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Sci-fi turn-based MMO strategy

Earth: 2025

Earth: 2025 was one of the first browser-based massively multiplayer strategy games, created by Mehul Patel (also creator of the similarly styled Utopia) and launched in 1996. Players ran a country rising from a nuclear war, managing economy, research, land and military while warring, trading and spying on thousands of other live players. Swirve/Echelon Entertainment closed the game for good in December 2009; former players later created the spiritual successor Earth Empires.

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Status
Closed — service ended December 2009
Business model
Free to play
Genre
Text-based browser MMO strategy
Release
1996
Platforms
Browser
Developer
Solaria Games / Echelon Entertainment (Mehul Patel)
Publisher
Solaria Games / Echelon Entertainment
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Full
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PvECombat focusPvP

PvP-only by design

SoloPlay styleGroup

Leans group, with solo options

StructuredWorld structureSandbox

Leans sandbox over structured

TargetedCombat feelAction

Targeted, tactical combat is the dominant signal

HousingNot confirmedCraftingNot confirmedTradingConfirmedControllerNot confirmedPvENot confirmedPvPConfirmed
Player fit

Why you might like it

  • Players interested in the earliest history of browser-based MMO strategy games, alongside its sibling title Utopia.
  • Fans of purely text-based, "theater of the mind" nation-building games rather than graphical strategy titles.
  • A discovery-trail stop for anyone tracing the lineage that led to later browser strategy games like Tribalwars.
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Things to consider

  • Earth: 2025 has been closed since December 2009 and cannot be played today.
  • Its spiritual successor, Earth Empires, was built independently by former players and is a separate, uncataloged project.
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Research record

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2026-09-08
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What MMOFinder has checked

6/6documented areas
  • Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
  • Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
  • Source trail2 linked sources are recorded for review.Verified
  • Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 25, 2026.Verified

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Current profileEarth: 2025Start here
Combat matchUtopiaTurn-based browser strategy roots in commonGenre & settingUltraCorpsBoth cataloged as Sci-Fi Turn-Based MMO StrategyShared featuresTradeWars 2002Catalog features have since divergedBusiness modelThe ContinuumBoth recorded as Not yet verified

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Game history

Earth: 2025 timeline

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  1. 1996
    Released

    MMOFinder records Earth: 2025 as released in 1996.

  2. Current
    Catalog status

    Historical; closed December 2009, directly succeeded by fan-run Earth Empires

  3. 2026-08-25
    Research checked

    Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.

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Gameplay, availability and research notes

Within MMOFinder's catalog, Earth: 2025 is classified as a Text-based browser MMO strategy. Earth: 2025 was one of the first browser-based massively multiplayer strategy games, created by Mehul Patel (also creator of the similarly styled Utopia) and launched in 1996. Players ran a country rising from a nuclear war, managing economy, research, land and military while warring, trading and spying on thousands of other live players. Swirve/Echelon Entertainment closed the game for good in December 2009; former players later created the spiritual successor Earth Empires.

The current lifecycle record is Closed — service ended December 2009. MMOFinder lists Solaria Games / Echelon Entertainment (Mehul Patel) as developer and Solaria Games / Echelon Entertainment as publisher. These researched fields feed profile discovery, filters and comparison tools.

This profile was checked against current sources on September 8, 2026. Continue through Similar Games, filter the MMO database, or compare profiles side by side.

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