The Realm Online, originally known as The Realm, is a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) launched in December 1996 for Windows PC. It was designed in the tradition of graphical MUDs, before the usage of the terms "massively multiplayer" and "MMORPG". In April 2018 Rat Labs, LLC was granted an exclusive license to develop and distribute The Realm. Later in June 1, Rat Labs opened a "fresh start" server that is free to play.