<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Massively multiplayer online roleplaying game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> Realm of the Mad God is a massively multiplayer online shooter video game co-created by Wild Shadow Studios (later acquired by Kabam) and Spry Fox in 2011, and later sold to Deca Games by Kabam in July 2016 . It was in public beta from January 2010 and the browser version launched on June 20, 2011 . On February 20, 2012 the game was made available on the digital distribution platform Steam for Microsoft Windows and OS X . </P> <P> The game has been described as a "massively - multiplayer cooperative bullet hell shooter" with an 8 - bit pixelated art style . Players control characters who have been transported to the realm of Oryx (the titular Mad God) to become food for his many minions and abominations, which the players must dispatch . Central to the design of the game is the fact that character death is permanent . Upon death, the player's character is lost along with all carried equipment, although the player may store a number of items for safekeeping in a limited capacity vault away from danger . Different character choices in class also help make the game more diverse and help to support teamwork . </P>

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