On February 26th The Battle of Polytopia celebrated its 10th anniversary.


Matt Broughton spoke with CEO of Midjiwan AB, Christian Lövstedt, about the team’s perspective on their flagship game 10 years in, how the developers approach adding new features and what the future looks like


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hat started as a personal project from studio founder Felix af Ekenstam grew into a major 4x


strategy title, with a global audience, each leading their chosen tribes to victory across mobile devices, PC and Nintendo Switch. Despite being a small team of less than 10


full time staff based out of Stockholm, the passionate developers at Midjiwan AB have kept The Battle of Polytopia running as a free- to-play LiveOps game for the last 10 years, with frequent updates overhauling the presentation, adding new mechanics, improving QoL features and providing optional, paid DLC to keep the game fresh. In the busy gaming market,


The Battle of Polytopia’s continued relevance and engaged audience shows there is much smaller developers can learn from the team at Midjiwan.


Matt Broughton: Congratulations on 10 years of The Battle of Polytopia. When the game first launched, did you ever expect you’d still be supporting it after so many years? Christian Lövstedt: When Felix created The Battle of Polytopia, his goal was to design a strategy game specifically for mobile: deep yet simple, and free from aggressive monetisation. He essentially built the game he wanted to play. He never imagined that so many players would share that passion, let alone that it would maintain such a massive following ten years later. That enthusiasm extends to the entire Midjiwan team; we all still play the game regularly because of its endless replayability.


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