Work on Aether Kingdoms started late 2023, with the goal to develop a classic pixel art multiplayer browser strategy game. The game is an homage to the browser strategy games from the early 2000s. Before the genre turned towards pay-to-win mechanics and new games were mobile-only. Aether Kingdoms is a true browser strategy game, in which hundreds of Kingdoms (players) team up in Empires to compete for victory.
Check it out: aetherkingdoms.com
The game entered friends and family Alpha testing in December 2024 and public Beta October 2025. Since then, 2 people have joined the team. At the time of writing (June 2026) the game started its 5th beta server on the Beta 3 version of the game, and hopefully the final beta.
Aether Kingdoms may look old-school, it's modern in its design approach. Aether is the special currency in the game and it feels overpowered by design, but it needs to be gained through gameplay rather than bought. Being a top player in a competitive game like Aether Kingdoms will take a significant commitment, but being a supportive and valuable teammate is fun and perfectly doable if your real life is busy and you can't check all the time. In the same way, the game is built with modern technologies and user experience in mind. A single account gives access to any active game server, players can switch seamlessly between devices and you can switch between accounts with just two clicks (either between two servers you play or by using the sitter feature).
We're building a game and a community for players who enjoy the long-term online social experience that comes with these strategy games. Central to this is a healthy competitive and open atmosphere, as wel as our promise to keep the game free-to-compete, with a premium model that offers some convenience and a lot of advanced statistics to track your account. No matter your wallet, everyone should be able to give that top spot a fair shot.
