Warframe

2013 free-to-play online video game

Warframe is a third-person shooter online game and developed by Digital Extremes (DE). Warframe also has been in open beta since 2013 and available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and the personal computer. Developers got an idea from Ninja, so players can find Japanese weapons such as a katana and a kunai and Japanese instruments like a shamisen in the game.

Warframe
Developer(s)Digital Extremes
Publisher(s)Digital Extremes
Director(s)Rebecca Ford
Pablo Alonso
Steve Sinclair (former)
Scott McGregor (former)
Producer(s)Dave Kudirka
Pat Kudirka
Designer(s)Ben Edney
Mitch Gladney
Joey Adey
Jonathan Gogul
Programmer(s)James Silvia-Rogers
Glen Miner
Artist(s)Michael Brennan
Ron Davey
Mat Tremblay
Geoff Crookes
Writer(s)Adrian Bott (lead writer)
Cam Rogers (writer, VO director)
Composer(s)Keith Power
George Spanos
EngineEvolution
Platform(s)
Release
  • Microsoft Windows
  • March 25, 2013
  • PlayStation 4
    • NA: November 15, 2013
    • PAL: November 29, 2013
    Xbox One
  • September 2, 2014
  • Nintendo Switch
  • November 20, 2018
  • PlayStation 5
  • November 26, 2020
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • April 14, 2021
  • iOS
  • February 20, 2024
Genre(s)Action role-playing, third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Warframe is designed to be free-to-play. Players do not have to pay to play the game. Most items and Warframes can be acquired without paying.