themainframe.com
Building a virtual world that millions will live in, for decades.
Mainframe is an independent, venture-backed game developer. Our team is bringing together veterans from places like CCP, Next Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Remedy. We’re set on creating a social sandbox MMO, where players will build their personal home and craft their fate.
It’s the game of a lifetime.
Our story
Founded by veteran developers from Iceland and Finland, Mainframe has assembled a team coming from all corners of the industry, places like CCP, Remedy, Next Games, Rovio, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. We bring all our hard-won lessons (both good and bad) to our cause of reimagining an MMO for this decade.
Our aim
To create a persistent social world that reflects the best strands of our collective DNA as game developers, forging a fresh take on a storied genre with a game that our players will call home, whether they choose to access our world from their PC, console, or phone. We aim to be one of the first studios to create an experience made for the new medium that is cloud gaming.
The right company
Reaching this destination promises to be quite a journey, and we have the firm intention of enjoying it. We’re designing Mainframe to be a human-sized, warm and welcoming place, at the heart of which is the conviction that empowerment of individuals and teams is the best way to let our common passion for our project shine. Sounds like the right fit for you? Check out our job openings.
Join us
Having secured our funding, we’re growing the team to deliver on our vision of a social sandbox MMO.
Timeline
2025
- October
Pax Dei 1.0 is released
2024
- June
Pax Dei enters in Early Access.
- April
Second Public Test: the Wilderness Alpha.
2023
- November
First public Alpha test for Pax Dei.
- October
Mainframe partners with New Tales to co-publish Pax Dei Early Access.
- March
Reveal of Pax Dei, a player-driven, social sandbox MMO.
2021
- November
€20M Series B round with new backers, including Twitch & King co-founders.
- September
Opening of the studio in Paris.
2020
- March
€7.6M Series A round. New backers include Andreessen Horowitz and Riot Games.
2019
- October
Public reveal. Opening of the studio in Reykjavík.
€2M seed round funding from Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, and Crowberry Capital.
April
Formation by the thirteen founders. Opening of the studio in Helsinki.
Mainframe in the media
[Pax Dei is an exciting 'social sandbox' from EVE alumni
Pax Dei is an MMORPG where you can be a medieval monarch, pope, or just make trousers all day—and it's out soon
June 03, 2024
[Pax Dei Drops Two Gorgeous Trailers Ahead Of Next Week's Early Access Launch
June 13, 2024
Read on MMORPG](https://www.mmorpg.com/news/pax-dei-drops-two-gorgeous-trailers-ahead-of-next-weeks-early-access-launch-2000131907)
[Hands-On with Pax Dei — the next generation of social MMOs
June 03, 2024
Read on Gaming Trend](https://www.gamingtrend.com/feature/previews/hands-on-with-pax-dei-the-next-generation-of-social-mmos/)
[Medieval Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is looking beautiful
July 05, 2023
Read on Destructoid](https://www.destructoid.com/medieval-sandbox-mmorpg-pax-dei-is-looking-beautiful/)
[Pax Dei is a social sandbox MMO that will attempt to pull off EVE Online in medieval Europe
June 11, 2023
Read on Rock Paper Shotgun](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/pax-dei-is-a-social-sandbox-mmo-that-will-attempt-to-pull-off-eve-online-in-medieval-europe)
[This ambitious 'social sandbox' MMORPG is like EVE Online in medieval Europe
June 10, 2023
[Ambitious new MMO Pax Dei promises the base-building of Rust, politics of Eve Online
February 28, 2023
Read on Polygon](https://www.polygon.com/23619214/pax-dei-mmo-preview-trailer-alpha-access-interview)
[Pax Dei is an MMO that looks like an Arthurian dream and has no NPCs
February 28, 2023
Read on Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/pax-dei-is-an-mmo-that-looks-like-an-arthurian-dream-and-has-no-npcs)
[Pax Dei Is a Sandbox MMO Where the Players Will Create Everything
February 28, 2023
Read on The Escapist](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/pax-dei-reveal-trailer-mmo/)
[Pax Dei, Mainframe Industries' Upcoming Cloud Native MMO, Is A Sandbox Where Everything Is Built By Players
February 28, 2023
Read on MMORPG](https://www.mmorpg.com/editorials/pax-dei-mainframe-industries-upcoming-cloud-native-mmo-is-a-sandbox-where-everything-is-built-by-players-2000127412)
[Former EVE Online developers announce fantasy sandbox MMO Pax Dei
February 28, 2023
Read on PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/former-eve-online-developers-announce-fantasy-sandbox-mmo-pax-dei/)
Mainframe – Building the game of a lifetime