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Multiplayer collectible-card MMO

Urban Rivals

Urban Rivals is a long-running free-to-play collectible card duel game from French studio Acute Games (formerly Boostr), launched internationally on January 17, 2006, with over 2,000 characters to collect, level up and trade in a player-driven market. Matches are quick 1-on-1 duels centered on a Pillz/bluff resource system rather than a persistent explorable world. The game remains active today across its original browser client, a dedicated Steam release, and mobile apps, having received a 2022 "soft-reboot" under the name Urban Rivals WORLD.

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Status: Active — still running across browser, Steam and mobile, having undergone a 2022 "soft-reboot" as Urban Rivals WORLD
Business model: Free to play
Genre: Massively multiplayer collectible card duel game (not a persistent-world MMO)
Release: 2006
Platforms: Windows, Browser, Android, iOS

Developer: Acute Games (formerly Boostr)
Publisher: Acute Games; Playdigious (mobile)
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PvECombat focusPvP

65%

PvP is the dominant recorded focus, with PvE support

SoloPlay styleGroup

25%

Strongly solo-oriented

StructuredWorld structureSandbox

Structured, theme-park-style content is the dominant signal

TargetedCombat feelAction

20%

Targeted, tactical combat is the dominant signal

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Catalog note

Not a persistent MMO

Fans of fast, bluff-driven 1-on-1 collectible card games who want thousands of characters to collect and trade.
Players interested in one of the longest continuously-running browser card games, active since 2006.

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Things to consider

This is a 1-on-1 card-duel game rather than a persistent shared-world MMO — matches are quick head-to-head sessions, not open-world exploration.

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Last checked: 2026-09-08
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6/6documented areas

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2006
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MMOFinder records Urban Rivals as released in 2006.
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Urban Rivals screenshots & gameplay

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Gameplay, availability and research notes

Within MMOFinder's catalog, Urban Rivals is classified as a Massively multiplayer collectible card duel game (not a persistent-world MMO). Urban Rivals is a long-running free-to-play collectible card duel game from French studio Acute Games (formerly Boostr), launched internationally on January 17, 2006, with over 2,000 characters to collect, level up and trade in a player-driven market. Matches are quick 1-on-1 duels centered on a Pillz/bluff resource system rather than a persistent explorable world. The game remains active today across its original browser client, a dedicated Steam release, and mobile apps, having received a 2022 "soft-reboot" under the name Urban Rivals WORLD.

The current lifecycle record is Active — still running across browser, Steam and mobile, having undergone a 2022 "soft-reboot" as Urban Rivals WORLD. MMOFinder lists Acute Games (formerly Boostr) as developer and Acute Games; Playdigious (mobile) as publisher. These researched fields feed profile discovery, filters and comparison tools.

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