An original world
Fractara is an original game. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a continuation of Parallel Kingdom, PerBlue, or any other Parallel Kingdom project.
Captured in game
See it played
These are captures from the live game, not illustrations. The map under every fight is a real street map.
Where to play
- Any browser on phone, tablet, or desktop: play free, no download.
- iPhone: join the beta on TestFlight.
- Android: get it on Google Play.
All three open the same world and the same character.
The game players lost
The servers went dark, the need did not
Parallel Kingdom launched in 2008, years before location gaming became mainstream. It proved a phone could turn familiar streets into territory: players planted flags, built structures, joined houses, traded, and fought over places that meant something to them.
When the game closed on November 1, 2016, its community lost more than an app. It lost a persistent social world tied to real geography. Fractara is one option for players who still want that kind of world. It is a separate game with its own world, not a recreation of Parallel Kingdom.
Side by side
How the two games compare
Both games are built on one broad idea: land, relationships, and decisions persist. The table shows how each game handles it.
| System | Parallel Kingdom | Fractara |
|---|---|---|
| Territory | Flags turned real places into persistent claims. | Rift Lanterns stabilize fractured land before Claimants expand and defend it. |
| Combat | Lightweight RPG combat built around skills, equipment, PvE, PvP, and progression. | Real-time autoattacks, active abilities, skill growth, crafted equipment, and hostile Pocket Dimensions. |
| Player groups | Houses gave territory a social and political layer. | Kingdoms coordinate claims, trade, construction, alliances, and conflict. |
| The map | GPS placed the game directly onto the real world. | A persistent real-world map becomes contested history, not a collection backdrop. |
| Access | A dedicated mobile game, discontinued in 2016. | Any modern browser on phone, tablet, or desktop, plus the iPhone and Android apps, all in one shared world. |
| World premise | A medieval kingdom layered over familiar geography. | Parallel realities collide; each claim decides which world survives locally. |
Where Fractara diverges
Inspired by the feeling, not bound to the past
Territory has a fiction
Rift Lanterns do more than mark ownership. They force unstable reality to hold long enough for a kingdom to exist.
One world on every screen
The browser game and the iPhone and Android apps open the same persistent world and the same character, so the claim you make on your phone is the one you defend from your desk.
The world opens inward
Claims spread across the real map while pocket dimensions turn collided realities into combat and exploration spaces.
Live now
A territorial world you can join today
Fractara is live and still growing. Claim land, gather resources, fight creatures, craft equipment, form kingdoms, and watch the world grow through public updates.
Start with the captures above, then see how each system works.
Read the changelogExplore the live territory systemTrace the live combat loopInspect the live crafting economyExplore the live Pocket Dimension systemAudit live kingdom governanceAudit live player tradeSee where Fractara fits in the wider genreTest Fractara against the GPS MMORPG criteriaCompare active territory-claiming games
Evidence and review
Sources behind the history
Historical facts are separated from Fractara's interpretation. This page was materially reviewed on September 27, 2026.
Read the sourced historyBrowse active alternativesExplore the original systems- 01PerBlue — Our Games and History
Developer history confirming Parallel Kingdom's 2008 launch, five Ages, and place among early mobile location-based RPGs.
- 02TouchArcade — Parallel Kingdom is Now Available for Free
Contemporary October 31, 2008 launch coverage describing its GPS-based role-playing premise.
- 03Parallel Kingdom historical record
Secondary reference for the November 1, 2016 closure date and the game's location-based MMO overview.
