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This is a selected list of massively multiplayer online first-person shooter games. MMOFPSs are large multi-user games that take place in perpetual online worlds with hundreds or thousands of other players.
| Title | Status | Subscription Model | Release date | Close Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust 514 | Ended | Free-to-play | May 14, 2013 | May 30, 2016 | |
| Face of Mankind | Ended | Free-to-play/Subscription | August 31, 2006 | September 3, 2015 | Went through various names, financial models, and publishers during its nine-year existence |
| Firefall | Ended | Free-to-play | September 2, 2011 | July 7, 2017 | |
| Global Agenda | Released | Free-to-play | February 1, 2010 | A hybrid between a multiplayer, hub-based shooter and a larger-scale persistent world online shooter (MMO). | |
| Hellgate: London | Ended | Free-to-play | October 31, 2007 | January 31, 2009 | "The game can be played in either third person perspective or first person perspective." "Hellgate: London can be played offline or online without a fee." |
| Huxley | Ended | May 3, 2010 | December 30, 2010 | ||
| MAG | Ended | Free-to-play | January 26, 2010 | January 28, 2014 | |
| Neocron | Released | Subscription/Free-to-play (June 2011) | September 9, 2002 | MMO with RPG and FPS elements. | |
| PlanetSide | Ended | Subscription | May 20, 2003 | July 1, 2016 | Launched with a subscription-based pay model. Went free-to-play on April 29, 2014 until server shutdown. |
| PlanetSide Arena | Ended | Free-to-play | September 19, 2019 | January 10, 2020 | Free-to-play spinoff of PlanetSide 2 featuring game modes like capture the flag and battle royale. Shut down due to low player counts. |
| PlanetSide 2 | Released | Free-to-play | November 20, 2012 | On January 23, 2015, PlanetSide 2 set the record for the most players online in a single FPS battle. [1] | |
| Tabula Rasa | Ended | Subscription | November 2, 2007 | February 28, 2009 | "It still was not an outright shooter and featured sticky targeting and dice rolling based on character stats underneath." |
| World War II Online | Released | Free-to-play | June 6, 2001 | Game is still online and playable, although the player base has significantly dwindled. The game is still providing content updates and developers are pushing towards a core engine update utilising Unreal (As at March 2022). |
MMOFPSs today use a wide range of business models, from completely free of charge (no strings attached) or advertise funded to various kinds of payment plans. This list uses the following terms.