That's right! After the official cancellation of Hytale in June 2025, a sandbox RPG that had been in development since 2015, it's finally back on the roadmap after being re-acquired from Riot Games! With that, here's all the latest news on Hytale in 2025, including its release date, early access window, platforms, funding, staff, and more!

Hytale 2025 News: Everything We Know So Far

After being officially cancelled in June earlier this year, Hytale is back to active development after being re-acquired from Riot Games, announced by the Hytale team on November 17th, 2025! Here's everything we know about the project's return so far.

Hytale Release Date & Early Access (The Game is Back!)

While Hytale seems to be coming back full steam ahead, it does not have a confirmed release date or a release date window at this time. This includes its planned early access period. Thankfully, however, the team has clarified that we will get an official Hytale release date in "the coming days". While this is a very unspecific time frame, we'd expect to hear more this week. And while many Hytale fans are quite familiar with waiting for news about the game, we can only hope this wait will be a brief one! For the Hytale early access period, the team has been upfront that there will be some "...bugs, rough edges, unbalanced content, and frequent updates." But for the many fans who have been excited for the project for over a decade, this is very exciting news nonetheless!

Hytale Game Modes & Platforms

Hytale will launch with an Exploration Mode, Creative Mode, and modding, according to the team announcement. Further down the line from launch, players can also expect minigames and adventure mode, with a "...dedicated team for minigames." The game will initially launch on Windows, though "Linux/Mac will be attempted, other platforms much later," according to the team's official announcement.

Hytale Price

While we don't have a confirmed price for Hytale just yet, the team did reveal that these details would also "...be announced in the coming days". With the same phrase being used for both the game's price and release date's eventual reveals, we expect we'll learn about both of these details and more at the same time in one singular announcement. And once we do, we'll update here with all the latest info!

The Development Team for Hytale & Future Funding

The new Hytale team includes over 30 developers returning to the project, and a leadership team including the following:

• Simon Collins-Laflamme - Co-Founder
• Philippe Touchette - Co-Founder
• Kevin Carstens - Technical Lead
• Patrick Derbic - Management Lead

In the re-acquisition, Hytale wasn't actually purchased by a new publisher or investor. Instead, the game's co-founders have come together to pledge funding for the project for 10 years. This will mean the studio is independent of publisher constraints, allowing it to be more expressive and creative with the game's development.