If you are looking for Anime Like Overlord, we have your next binge sorted. These animes will appeal to fans who are looking for similar anime that is based around worldbuilding set in a virtual reality world. Overlord is a story about a virtual reality game named Yggdrasil. The game is scheduled to shut down and there are only a few hours left. In such a situation, Momonga decides not to log off and spend the last minutes within the game itself.
He is a powerful wizard in Yggdrasil and commands a Dark Guild. But he is surprised to see that even though the servers of the game have shut down, he is still inside the game with the NPCs who have developed unique personalities. He decides to explore this new scenario and try to find others who are also stuck like him.
Best Anime Like Overlord
1. Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
When four heroes are brought from Japan to Melromarc, Naofumi Iwatani has no idea what awaits him there. Each of the heroes gets strong weapons with the exception of Naofumi. He gets a shield that has practically no offensive use. I mean how are you even going to kill an opponent using it? He becomes the target of a lot of insults because of that. But he refuses to give up hope and goes on a journey with Malty Melromarc. Malty betrays him too, leaving him in a state of despair. Naofumi refuses to give in to his weakness and continues his training along with a demi-human slave he bought. Luck may finally turn its tides and Naofumi can get the opportunity to save the people of Melromarc.
Overlord is an anime like The Rising of the Shield Hero in the sense that It follows the same pattern of an overpowered protagonist who goes on to prove his might at the end.
2. Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku
This anime is like a dream for all the gamers out there who have a passion for developing games themselves. Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody follows the story of a similar programmer who is stacked with the schedule of his work. He decides to take some rest amidst his tight schedule. On waking up, he finds himself in a strange new world that is a mixture of all the games he has worked on. He is younger with a different name than Satou in this game.
Before he can even grasp the situation entirely, a group of lizardmen attacks him. He has no trouble in getting rid of them which also sees him maxing out his stats completely. Satou then decides to explore that quirky world and find out the reason for his existence there. It’s an anime like Overlord where the protagonist is extremely powerful from the start and hardly anyone can match him.
3. Seiken no Blacksmith (The Sacred Blacksmith)
The Valbanil War was the cause of mass destruction 44 years ago. This is because in that war demon contracts gave some people an unfair advantage. Seeing the consequences of using Demon Contracts, they were banned after the surviving nations came to a unanimous decision. Our story takes place many years after that when a girl name Cecily Cambell wants to follow in the footsteps of her family. She instantly sees a chance in doing so when a woman starts acting crazy in the market.
Cecily’s sword breaks as she tries to help and eventually she gets rescued by a stranger named Luke Ainsworth. When Cecily tries to get her sword fixed, she learns that her savior is the only one with the skill to fix her sword. Thus, Cecily begins her journey of trying to find Luke which will see the start of an epic adventure involving the duo.
4. hack//SIGN
Tsukasa is a young Wavemaster who finds himself trapped in the MMORPG, The World. Tsukasa is only his alias and he is unable to recollect his real name. Actually, he can’t even recall anything about his real life. Meanwhile, the Crimson Knights suspect that Tsukasa is a hacker and try to investigate the situation. Poor Tsukasa can’t even log out of the game. He finally gets some good luck when he comes across a guardian who promises to protect him against all odds. The Crimson Knights then take it into their hands to find out the reason behind Tsukasa not being able to log out of The World.
If you loved Overlord, you are bound to like this anime too. Here also you will see how the protagonist tries to explore the strange world he finds himself in. There are a lot of mysteries that are going to get solved.
5. Quanzhi Gaoshou (The King’s Avatar)
There was a time when Ye Xiu used to rule the world of the multiplayer game Glory. But every legend has to hang up his gaming device one day and so did Xiu. Except in his case, it was kind of forced. Now, he just works a measly job at a nearby internet cafe. This is when life decides to throw him a second chance and Glory opens up a new server. Ye Xiu decides to come out of retirement and joins the game with the alias of Lord Grim. We know that class is always permanent and boy does Ye Xiu show his class in Glory. Lord Grim soon catches the eyes of other players who begin to wonder about his real identity.
This is one of the best Chinese anime and very similar to Overlord, here we see Ye Xiu absolutely dominate a game and no one is able to stand up to him.
6. Youjo Senki (The Saga of Tanya The Evil)
This Op Mc isekai anime is about a young soldier named Tanya. Her plights on the battlefield soon earn her a new nickname. People start to call her the Devil of the Rhine. Tanya doesn’t mind it and her only goal is to reach the top of the military power in her country. This is because she played the trap card as she used to be a man once who had challenged Being X. He was defeated badly and got reincarnated in the body of a girl.
This did not stop him from trying to prove his dominance as he kept chasing after Being X. Tanya absolutely dominated her new world of magical warfare which created a great nation as a side effect. Both these animes have a main character who absolutely bulldozes through everything that they find in front of them.
7. Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (GATE)
Youji Itami is an officer working for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Not many people know that he is also an Otaku. One day, we see Youji visiting a doujin convention when it suddenly gets interrupted by the appearance of a strange portal. Many mysterious creatures start coming out of it one by one. Youji works with the JSDF and stops the threat temporarily.
Three months pass after that and Youji is assigned a new mission. He has to become a part of a team that will explore the world beyond that portal. They will go in peace and try to establish a treaty with that special world. If they fail to do so, the consequences can be very devastating with casualties on either side. Youji has a lot riding on his shoulders and he has to make this a successful mission. He is very aware that there is zero room for mistakes.
