Since November 2025, Hytale has been the subject of an unexpected comeback. Although the project had been abandoned a few months earlier, the co-founder of the original studio, Hypixel Studios, bought back the rights from Riot Games and relaunched development. The game has now officially been “saved”, and the team is working hard to breathe new life into this sandbox adventure combining creation, RPGs, construction and creative freedom.
Hytale promises to combine a procedurally generated world, varied biomes, dungeons, creatures, exploration and, above all, what will make it unique: powerful tools for content creation, construction, modding, community servers and even the possibility for players to design their own mods or mini-games.
The immediate objective on release (early access) is to offer a solid core of gameplay: exploration, construction, reactive combat, etc., while providing “creator tools” so that the community can create, mod and host custom or community servers.
Hytale combines the charm of a voxel-based open world with the depth of an RPG: dungeons, exploration, combat, quests and progression. This combination gives us hope of a ‘Minecraft-like’ game, but richer, more adventure- and community-oriented.
But above all, Hytale is banking heavily on community creation. Thanks to modding and customisation tools, it will be possible to design unique servers, mini-games and modded universes, opening up a huge field of opportunities for server hosts, communities and communities of creators.
Hytale’s return does not erase the challenges: the project remains ambitious, and the development team has indicated that everything is not yet “perfectly ready” for a mass launch.
But there is still hope: early access is being prepared, and the team is busy stabilising the game, testing the servers, adjusting the gameplay mechanics and finalising the creative tools.
The announced price (€20 with several packs available) for early access remains modest, suggesting that the developers are banking on the community, word-of-mouth and passion rather than on an “immediate massive commercial release”.
