Remember, readers, it’s only The Quinfall if it’s a Turkish indie MMORPG that has just released into early access. Otherwise it’s just more correctly termed as sparkling downward motion on the part of a quin. It’s just a quin fall. Language requires precision, after all. We hope this has cleared up any and all questions you had regarding quins and the falling thereof; no further explanation will be forthcoming.
Elsewhere, Palia has ushered in its New Beginnings update that will bring back the Lunar New Year event along with a new loyalty club. (Which is not quite a battle pass but not quite not a battle pass, yes.) And SMITE 2 has itself a new patch as its open beta rolls on, including new cosmetics and user interface improvements along with god adjustments. You should always be able to improve gods, after all. We’ve long been of the mind that someone needs to patch Thor to be at least 35% more receptive to prayers.
Now, if you have been praying that this introduction would end and you can get to the roundup of other beta news, then your prayers are about to be answered, as would subsequent prayers about having a list of games in testing just below. As always, if something has slipped our notice when it hopped to another testing phase or just didn’t get a spot when it deserved one, please do let us know! We genuinely appreciate it.
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Stars Reach expands its pre-alpha to Kickstarter followers, begins refinery skill branch testing
Camelot Unchained studio Unchained Entertainment reportedly laid off 40% of its devs
Indie MMO The Quinfall launches into $19.99 early access today
Early access MMORPG Abyss Online resurfaces with a confusing trailer from the Taipei Game Show
Path of Exile 2’s customer support team is being overwhelmed by thousands of help requests
Palia’s New Beginnings update arrives today with Lunar New Year and a new discount loyalty club
Corepunk shares its plans for a new PvPvE dungeon experience, literally called Prison Island
Multiplayer survival sandbox IfSunSets unveils plans for NPC romance, new ocean regions, and gobs more
Star Citizen outlines February events – including Lunar New Year – and recaps work on alpha 4.0
Nightingale teases an engine upgrade, dyes, customization, and a new Western tileset
SMITE 2 details a rotating battle pass feature, commits to one new god a week until ‘at least’ August
Past Fate talks up its latest development update with added jiggle physics
Palworld promises crossplay, more Pals, and final boss as it marks its first year of early access
Yes, you can pet the wolf pup in Soulframe’s Preludes 8
WoW Classic outlines PTS testing changes for Season of Discovery’s Naxxramus and sanctified gear
Lost Skies crowned a winner in its island creator’s first speedrunning course contest
Pax Dei’s Grace system that lets players pay gold for gathering and crafting boons goes live
Last Oasis discusses balance adjustments to its PvP-focused Season 6 after latest testing round
Past Fate showcases updates to combat, performance, and game world features in new video
Eternal Tombs shares a two-minute progress video and promises ‘huge’ news for 2025
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.
Open testing
Closed testing
Paid access
Legit MMORPG
Multiplayer
Malingering33 Immortals: Open test upcoming, early access delayed to 2025
Abyss: Early access
The Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Aero Tales Online: Early access
Aloft: Early access
Ammo and Oxygen: Early access starts November 7th
Anvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Arcane Waters: Early access
Arc Raiders: Tech beta live, launch planned for 2025
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
ARK 2: Paid early access
Ascendant: Open testing in August
Ashes of Creation: Alpha two
Ashfall: Closed beta
ASKA: Early access
Battlebit: Early access
Bellatores: Closed testing
Bellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last Oasis
Bitcraft: Third alpha starts the week of November 11th
Book of Travels: Early access
Brighter Shores: Early access
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta, planning to launch in late 2025
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Chrono Odyssey: Closed testing, launch planned for Q4 2025
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
Dark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.
Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)
Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
Dawn of Defiance: Early access
Destiny Rising: Closed alpha starts November 1st
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha, transitioning to Steam on October 10th
Dune Awakening: Closed testing, signups now
Dungeonborne>: Early access
ECO: Early access, full launch planned in 2024
Eleven: Closed alpha
Enshrouded: Early access
Eternal Tombs: Pre-alpha resumes October 11th
EVE Vanguard: Early access planned post-November
Evercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stopping with a focus on a redesign
EverCraft Online: Weekend-long open test starts April 19th
Final Stand: Ragnarok: Early access (officially, really)
Fellowship: Closed testing on August 15th
FragPunk: Closed alpha, launch planned for March 6th
Frozen Flame: Early access
Havenhold: Second alpha June 20th
Homestead: Open alpha
IfSunSets: Early access
Ilysia: Early access
Inferna: Early access
King of Meat: Alpha test December 4th through the 14th
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Legend of Ares: Open testing ahead of relaunch
Legendarium Online: Paid alpha access
Lost Skies: Pre-alpha
Mecha Break: Open beta concluded, launching 2025
Midnight Murder Club: Closed testing this weekend
Monsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Monster Hunter Wilds: Open beta
Mortal Exodus: Closed testing
Necesse: Early access
Nightingale: Early access
Odd Giants: Alpha
Osiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longer
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Palia: Paid “open” beta
Palworld: Early access
Pantheon: Early access
Past Fate: Closed testing
Path of Exile 2: Early access December 6th
Pax Dei: Early access
Perfect New World: Closed beta
Pow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Project Crawl: Closed testing
Project F4E: 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
Return Alive: Closed beta
Reign of Guilds: Early access
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
Scars of Honor: Next test October 26th
Seed: In pre-release, test run starts October 24th
Seekers of Skyveil: Early access planned for March
Ship of Heroes: Beta testing, plans for launch in 2025
Ships at Sea: Early access
Sky: Children of Light: Open early access
Skygard Arena: Early access
Smite 2: Open beta
Soulframe: Open pre-alpha planned for 2025
The Spell Brigade: Early access
Spellfarers: Early access
Supervive: Open testing November 20th
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Star Resonance: Closed beta in China, rebrand of Blue Protocol Mobile following main title’s shutdown
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
Vindictus: Defying Fate: Open testing
WalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Waven Early access
ZeroSpace: Public beta through November 24th
We welcome additions and corrections to this list; send your info our way via tips!
Yes, MMO gamers, you too can perform the unpaid quality-control work otherwise known as game testing! Check out Massively Overpowered’s Betawatch every week for a run-down of MMOs that are still on the road to launch, even if they appear to have set up a permanent residence in a shed called early access.
