Sword Art Online Progressive reading order

All 12 entries by release date. Release order is the safe default: it is how the story was written to be experienced, and spoilers in later entries assume you saw the earlier ones. Recaps and compilations are marked so you can skip them.

Release order

1
Sword Art Online
Light Novel · 2009 · score 77/100
2
Sword Art Online: Aincrad
Manga · 2010 · 12 ch · score 62/100
3
Sword Art Online 4-koma
Manga · 2010 · 39 ch · score 64/100
4
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance
Manga · 2012 · 14 ch · score 66/100
5
Sword Art Online Progressive
Light Novel · 2012 · score 81/100
6
Sword Art Online: Girls' Ops
Manga · 2013 · 47 ch · score 68/100
7
Sword Art Online Progressive
Manga · 2013 · 47 ch · score 76/100
8
Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet
Manga · 2014 · 20 ch · score 71/100
9
Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosary
Manga · 2014 · 15 ch · score 73/100
10
Sword Art Online: Calibur
Manga · 2014 · 10 ch · score 65/100
11
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online
Light Novel · 2014 · score 69/100
12
Sword Art Online: Project Alicization
Manga · 2016 · 30 ch · score 74/100

Related anime

Sword Art Online TV · 2012
Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION Special · 2013
Sword Art Online II TV · 2014
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Movie · 2017
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet: The Third Episode - Pilot-ban ONA · 2018
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet -The Third Episode- Special · 2018
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online TV · 2018
Sword Art Online: Alicization TV · 2018
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld TV · 2019
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night Movie · 2021
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night Movie · 2022
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II TV · 2024
Sword Art Online: Unanswered//butterfly Movie · 2026

Order comes from the relations recorded in the catalog (sequel, prequel, side story). Missing an entry? Tell us.