Betawatch: Hytale is entering early access in January 13, 2026

Yes, we have another Hytale week! And for good reason because we have it on good authority (read: official announcement) that the game will be heading to early access on January 13th. It’s worth noting that the announcement strongly reminds fans that it is going to be very much early and very much a buggy experience at first. If you’re interested in the game and don’t mind about the buggy bits, get ready to jump in! (Cheers, Clowd!)

Meanwhile, Soulframe has entered into its next stage of testing with founder’s packs available now if you’re interested in the game. And Reign of Guilds has decided to leave us behind by moving into full launch, so now it’s actually out there if you want some new PvP sandbox action.

I remember when people were all sad about Hytale, now it’s a new thing. Cool stuff, isn’t it. Anyway, I guess we have a list of beta news just below? I’m just joshin’ you; I know we have a roundup and I know that we have our full list of games in testing below that. And I also know that because you, personally, are really cool? You’ll let us know if we missed something down in the comments. Because you’re cool like that.

We consider an MMO to be in open testing if it features free, public signups and will server wipe prior to launch. An MMO is marked in closed testing if it’s running a private test phase that cannot freely be accessed by the general public; it’s often under NDA as well. Early access and crowdfunded MMOs whose tests we deem legitimate will be included. So-called “open beta” soft-launch MMOs with cash shops, no sign of launch in the west, or limited interest for our readers will not be listed, nor will games that are NFT/blockchain scams; we also do not list expansions, with occasional exceptions. Finally, we’ll mark games “malingering” if they’ve been in a certain tier of development for a long time with no clear path to launch.

2XKO: Closed beta
33 Immortals: Early access
Abyss: Early access
The Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Adrullan Online Adventures: Open alpha concluded
Aero Tales Online: Early access
Aloft: Early access
Anvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Apogea: Open testing
Arcane Waters: Early access
Arcany: Early alpha
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
ARK 2: Paid early access
Arkheron: Closed beta
Ascendant: Open testing
Ashes of Creation: Alpha two phase three
Ashfall: Closed beta
ASKA: Early access
Astrobotanica: Early access on February 16th, 2026
Battlebit: Early access
Bellatores: Closed testing, beta rolling out in South Korea
Bellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last Oasis
Bitcraft: Early access
Book of Travels: Early access
Brighter Shores: Early access
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta, early access planned by the end of the year
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Chrono Odyssey: Closed beta, launch planned for 2026 after latest delays/revamps
Cinderstone Online: Closed beta
City of Titans: Alpha
Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early access
Corepunk: Early access
Craftopia: Early access
The Crew Motorfest: Closed testing
Crosswind: Future testing events planned on Steam
Dark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.
Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)
Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
Dawn of Defiance: Early access
Dragonwilds: Early access
Drakanatos: Closed test weekend through July 27th
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha, open playtest until March 16th
Dungeonborne>: Early access
ECO: Early access, full launch planned in 2024
Eleven: Closed alpha
Enshrouded: Early access
Equinox Homecoming: Early access on May 8th
Eternal Tombs: Pre-alpha resumes October 11th
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore: Early access, 1.0 release planned for 2027
EVE Vanguard: Early access planned for summer 2026, open testing through October 2nd
Evercore Heroes: Ascension: Early access
Fellowship: Early access
FragPunk: Closed alpha, launch planned for March 6th
Frozen Flame: Early access
Havenhold: Closed beta
Homestead: Open alpha
Hytale: Early access starting January 13th, 2026
IfSunSets: Early access
Ilysia: Early access
Inferna: Early access
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Legend of Ares: Open testing ahead of relaunch
Legendarium Online: Paid alpha access
Life is Feudal Arden: Open beta
Loftia: Alpha planned for April
March of Giants: Closed alpha
Magic to Master: Somehow, ~~Palpatine returned~~ in early access
Marathon: Alpha testing
Monsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Mortal Exodus: Closed testing
Neverness to Everness: Closed testing starts July 3rd
Nightingale: Early access
Nin Online: Early access
Odd Giants: Alpha
Osiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longer
Outbound: Alpha testing
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Palia: Paid “open” beta, planning for launch in Q2
Palworld: Early access
Pantheon: Early access
Past Fate: Open alpha, early access is delayed
Path of Exile 2: Early access December 6th
Perfect New World: Closed beta
Petit Planet: Closed beta starting November 7th
Pioner: Open beta, early access December 16th
Pow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Project Crawl: Closed testing
Project Friendship: Beta signups open now
Project Genom: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Project Loki: Closed beta
Project ST: Closed testing, open event ended
Prosperous Universe: Early access
Quinfall: Early access
Reaper Actual: Paid alpha
Return Alive: Closed beta
Rodent Rumble: Launching next year, playtest on October 11th
SamuTale: “Paid closed alpha early access” according to the developer, which is just early access, come on dude
Sand: Early access delayed
Scars of Honor: Next test October 26th
Sea of Remnants: In testing, previews being shown
Seed: In pre-release, test run starts October 24th
Seekers of Skyveil: Early access
Ships at Sea: Early access
Sky: Children of Light: Open early access
Skygard Arena: Early access
Smite 2: Open beta
Solarpunk: Closed multiplayer testing starting soon as of September
Soulframe: Founders pack for sale
Spacecraft: Alpha in the first half of 2025, might not be an MMORPG but it’s vague
The Spell Brigade: Early access
Spellfarers: Early access
Spirit Crossing: Closed alpha
Steel Aces: Closed beta
Steel Hunters: Early access
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Starbase: Early access open alpha
Stars Reach: Pre-alpha started
Synduality: Echo of Ada: Early access
Temtem Swarm: Early access
Tombstone: Closed testing, release planned for this year
Tower of Aghasba: Early access planned for November 19th
Tribes 3: Rivals: Early access, development slowing/stopping
Trimurti Online: Stress testing, open beta February 13th
Valheim: Early access
Valiance Online: Closed beta
Vaultbreakers: Open testing through July 9th, formerly known as Project F4E
Vindictus: Defying Fate: Test with multiplayer on June 8th
WalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Waven Early access
ZeroSpace: Back in closed testing.