A free, French-made 2D MMORPG, born in some corner of the medieval-fantasy internet, holding a real surprise.

On pure instinct, Slayers Online only edges ahead of a third of all games, and on few votes, so to confirm. But look at the detail and everything flips. On the game you would take to a desert island, it sits almost at the very top, ahead of 99% of titles. On the joy of a session that runs late into the night, it beats more than nine games out of ten. Attachment follows, solid, and the sound sits high even if it rests on very few votes. Here is the tension: the art direction drops to the very bottom of the ranking, last or nearly so. An MMO you would keep for life but whose visual style convinces no one, that is a striking contrast.

Next to the big polished MMORPGs, it does not play in the same visual league, and it shows. But it makes up for it with that rare thing, the feeling of a world of your own, a hideout you keep coming back to.

So, who is it for? For you if you love niche communities, worlds you make yours, the charm of homemade. Much less if looks come first and a rough first screen makes you bail.