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Sword Art Online
Log in, then fight your way out
Action RPGs built on Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online. Since 2013 the games have spun their own alternate story, where Kirito's time in virtual worlds runs a different course.
- 2013
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Reki Kawahara
- Creator
Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
The game that did not end.
The games break from the source story early. In their timeline, beating Kayaba does not end the game, which opens the door to a run of original plots. Echoes of Aincrad, from Game Studio Inc. in 2026, heads back to the floating castle.
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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