Hytale has not fully released as a finished game yet, but its big public launch is its Early Access release on January 13, 2026.

Quick Scoop

  • The widely discussed “release” of Hytale is its Early Access launch on January 13, 2026 for PC (Windows).
  • This date was promoted in the official Hytale announcement trailer and in multiple gaming news and creator breakdowns.
  • Before that, Hytale was only announced (December 2018) and then went through years of development changes, delays, and even a temporary cancellation scare.

Was Hytale already out before 2026?

No. For years after its 2018 reveal, Hytale did not get a public launch date, only internal tests and shifting plans, which is why forum threads and subreddits were full of speculation and guesses about 2024–2025 betas.

Many older forum posts you’ll find saying “no release date yet” or tossing around 2024/2025 predictions are now outdated, because the Early Access date was confirmed later.

Latest news and forum vibes

  • After Riot Games’ involvement and a later cancellation announcement in 2025, the project was revived by its original creator, leading into the 2026 Early Access plan.
  • Current community chatter focuses on:
    • How “sandbox engine + modding”–focused the game now is versus the original big RPG vision.
* Whether the missing full Adventure story mode at launch will arrive in future updates.

Timeline at a glance

  1. 2018 – Hytale officially announced, FAQ and trailer go live, massive hype.
  1. 2020–2024 – Ongoing development, Riot acquisition, long silence, lots of speculation and leaked “guesses” about dates on forums.
  1. 2025 – Articles discuss cancellation and uncertainty, then revival later in the year.
  1. January 13, 2026 – Early Access launch date for players; this is what most people now mean when they ask “when did Hytale come out?”.

TL;DR: When people say “when did Hytale come out,” they are almost always referring to its Early Access release on January 13, 2026 , not a past full release.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.