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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

2026, Sword Art: Origin, a new VRMMORPG has emerged. Kirito meets a mysterious NPC and receives a cryptic message. This game is definitively not the same as the one he escaped years ago…

What works

  • Extensive content and long playtime
  • Engaging and skill-based combat system
  • Character customization and affection mechanics
  • Immersive anime-inspired world and story
  • Good voice acting and visual presentation

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited and sometimes inactive multiplayer
  • Grinding and repetitive quests
  • Ai companions can be unintelligent
  • Translation and localization issues
  • Controller support issues on pc

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

  • Enshrouded

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • REMNANT II®

  • ATLYSS

Less intimate

Games that feels like Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Monsters Domain: Prologue

  • ELDEN RING

  • Risen 3 - Titan Lords

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

More competitive

Games that feels like Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition but with more competition against others

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • Guild Wars® Reforged

  • Neverwinter

  • Onirism

  • Nevergrind Online

  • RIFT

Less social

Games that feels like Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Fable Anniversary

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

  • Tales of ARISE

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • Tales of Berseria™

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Violence, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026