Shows Like A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life

If you liked A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (2023), a animation and action & adventure series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named…
2
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kagami Sakamori was one of the top players in the VRMMO Ark Earth Online as Danblf, a veteran summoner with the gravitas to match his elite status. When he falls asleep playing one day, he's transported to a world…
3
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
In an unexpected turn of events, dull high school student Hiro Yuuki obtains the full dive role-playing game Kiwame Quest. Created by the best of technology, the game claims to take "reality to its extremes," from…
4
Log Horizon (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive…
5
Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Just when Masato thought that a random survey conducted in school was over, he got involved in a secret Government scheme. As he was carried along with the flow, he ended up in a Game world! As if that wasn't enough…
6
Demon Lord, Retry! (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Akira Oono awakens in the body of his online character: Demon Lord Hakuto Kunai. With powerful game mechanics and abilities on his side, this gamer turned badass plots his course through a new world filled with saints…
7
Overlord (2015)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image…
8
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
29-year-old programmer Suzuki Ichirou finds himself transported into a fantasy RPG. Within the game, he's a 15-year-old named Satou. At first he thinks he's dreaming, but his experiences seem very real. Due to a…
9
In the Land of Leadale (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Due to a terrible accident, Keina Kagami is forced to live on life support in order to survive. The only way for her to be free is within the VRMMORPG "Leadale." One day, her life support stops functioning, and Keina…
10
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and comedy
Sakamoto Takuma was so strong in the MMORPG Cross Reverie that his fellow players came to call him the "demon lord." One day, he gets summoned to another world in his avatar form, and meets two girls who both insist…
11
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Betrayed by his childhood friend and cast out of the Hero Party, Orhun Dura—once their loyal Enchanter—is branded by his former comrades as “a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none.” Alone, he sets out to forge a new…
12
Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, humanity was invaded by another world. Having experienced that battle, known as Other World War I, humanity moved to marine floats, built for emergency evacuation purposes, as soon as Other World War II began…
13
I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ninth grader Yotsuya Yuusuke is practical, friendless, and not active in any clubs. Then one day, he and two female classmates are suddenly sent to another world where they must work together to battle for their lives…
14
Secret Level (2024)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adventure, unlocking exciting worlds from beloved gaming classics and…
15
In Another World with My Smartphone (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Touya Mochizuki was accidentally killed, and as an apology, God allows him to be reborn in a fantasy world and will grant him any one wish he desires. And so, Touya chooses to keep his smartphone in the next world. In…
16
The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Toujou Basara is a high school student whose father has suddenly just remarried. His father then departs overseas leaving Basara with two new beautiful step-sisters. Little does he know, his new sisters, Mio and Maria…
17
SABIKUI BISCO (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any…
18
My One-Hit Kill Sister (2023)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Asahi, a boy who loves video games is killed in a traffic accident and ends up in another world. He tries to enjoy the otherworldly adventuring life he's always dreamed of, but his stats are on the level of an NPC's…
19
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow…
20
Princess Connect! Re:Dive (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
In the beautiful land of Astraea where a gentle breeze blows, a young man named Yuuki awakens with no memory of his past. There he encounters a guide who has sworn to care for him—Kokkoro, a lovely swordswoman who's…