F2PMMO · Game Dev
The Game Nobody Wanted: How Digital Extremes Made Warframe
Publishers passed, a third of the studio was gone, and Digital Extremes bet everything on a free sci-fi game. How they made it.
F2P MMO News
F2PMMO's own stories about free-to-play MMOs, plus the latest posts from game pages and community servers: updates, patch notes, events and announcements, straight from the people who run them. Every post says where it comes from.
F2PMMO · Game Dev
Fair Game: Designing F2P Monetization Players Don't Hate
On F2PMMO, fairness is a quarter of a game's score. Here's what players reward, and how the best MMOs let free players earn their way.
F2PMMO · Game Dev
Mind the Coin Purse: How to Make Money Making Games in 2026
Store cuts, creator payouts, grants, funds and publishers, with the real numbers as of September 30, 2026.
F2PMMO · Game Dev
Who Builds Your MMO: Game Design Jobs, Explained
Systems, levels, quests, economies and live events. What each design job really is, and the first thing to make for it.
F2PMMO · Data story
Promises Kept, Tenno: Warframe Player Count a Year After TennoCon 2025
Last summer, Digital Extremes promised a new chapter and a trip to Tau. We checked what arrived, and what it did to the player count.
F2PMMO · Guide
Lone Wanderers Welcome: F2P MMOs You Can Play Solo
No guild, no group, no problem. Six free-to-play MMOs that let you walk your own road, and how to help us rank them.
F2PMMO · Guide
What Does "Free" Cost in 2026? Help Us Grade Every F2P MMO Shop
Every MMO on our list is free to download. What it costs to enjoy is another question, and we're asking you to answer it.