As 2025 kicks off, we’re delighted to report that Albion Online was a big winner in the annual MMORPG.com awards, picking up Best Indie MMO and Best Mobile MMO of 2024!
This is the second consecutive year that Albion Online has been named Best Indie MMO by the writers at MMORPG.com, recognition of the game’s continued development in a crowded field. The site’s editors had this to say:
This year was a good year for the team at Sandbox Interactive, with multiple updates bringing new content and balancing to the sandbox MMO, from its Crystal Raiders update to the more recent Horizons update which sets things up for 2025. With a great mix of both PvE and PvP content, its player-driven economy, and its interesting setting, Albion Online feels poised to continue to impress into the future.
And Albion Online’s truly cross-platform experience resulted in it winning Best Mobile MMO for the first time:
For many of the reasons listed above as to why it's the best Indie MMO of 2024, bringing all that gameplay to a mobile platform is no easy feat, yet Sandbox Interactive had done so in a way that does not feel like it's a cheapened version or pared down version of its MMORPG. I have drained my phone battery to Albion quite a bit this year, finally getting me more into mobile gaming than before, and I daresay that will continue well into 2025 as the team moves to a faster update cadence with its new seasonal model.
These awards cap a huge 2024 for the game, with four content updates and a new server added, and things are looking bright as we move into 2025 with the Rogue Frontier update. Thanks to the staff at MMORPG.com for their recognition, and thanks to you, the players, for making the game what it is today!