Tibia is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) first released in 1996. It is a free game which is open to the public, though players have the option to pay a fee in order to upgrade to a premium account, granting special in-game benefits, including additional areas to explore, access to vocation promotions, and extra spells.
There are about 350,000 players around the world that play Tibia, distributed amongst some 74 servers located in Germany and the United States.
Gameplay involves training to improve skill levels, hunting monsters using weapons and magical spells, gathering treasure, doing quests and exploring the world. Players interact with each other in character for conversation, trade and group battles and partake in guilds for more role-playing opportunities. On most of the servers, player versus player combat is allowed as well.