# Empires

> Empires is a Seattle studio building and operating consumer games while offering custom AI, LLM and business software development. Its live browser game TotemBound combines creature care, challenges and expeditions with optional purchases and memberships; WastedRealms, an open-world RPG and strategy title, is in development.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Seattle, United States
- **Products:** TotemBound, WastedRealms, Business & AI Software
- **Notable:** Launched TotemBound in 2026, according to the company LinkedIn profile., Published TotemBound frontend and backend repositories under MIT licenses., Published an itch.io game listing on 2026-09-08.

## Products & services

- **TotemBound** — Live mobile-first browser creature collector featuring animal-spirit companions, care, training, five growth stages, challenges and team expeditions. Free access with optional purchases and memberships.
- **WastedRealms** — Open-world RPG and strategy game in development, focused on exploration, realm-building, governance and territorial competition.
- **Business & AI Software** — Custom AI and LLM applications and B2B software using serverless cloud infrastructure; the studio presents security and production readiness as design priorities.

## Achievements

- Launched TotemBound in 2026, according to the company LinkedIn profile.
- Published TotemBound frontend and backend repositories under MIT licenses.
- Published an itch.io game listing on 2026-09-08.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — TotemBound published its itch.io listing on September 8; the listing discloses AI-assisted graphics and active development.
- **2026-10** — The public totem-app repository shows a push dated October 2. As reviewed October 23, the live roadmap marks its Q2 foundation complete, Q3 arena and equipment in progress, and Q4 new domains and habitats upcoming.

## Links

- Website: https://empires.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empires
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/totemboundhq
- GitHub: https://github.com/totembound

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Last updated: 2026-10-23