MMO Games API

Beginner's Pick Games & Comics / No Auth Required Beginner HTTPS
Free to Use
89 A
Measured Score 0 50 100 Speed 29/30 Consistency 17/20 Security 20/20 Browser access 15/15 Transparency 8/15 TESTED 2026-08-10

Overview

The MMO Games API from MMOBomb provides a database of free-to-play MMO and online games with details like genre, platform, screenshots, and reviews. It is completely free with no API key required, making it a great starting point for game discovery apps or portfolio projects. You can filter games by category, platform, or sort order.

Beginner Tip

Hit the /api/games endpoint to get the full list of games in one request — no pagination needed. Use the ?category= or ?platform= query parameters to narrow down results to a specific genre like mmorpg or pc.

Measurement Record

What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.

Request
GET https://www.mmobomb.com/api1/games?category=mmorpg&platform=pc
Result
HTTP 200 · application/json · 77,373 bytes · compressed
Response time
34 ms (median of 3) · fastest 31 ms
Transport
TLSv1.3 · TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 · certificate issued by Google Trust Services
Browser CORS
Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Served by
cloudflare
Recorded
2026-08-10

Fields Returned

Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.

Field Type Value received
id integer 1235
title string Neverness to Everness
thumbnail string (url) https://www.mmobomb.com/g/1235/thumbnail.jpg
short_description string A free-to-play open-world supernatural urban …
game_url string (url) https://www.mmobomb.com/open/nte
genre string RPG
platform string PC (Windows)
publisher string Perfect World Entertainment
developer string Hotta Studio
release_date string (date) 2026-04-29
profile_url string (url) https://www.mmobomb.com/nte

Captured Response

Captured from a real request to https://www.mmobomb.com/api1/games?category=mmorpg&platform=pc on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.

JSON Response · Captured
[
  {
    "id": 1235,
    "title": "Neverness to Everness",
    "thumbnail": "https://www.mmobomb.com/g/1235/thumbnail.jpg",
    "short_description": "A free-to-play open-world supernatural urban adventure game with GTA vibes.",
    "game_url": "https://www.mmobomb.com/open/nte",
    "genre": "RPG",
    "platform": "PC (Windows)",
    "publisher": "Perfect World Entertainment",
    "developer": "Hotta Studio",
    "release_date": "2026-04-29",
    "profile_url": "https://www.mmobomb.com/nte"
  }
]

Field Reference

id Unique identifier for the game in the MMOBomb database
title The game's display title
thumbnail URL of the game's thumbnail image for display in cards or lists
short_description Brief summary of the game suitable for a card or preview
genre Primary genre of the game (e.g. MMORPG, Shooter)
platform Available platform(s) such as PC Windows, Web Browser, or both

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request
const url = "https://www.mmobomb.com/api1/games?category=mmorpg&platform=pc1/games?category=mmorpg&platform=pc";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

How This API Fails

We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.

HTTP 500 Requesting a path that does not exist text/html

Returned an HTML error page rather than JSON — worth knowing if your client assumes every response can be parsed as JSON.

HTTP 404 Sending an invalid value for "category" application/json
{
  "status": 0,
  "status_message": "No category found, please check the correct parameters."
}

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

Empty array response Using an unsupported value for the category or platform parameter
Check the docs for valid category values (e.g. mmorpg, shooter, strategy) and platforms (pc, browser, all)
CORS error in browser The API does not support cross-origin requests from browser-based apps
Make the API call from a server-side route or a backend proxy instead of directly from client-side JavaScript
Thumbnail image 404 Some older game entries have broken thumbnail URLs in the database
Always handle image load errors with an onerror handler that replaces the broken image with a placeholder

Measured Score Breakdown

Live HTTP request to the API endpoint

Speed 29/30
Consistency 17/20
Security 20/20
Browser access 15/15
Transparency 8/15
Endpoint Response Time 34ms

Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026

Technical Specifications

Auth No Auth
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS NO
Category Games & Comics
Difficulty Beginner
Endpoint last called: 2026-08-10

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