8. Btooom!
We can conclude that Ryouta Sakamoto’s life is not exactly covered with roses. Being unemployed was already bad enough and on top of that, he still lives with his mother. The only way he fulfills the void in his life is by playing the online game Btooom! He is a specialist in that game but never in his wildest imagination has he ever wondered that the game would come to life.
Yes, our main character Ryouta finds himself in the middle of Btooom! one day where his only way to survive is by killing other participants. Although Ryouta is not so keen to do that, the other players don’t share his thought process. This is why he is forced to team up with a mysterious girl and a fellow player named Himiko and try to get to the bottom of the situation.
Btooom! is an anime like Overlord where it lies in the main character gets stuck in a game with no idea how to get out.
9. Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu (How Not to Summon a Demon Lord)
The title of this anime is pretty self-explanatory in itself. It literally tells us how to not summon a demon lord. His name is Diablo in this story and he is a beast when it comes to the MMORPG called Cross Reverie. He pretty much has everything he needs to be an extremely powerful character in the game. In reality, though, he is simply a shut-in NEET who gets teleported to the gaming world. The two girls who called him there try to take him under their control with an Enslavement Spell which backfires. Our protagonist gets two girls as his slaves and decides to explore the world that he used to rule as the Demon King.
How To Not Summon A Demon Lord is like Overlord, in the sense that it’s an isekai anime with OP Mc gamer. He stops at nothing and people have to walk on eggshells around him.
10. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
In this ecchi harem anime, we take a look at the home city of Orario. The city is always lively and the MC has a dream of becoming a well-renowned adventurer. The interesting thing about Orario is that it is not any ordinary city. It has got a special secret. There are dungeons lying below Orario filled with treasures and monsters alike.
Our hero Bell decides to embark on a journey in these dungeons after he comes across Hestia, the lonely goddess. It fills him with courage even though he knows that danger is lurking around every corner of that deathly maze. He has to work together with the goddess if he wants to ensure his survival. On paper, it seems easy but it will be a test for the due as adventures await them.
11. Death Parade
What happens when people die? This is an age-old question that we have been trying to find the answer to for a long time. In this story, people get a second shot at life. They have to take part in some games that will determine their fate. Either they will get reincarnated again or they will keep on wandering avoid. The sports games can be anything ranging from air hockey to darts. It seems fun rather than anything else but since the stakes are so high, our competitors will have no chance to enjoy themselves. The games are conducted under the watchful eyes of the bar’s master. His decision is final there and no one can question it. But one day, a mysterious character appeared which forced Decim to question his own rules.
Death Parade has a similar mysterious vibe to Overlord. It will take you on a thrilling ride that you are bound to enjoy.
12. Sword Art Online
Kirigaya Kazuto is the main character he is excited about this new VR game called Sword Art Online. In order to access the game, Kirito and the other players have to use Nerve Gear and control their characters. On logging in for the first time after its main release he comes to know that they have been tricked. All of them are stuck in that place and the only way they can leave is by clearing all the floors of that game. The final boss will be the one who has trapped them there.
Sword Art Online follows the main plot of Overlord where a guy gets stuck in a game and tries to figure out the reason behind that. There is also a huge twist waiting for you all at the end of Sword Art Online just like in Overlord.
13. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Rimuru Tempest –That’s the name going around everyone’s mouth because this anime has taken the world by storm. But before getting that name, he was known as Satoru Mikami. He worked in a corporation and was enjoying a pretty decent life. The universe then thought it would be fun to disrupt his peaceful life and Satoru gets stabbed on the streets.
As he is about to die, he hears some strange words, like someone is reciting a spell. Maybe because of that instead of passing to the afterlife. Out of all the things he could have been reincarnated into, fate chose slime for him. But the funny thing is that his new form has got some decent powerful features. The notable one is its ability to consume anything and take up its appearance.
But it is not only restricted to that! As a slime, he also gets the powers of the one he mimics. Thus, we can clearly see that this is an anime like Overlord where the main character is op mc in this story. It almost feels like he has got some kind of cheat.
14. Rogu Horaizun (Log Horizon)
In Log Horizon, we find a bunch of Japanese gamers getting teleported to an MMORPG called Elder Tale. Almost thirty thousand people find themselves trapped there which also including Shiroe. He studies in college and is extremely awkward when it comes to social situations. But he has been playing this game for a long time and can be classified as a veteran. He is not at all fazed by this and starts exploring the virtual world. He also finds his friend in the game who logged into it after a very long time. The third one to join him on his journey is an assassin who for some strange reason begins to call him master.
Log Horizon is based around Mc who is trying to solve the mysteries of his new virtual world which has similar vibes.
15. No Game No Life
Sora and Shiroe are the best duos of siblings in this world. They play games together and slay them on a daily basis. For them, life is also another game that they have to complete. But one day when they encounter a strange email they get teleported into a different world. Sora and Shiroe meet the God of Games, Tet in that world. The god explains that their new world revolves around games and there is always a high stake involved there. For Sora and Shiroe, it’s like they have come to their dream place.
They remain completely cool and calm and set their goals immediately. If they are going to stay in this world, they are going to stay like kings. Sora and Shiroe decide that they will defeat Tet and become the new gods of that gaming world.
