Wurm Online is one of the oldest sandbox MMORPGs, started by Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson, later of Minecraft fame, and run by Code Club AB. It has been live since 2006 and on Steam since 2020. The medieval world has no instances and starts wild: towns, roads and farms are built by players.
There are no classes, just over 130 uncapped skills such as blacksmithing, carpentry, tailoring and fighting. You can reshape terrain, fell forests, pave roads and build houses, carts and ships. Land is rented for in-game silver, which protects it. Freedom servers are PvE; PvP servers host kingdom wars.
It is for players ready to spend months on a village. The interface is old-fashioned, progress is slow, and without premium no skill passes 20, so the free tier is more like a long trial. No Russian.
