Warframe

Warframe is a free-to-play cooperative third-person action RPG developed and published by Digital Extremes, released in March 2013 for Windows (with subsequent console and mobile ports). Players control members of the Tenno — ancient warriors who pilot powerful exo-suits called Warframes — as they battle across a sprawling science-fiction solar system filled with factions including the Grineer, Corpus, and Infested. The game blends fast, fluid parkour movement with gunplay and melee combat, offering hundreds of Warframes and thousands of customizable weapons and cosmetics. Its core gameplay loop revolves around procedurally assembled missions, resource farming, and deep modding systems that allow near-unlimited build experimentation.

Warframe operates on Digital Extremes' proprietary Evolution Engine and uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection model for all cooperative PvE missions: one player in each squad is selected as the host, and all other players connect directly to that player's machine. Social spaces such as Relays, the Orbiter navigation hub, dojos, and open-world areas (Cetus, Fortuna, Cambion Drift) use centralized dedicated servers operated by Digital Extremes. This hybrid architecture means that mission network quality is determined by the host player's hardware and internet connection rather than a consistent datacenter.

Since its 2013 release Warframe has grown into one of the most content-rich live-service games on PC, with regular major updates (nicknamed 'updates' with storyline chapters) and seasonal events keeping a large global community active. The game has accumulated over 50 million registered accounts and regularly appears in Steam's top 20 most-played titles. While it has no traditional esports scene, its dedicated community is among the most active in the live-service genre, spanning PC, consoles, and — since 2026 — Android and Nintendo Switch 2.