So Camelot Unchained is 12 years old. This would be impressive if the game had launched during that period of time, but it has not, and instead it has been in testing/not launch that whole time. It has, however, finally surfaced with a stream and previews that has… uh… not exactly mollified the fanbase! Not that much could at this point. Here, enjoy an unhinged clip. Not from the game, but otherwise I’ll never get to use that one.
In the more impressive category, BitCraft announced it’s going open-source while mildly delaying its early access launch, and Swapmeat has announced its next playtest for the 15th for those who enjoy meat and the swapping thereof. (A grosser phrase you are unlikely to hear this week.) Last but not least, Odin Valhalla Rising has launched for PC and mobile worldwide and therefore leaves our beta list.
Sorry if that seems less snarky than elsewhere; I kinda got burnt out from the opener and last week’s thorough horse-pilling. Perhaps you can become read-our-roundup-list pilled as you check out that roundup just below or our full list of games in testing. And as always, if you notice something is missing or has an incorrect status, let us know down in the comments!
We’re finally getting our first glimpse of 12-year-old Camelot Unchained since last year in today’s dev stream
MMO Hype Train: What could make EverQuest 3 a future triumph
Star Citizen shows off the new Starlancer TAC ship ahead of May 15 Invictus free fly event
Sandbox MMORPG BitCraft hopes to ‘democratize MMO development’ by going open-source
Nexon’s extraction shooter ARC Raiders is running a semi-open technical test starting today
Dune Awakening breaks down its Landsraad endgame activity in latest livestream
Kid-friendly MMO Puzkin canceled its Kickstarter, citing its need to build a community first
Cozy multiplayer life sim Dinkum departs early access as Krafton teases Dinkum Together
Soulframe promises major announcements in July, Warframe talks up TennoCon and new event
Kakao’s Nordic-themed MMORPG Odin Valhalla Rising launches globally on PC and mobile
Towers of Aghasba finishes its multiplayer rework, adds mounts, building moving, and improved inventory
Sci-fi voxel sandbox Cubic Odyssey scales back its ambitious design for its May 14 launch
Fight or Kite: Havenhold is an action combat MMO with old school vibes
Enshrouded teases the new visuals and points of interest coming in Thralls of Twilight
Pax Dei confirms a far-reaching wipe of progress, gear, and skills when Verse 3 arrives
BitCraft delays early access launch to avoid Elden Ring Nightreign and Dune Awakening
Nuverse’s new MMO Crystal of Atlan briefly announces PS5 release and showcases the Magician
Dieselpunk PvPvE vehicle battler Sand delays early access to an unspecified later time frame
Choose My Adventure: Mucking through the Magwytch Marshes to close out Nightingale
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing its new Midsummer Festival island, Furtherholm
Ashes of Creation merges realms, temporarily closes EU servers, and demos new starter zone en route to alpha 3
Quinfall adds ‘safe’ 1v1 fight pits, improves arena rewards, and eases ancient armor costs
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: Early access
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
Apogea: Open testing
Arcane Waters: Early access
Arc Raiders: Tech test this weekend, launch planned for 2025
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
Adrullan Online Adventures: Weekend-long open test starts April 19th, renamed from Evercraft Online
ARK 2: Paid early access
Arkheron: Closed beta
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: Early access launch on June 20th
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
Crosswind: Future testing events planned on Steam
Crystals of Atlan: Leaked maybe launching on May 28th?
Cubic Odyssey Launching on May 14th
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
Dragonwilds: Early access
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha, open playtest until March 16th
Dune Awakening: Closed testing, launch on May 20th June 10th, and this time we mean it!
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
EVE Vanguard: Early access planned post-November
Evercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stopping with a focus on a redesign
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: Closed beta
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
Life is Feudal Arden: Open beta
Loftia: Alpha planned for April
Lost Skies: Early access
Magic to Master: Somehow, Palpatine returned in early access
Marathon: Alpha testing
Mecha Break: Open beta concluded, launching 2025
Midnight Murder Club: Closed testing this weekend
Monsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
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
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: 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 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
Sand: Early access delayed
Scars of Honor: Next test October 26th
Seed: In pre-release, test run starts October 24th
Seekers of Skyveil: Early access
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
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
Steel Hunters: 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
Vaultbreakers: Closed testing, formerly known as Project F4E
Vindictus: Defying Fate: Test with multiplayer in June
WalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Warborne Above Ashes: Alpha
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.
