9 Games Like Second Life
Our collection of games like Second Life features the best 3D virtual worlds that allow you to create content, play games and be social.
Second Life was one of the original client focused virtual worlds with a social and economic twist which launched in 2003 and changed the face of social interaction and business marketing at the time. Second Life was designed with a mature audience of 16 years or older in mind and rapidly acquired millions of registered users.
The heart of Second Life is the unique marketplace where users create their own virtual objects and add scripts to them which can add additional interaction. Content creators retain all rights to the content which allows them to sell their content for Linden Dollars (L$) which has a real world dollar value.
The games like Second Life below offer a wide variety of 3D and 2D social experiences and virtual content creation opportunities across desktop, mobile (iOS/Android) and online for those seeking a no download alternative.
Planet Calypso
Planet Calypso leverages the framework of Entropia Universe to create a science fiction MMO with a wealth of content, mechanics and sizeable community waiting to be explored. Most notably is the adoption of a game currency that is closely tied with real money that provides the potential for players to profit from their activities within the virtual game world. Starting in 2003 as the first planet of Entropia Universe (which now has more than half a dozen planets that offer different gameplay) Pl...[Read Review]
IMVU
IMVU is a social focused experience that is available online for free through a downloadable client (Windows and Mac) with mobile apps (iOS and Android) also available. Some elements of the game such as browsing the available chat rooms and stores is available through your browser however the chat rooms require one of the aforementioned clients. The game launched back in 2004 and has grown rapidly in that time to tens of million registered accounts and millions of items in its virtual catalogue ...[Read Review]
Garry’s Mod
Garry’s Mod (GMod) is the ultimate physics sandbox game that lets you create anything and everything that you can think of with the available tools. Whatever you have in mind the experience is completely within your control with GMod, a title that is built on the Source game engine. Launching back in 2006 the game has seen steady success in that time selling millions of copies through the Steam platform. This success has enabled the game to live on a decade after the original release with a comm...[Read Review]
Mabinogi
Mabinogi allows you to create your own anime life in an experience that is simply overflowing with content, features and options while revolving around social elements. For those MMO players that crave customisation, anime styling and large scale friendship groups Mabinogi has proven to consistently deliver this experience since its original launch in 2008. Centred around the growth of character through the game world of Erinn the core Mabinogi experience revolves around questing, community enga...[Read Review]
Smeet
Smeet is a great social experience that offers you a platform to meet and chat with other social orientated gamers with a release in Germany in 2007 before expanding to other regions and multiple languages. While originally launched as a browser based game with the retirement of Adobe Flash Smeet has since transitioned to a Windows and Mac client with a similarly themed mobile version. The core experience of Smeet is similar to other games in the genre combining features that casual gamers will ...[Read Review]
Club Cooee
Club Cooee is one of the more unique virtual chat rooms available and is a great experience for fans of titles that merge social virtual worlds with games, vast avatar customisation and 3D chat rooms (such as IMVU). The game is published by Cooee GmbH and has a consistent audience of players of several thousands across the mobile apps (iOS and Android) along with Windows and Mac downloadable client. Club Cooee has all the fun features of similar games and includes 3D chat rooms to meet like mind...[Read Review]
Twinity
Twinity is a virtual world that allows you to explore 3D environments through the eyes of your own customised virtual avatar. While this gameplay experience is similar to other virtual world titles Twinity has one primary selling point to fans of the genre in that it has a focus on recreating real world cities with the likes of Berlin, London, New York and Singapore. While this focus was primarily the case for its open beta during 2009 the legacy of that time remains with a number of real world ...[Read Review]
Sansar
Growing their virtual offerings Linden Labs has taken the success from Second Life and moved it into a VR environment with Sansar. Still available to play through a desktop client for Windows Sansar remains accessible to players who haven’t opted to engage with virtual reality gaming yet. Ultimately the promise of Sansar is similar to that of Second Life but aims to be more expansive and modernised over the ageing Second Life experience. This means you’ll be connecting with other pla...[Read Review]
Avakin Life
Offering a large social community within a mobile app Avakin Life offers you the ability to start your own new virtual life within your iOS or Android device. Customise your own avatar and an apartment while hanging out with countless people in the unique virtual social locations. Avakin Life captures an ideal blend of customisation, house building and social elements which in turn has captivated millions of players across both app stores. Starting with the creation of your avatar players have a...[Read Review]