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==Simutronics products== ===Multiplayer online games=== * ''[[GemStone IV]]'', Simutronics' flagship product, a text-based multiplayer fantasy game, which has seen over one million users over the years. It is the longest-lived commercial [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]] game, followed by [[Avalon: The Legend Lives]].<ref>{{ cite web | title = Facts about early Avalon the Legend Lives | url = https://www.avalon-rpg.com/guide/facts }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | title = Raph Koster's Timeline of Online Worlds | date = 13 January 2014 | url = http://www.raphkoster.com/games/the-online-world-timeline/ }}</ref> * ''DragonRealms'', a 1996 MUD set in ''GemStone''{{'s}} Elanthia world, with popularity on online services AOL, Compuserve, and Prodigy. In comparison with ''GemStone'', ''DragonRealms''{{'s}} has more skill-based gameplay.<ref name="olivetti">{{cite web | last = Olivetti | first = Justin | title = The Game Archaeologist plays with MUDs: The games | work = Massively | date = 2011-04-19 | url = http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/19/the-game-archaeologist-plays-with-muds-the-games/ | accessdate = 2011-04-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110507224055/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/19/the-game-archaeologist-plays-with-muds-the-games/ | archive-date = 2011-05-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref> * ''[[CyberStrike]]'', also known as ''CyberStrike Classic'', a graphical futuristic ship combat game. It won the first ever "Online Game of the Year" award from [[Computer Gaming World]] magazine in 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 1993 | title = CGW's Game of the Year Awards | magazine = Computer Gaming World | issue = 111 | pages = 70–74 | url = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_111.pdf }}</ref> ===Mobile games=== * ''[[Tiny Heroes (video game)|Tiny Heroes]],'' a [[tower defense]] game for [[iPhone]] and [[iPad]], released in 2011<ref>{{cite web | url=http://toucharcade.com/2011/09/09/tiny-heroes-review/ | title = Tiny Heroes Review | date = 9 September 2011 | first = Nissa | last = Campbell | work = Touch Arcade}}</ref> * ''One Epic Knight,'' an [[Endless runner#Endless running games|endless runner game]], released in 2012<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/175943/Run_for_Gold_One_Epic_KnightLaunch_Date_Announced_Sprintsfor_Free_onto_iOS_Devices_August_23.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204917/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/175943/Run_for_Gold_One_Epic_KnightLaunch_Date_Announced_Sprintsfor_Free_onto_iOS_Devices_August_23.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | title = Run for Gold! One Epic Knight Launch Date Announced, Sprints for Free onto iOS Devices August 23 | date = 14 August 2012 |work = [[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> for [[iOS]] devices and in 2013 for Android<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.androidauthority.com/underrated-game-list-for-android-may-2013-219850/ | title = The 6 most underrated games for Android: May 2013 edition | first = Brad | last = Ward | date = 5 June 2013 | work = Android Authority}}</ref> * ''[[Lara Croft: Relic Run]]'', a spin-off sequel to the ''Lara Croft'' sub-series in the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' franchise and a mission-based runner released on iOS and Android in 2015. * Siege: Titan Wars, a 3D real-time PvP game that launched on iOS and Android in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suckley |first=Matt |date=2017-07-06 |title=Simutronics on Siege: Titan Wars and 30 years of multiplayer gaming |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/66140/simutronics-on-30-years-of-multiplayer-gaming/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}</ref> * Siege: World War II, a wartime sequel to Siege: Titan Wars, launched on iOS and Android in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsson |first=Jörgen |date=19 September 2018 |title=Stillfront Group AB: Simutronics announces "SIEGE: World War II" |url=https://www.stillfront.com/en/stillfront-group-ab-simutronics-announces-siege-world-war-ii-2/ |website=stillfront.com}}</ref> ===Former games=== * ''Modus Operandi'', a MUD set on a fictional Caribbean island, originally designed to encourage mystery-based roleplay, which closed on November 2, 2015. * ''Alliance of Heroes'', formerly ''Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes'', this adventure-based [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]] was set in the universe of the TV shows ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] & [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''. In later years the game changed its license, and removed specific Hercules & Xena trademarks, and ran as a retooled "[[tongue in cheek]]" [[mythology]] MUD until its closure on November 2, 2015. * ''Orb Wars'', (no longer available) an early graphical game involving team combat between wizards * ''GemStone ]['' (no longer available), an early commercial text-based multiplayer fantasy game * ''GemStone III'' (morphed into GemStone IV), a text-based multiplayer game which was originally based on the [[Rolemaster]] rules from [[Iron Crown Enterprises]] * ''[[CyberStrike 2]]'', a sequel to ''CyberStrike'', released in 1998
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