is known about the game so far.
A remake for the first EverQuest has just been released, but it is not the remake that was announced in 2023 – here is the trailer:
At the quasi-announcement, there was at least talk that it should be a premium MMORPG for which a release is planned in 2028 and for which a budget of about 30 million US dollars is planned. Later, someone from the team added that they prefer to create something more like a modernized version of the first part rather than an EverQuest 3.
What bothers me about all this:
- The plans regarding release, budget, and general direction come from 2023. Development is supposed to have started in 2025. Currently, it is unclear what still applies and the current status of the project.
- Even if everything goes according to plan, a budget of 30 million US dollars and 3 years of development time is not enough to realize significant ambitions in the MMORPG context.
- With EverQuest Legends, the first part has just received a slightly modernized version. While the improvements mainly focus on accessibility for solo players, the question still arises: Is there a need for another remake that will be released in two years?
I personally would wish for a new, ambitious EverQuest MMORPG. Not only for the fans of the universe but also because I only found access to the genre with WoW in 2005 and therefore could only read about what EverQuest has done for the genre. However, I fear that Daybreak does not have the resources to create a truly competitive MMORPG.
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