Tribal Wars

Tribal Wars is a free-to-play massively multiplayer strategy game from InnoGames, a studio well known for operating long-running browser and mobile games as live services. The game is structured around persistent online worlds where players compete in ongoing rounds — new worlds open continuously, and the game has no defined endpoint by design. This is a live service model: the game is never "done" in the traditional sense, as the service itself is the product. The store description explicitly describes "servers as persistent worlds in real time" and a "winner takes all" competitive loop where players move between worlds, which is the hallmark of a continuously operated online game service. The game has been available since November 12, 2020 on Steam and remains fully purchasable (free to play). Developer news on Steam is sparse — the most recent post dates to June 25, 2021, referencing a patch and upcoming features like an Attack Planner redesign and a new event. However, the absence of recent Steam news posts is not a meaningful signal for a live service game of this type: InnoGames actively manages Tribal Wars through its own website, forums, and in-game channels rather than Steam news. The game itself has been running since 2003 in its original browser form and continues to operate active worlds.