What happened to Free Realms?
Free Realms shut down in 2014 after launching in 2009. SOE's kid-friendly sandbox hit 20M registrations; killed in the Daybreak transition era.
- Years
- 2009–2014
- Business model
- Free-to-Play
- Region
- NA
In context
It ran for 5 years (2009–2014).
Of the 14 MMOs on MMOlist that launched in 2009, 9 are still playable today.
Also from SOE: Star Wars Galaxies (2003), EverQuest Online Adventures (2003), PlanetSide (2003), The Matrix Online (2005), Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007), Clone Wars Adventures (2010), Dragon's Prophet (2013), Wizardry Online (2013).
Scratch the same itch — alive today
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More from the archive
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