After a tumultuous 7 years, Hytale has 'officially secured the next two years of development costs' a day before launch: 'Thank you all for the support. Hytale is saved. We are almost home'

Hytale: A character tilling a dirt patch to make a farm outside their wooden house.

To say Hytale has had a tumultuous development cycle would be an understatement. Development began in 2015 with funding from Riot Games, which would go on to acquire the Hypixel team entirely in 2020, only to pull the plug on it five years later. It wasn't until November 2025 that it was revived by its original founders, and development picked back up. It was originally intended to launch in 2021, for what it's worth.

With over 62 million views on its seven-year-old announcement trailer, and the developer expecting over one million players to turn up for the Hytale launch time tomorrow, excitement for its release certainly hasn't died during its downtime.