20 anime like Sword Art Online
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Sword Art Online, ranked by how many recommended each one. 4 come from the same studio. 13 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer.
- 1
The Rising of the Shield Hero
TV · 2019 · 25 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on isekai, male protagonist, swordplay. Recommended by 400 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 2
Log Horizon
TV · 2013 · 25 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on virtual world, isekai, video games. Recommended by 290 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 3
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
TV · 2015 · 13 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, primarily female cast, swordplay, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 237 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 4
Solo Leveling
TV · 2024 · 12 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, urban fantasy, swordplay, and comes from the same studio (A-1 Pictures), and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 166 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 5
Shangri-La Frontier
TV · 2023 · 25 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on video games, virtual world, male protagonist. Recommended by 163 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 6
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
TV · 2018 · 24 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on isekai, found family, male protagonist. Recommended by 146 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 7
BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
TV · 2020 · 12 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on video games, virtual world, isekai, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 142 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 8
Accel World
TV · 2012 · 24 eps · 67/100
It shares its focus on virtual world, video games, heterosexual. Recommended by 125 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- 9
Infinite Dendrogram
TV · 2020 · 13 eps · 59/100
It shares its focus on virtual world, isekai, video games, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 66 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 10
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
TV · 2021 · 12 eps · 62/100
It shares its focus on video games, virtual world, male protagonist, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 59 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Comedy
- Ecchi
- Fantasy
- 11
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
TV · 2025 · 13 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, male protagonist, swordplay, and comes from the same studio (A-1 Pictures), and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 57 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 12
THE NEW GATE
TV · 2024 · 12 eps · 64/100
It shares its focus on isekai, male protagonist, swordplay, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 51 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 13
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II
TV · 2019 · 12 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, swordplay, primarily female cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 44 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 14
Overlord
TV · 2015 · 13 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on isekai, virtual world, male protagonist, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 41 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 15
Log Horizon 2
TV · 2014 · 25 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on isekai, virtual world, video games. Recommended by 33 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 16
Gate
TV · 2015 · 12 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on isekai, male protagonist, primarily female cast, and comes from the same studio (A-1 Pictures), and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 33 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 17
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III
TV · 2020 · 12 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, swordplay, primarily female cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 32 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 18
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V
ONA · 2024 · 15 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, primarily female cast. Recommended by 29 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 19
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
TV · 2016 · 12 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on isekai, male protagonist, and comes from the same studio (A-1 Pictures), and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 24 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
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I'm Standing on a Million Lives
TV · 2020 · 12 eps · 63/100
It shares its focus on isekai, male protagonist, primarily teen cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 23 AniList users who watched Sword Art Online.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Sword Art Online.