# ‘I became mayor, witnessed the rapture and built a metropolis with total strangers’: Seed is the 'The Sims-on-steroids' game that's taken over my life — and now I’m convinced MMOs are officially back

> If you’d have told me that in the fine year of 2026, I’d be back to my hobgoblin ways of racing home to pour hours into a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, I’d probably have laughed you off.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/i-think-seed-is-the-dawn-of-a-new-age-for-mmos-after-spending-one-month-building-a-metropolis-with-strangers-this-imperfect-yet-addictive-life-sim-feels-like-the-next-big-thing?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a80ae63a910bf5eb367a1bc)
- **Published:** 2026-08-15
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #game #became #built #convinced #great #life #mayor #metropolis
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