Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! In today’s edition, we’ve got an indie spaceship sandbox, a co-op Dungeons & Dragons title with a weird codename, and a self-described futuristic western MMO. Let’s take a look!
AQ2: Expanse – If you’re looking to get into something like EVE Online but made by a single indie dev, then you may be interested in what Seven Point Red is cooking. This sequel to multiplayer mobile RTS AQ: First Contact promises a significantly larger scale (and a release on PC as a result), real-time battles, plenty of trading either through a legit market or a black market, and a single persistent universe that houses hundreds of players.
Project Baxter – Starbreeze Entertainment, better known ’round these parts as the studio behind Payday 2 and Payday 3, has locked down the rights to create this new co-op multiplayer title set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Details are still slim, but it’s projecting a 2026 release “on all major platforms,” will feature crossplay on launch, and is promising to bring “cooperative and community driven experiences, ‘play it your way’ and infinite replayability.”
We are excited to unveil Dungeons & Dragons® as the IP for our next game, codename ”Project Baxter”. A co-operative multiplayer title to be released on all major platforms in 2026!
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— Starbreeze Entertainment (@StarbreezeAB) December 4, 2023
Tombstone MMO – Lastly we have yet another 2-D pixel art indie MMO effort from a fellow named Gooby. Set in a climate post-apocalypse, Tombstone tries to fuse Fallout and RuneScape together into a futuristic-western RPG, with two islands to explore and 24 skills to train in its current build. The game held a second closed alpha last week but currently has no timetable for launch. It does invite interested players to its Discord for more.
