Gloria Victis
Black Eye Games · gamigo
A low-fantasy medieval MMORPG of non-target action combat and open-world siege warfare, where guilds and nations fight for territory in massive non-instanced castle battles — relaunched free-to-play under gamigo.
Worth playing in 2026?
Yes — for the right playerGloria Victis in 2026 scores 72/100 on the overall lens — updates keep coming, and reviews aggregate to 68/100. It's built around guilds — bring people or find them here.
Worth it if
- ✓ Medieval siege PvPers
- ✓ Skill-based combat fans
- ✓ Territory-control guilds
Skip it if
- ✗ you can only spare a few casual hours a week
- ✗ you mostly play solo
- ✗ pvP-first design — thin structured PvE and solo content
- ✗ fresh-start relaunch is unproven
Composed from this page's data — score, update cadence, monetization — not from a reviewer's mood. Same inputs as the tier list.
What it costs to start
Free to start- · Free to download and play — no purchase required
Prices and bundles change — verify on the official site ↗.
Business model
Combat
World design
Platforms
Housing
Update cadence
Profile facts verified 2026-07-21 · monetization verified 2026-07-21
Time commitment
Low chore pressure = the game doesn't punish missed days. Editorial assessments · verified 2026-07-21.
Review scores
Population activity
Sourced, dated observations — never an estimate. Different sources measure different things and are never combined.
Platform activity
Scope: Players with the game open through the Steam client at the moment of observation, as reported by Steam's own player-count API. partial coverage
Does not include: The game's own launcher, console players, other storefronts (Epic, standalone clients), and any separate regions or server clusters. For most MMOs Steam is one launcher among several, so this is a floor, not a total.
Source & method →Related context (not a player count)
Data as of 2026-07-26.
Live data refreshed 2026-07-26 · refreshes daily
Gameplay profile
Editorial scales · verified 2026-07-21
Pros & cons
- ✓ Skill-based non-target combat rewards timing over gear
- ✓ Massive non-instanced castle sieges and territory wars
- ✓ Cosmetics-focused, non-pay-to-win free-to-play pitch
- ✗ PvP-first design — thin structured PvE and solo content
- ✗ Fresh-start relaunch is unproven
- ✗ New publisher (gamigo) — long-term support is unproven
Best for
- Medieval siege PvPers
- Skill-based combat fans
- Territory-control guilds
Notes & links
Originally built by Black Eye Games (Early Access 2016, 1.0 in 2023) and shut down in 2024; gamigo acquired the license and relaunched it as a free-to-play title on June 17, 2026. Players keep only previously purchased skins — otherwise a fresh start. Open-world PvP uses a partial-loot system (a looter takes about one gear piece plus materials in the central loot zone, never gold, mount or skins). A guild-focused 'State of War' siege system with custom-built castles on Guild Islands is planned post-launch.
Sources
Guilds recruiting
No guilds recruiting for Gloria Victis yet
Playing with a community? Yours could be the first listing here — an evergreen recruitment page beats weekly forum posts.
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What changed recently
- An Update on Enforcement Actions read ↗
- Gloria Victis Weekly Update | Monteverde, Server Merges, and Community Winners read ↗
Same rules as the email alerts: Steam activity swings of ±15%+, calendar events in the next two weeks, release-date changes, recent news. Quiet spells show nothing.
Release tracker
Nothing currently on the calendar for Gloria Victis.
Past events (1)
Free-to-Play Relaunch
gamigo relaunched the medieval siege MMORPG as a free-to-play title three years after Black Eye Games' original shut down, following a Steam playtest in April and a closed beta in May. Players retained only previously purchased skins.
Source: gamigo — launch date announcement ↗verified free / open to everyonePCGlobal
Dates come from the sourced MMOlist release tracker — estimated windows are marked “~” and delays keep their history. Follow the whole genre on the release calendar.
Frequently asked questions
▸Is Gloria Victis free to play?
Yes — free to start. Free to download and play — no purchase required.
▸Is Gloria Victis worth playing in 2026?
Yes — for the right player. Gloria Victis in 2026 scores 72/100 on the overall lens — updates keep coming, and reviews aggregate to 68/100. It's built around guilds — bring people or find them here.
▸How many people play Gloria Victis? Is it dead?
Gloria Victis's official servers are online, but no verified total player count is publicly available. MMOlist shows sourced activity observations — such as Steam concurrent players where a source exists — in the Population activity section rather than estimating a total. An absence of public numbers is not evidence that a game is dead.
▸Is Gloria Victis pay-to-win?
Mostly not — some convenience spending exists, but the community rarely calls it pay-to-win.
▸What platforms is Gloria Victis on?
Gloria Victis is available on PC.
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