Voyage Century Online (航海世纪/王者世紀) is a free-to-play nautical MMORPG developed by Snail Games and published by IGG.

Prior to its English launch, Voyage Century Online was available to players in China, South Korea, and Germany.

[3] Voyage Century Online is a game set in 16th-century Europe with its roots in the Age of Sail.

From the 15th century, western European explorers pushed eastward in an effort to seek treasures, spices and other luxuries of that time.

The late 15th century saw the start of the global expansion of Western capitalism and colonial exploitation of the rest of the world.

The western powers started the bloody pursuit of riches that led Europe into an age of great turmoil.

Some of them are descendants of the courageous cavalry in the Yuan Empire, some carry the family line of caravan merchants faring the Silk Road, some are the witnesses of the not-so-well-known affair between Marco Polo and the Chinese princess, and some are even the offspring of West Europe's pirates.

At the beginning of the game, players are asked to choose one of the five professions available, Royal Military Officer, Imperial Guardian, Caribbean Pirate, Treasure Hunter or Armed Businessman.

Skills are leveled by performing various tasks (e.g. fighting animals, sewing, mining) and gaining experience points from them.

Points are mostly gained by killing animals, sinking ships, authenticating plants and minerals, and finishing various quests throughout the world.

Having higher amity with countries, grants the ability to purchase goods at lower prices resulting in more profit.

Players are able to team up, creating huge trading fleets, allowing them to combat pirates more efficiently.

Reputation can be acquired in many ways, some of them being authenticating treasures, discovering animals, sinking ships and finishing quests.

Contribution points are gained by participating in Petro Fortress and Labrinton Coast battlegrounds, PvP events with capture the flag-style gameplay.

Unlike crafting, upgrading equipment allows players to keep bonuses which they added through the refining system.

In addition, the game features historically famous pirates like Hayreddin Barbarossa, William Dampier, John Hawkins and others.

Owning a city has many benefits, some of them being, an ability to purchase special limited items or collecting taxes from NPC traders.

In order to claim the ownership of the city, the attacking guild needs to destroy the flag located on top of the barbette.

Battlegrounds are small PvP-based events with capture the flag-style gameplay in which two teams fight for four flags located on various points on the map.

It has introduced guild built cities, new level 11 ships, new equipment, AFK system, new pirate bosses along with other small changes.

It has introduced professions, 6 new instances (Crete Maze, Mallorca, Madagascar, Taj Mahal, Imperial Tomb and Mayan Forest), new profession-based equipment (level 1 to 120 land and sea), the American continent including 6 new cities (Seward, San Francisco, Cruz, Salinas, San Diego and Magellan Outpost) along with other small changes.

It has introduced 3 new sea instances (Cretan Pirates, Gibraltar Straits and North Sea), 1 new land instance (Portobello City), new Portobello exploration system and new profession-based equipment (Salvation, Fallen and Inquisitor land sets) along with other small changes.

It has introduced a Generals system, new PvP events (Crete Siege and The Strife of Europe), level 15 ships along with other small changes.