Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support

It has been a long road for Hytale but the sandbox exploration RPG is now officially out in Early Access, with Native Linux support. Giving you a procedurally generated world full of dungeons, secrets, and a variety of creatures that you can shape block by block. Like a mixture of Minecraft with a proper RPG, it's an interesting mixture but very early days for it.

The Linux version as they previously announced comes as a Flatpak, which has its own launcher that will download and apply updates for you.

Since there was no pre-release testing available, I jumped in as soon as it went live to verify their Linux version. As far as I can see, it is working nicely in the opening area. But, keep in mind is really unfinished and only just arrived and the developers are still catching up after acquiring it back from Riot after Riot cancelled it. As noted in the release announcement:

• Early Access - many features are still missing, and bugs are expected
• It's only been two months since we reacquired Hytale - and that's how long we've had to prepare the game and rebuild the team from the ground up
• Demand has exceeded our expectations, which means launch week will be bumpy, but we'll get everyone in

Pictured - Hytale on Fedora KDE Linux

As for what to expect from it right now:

• Exploration Mode
• Creative Mode - in-game and standalone tools
• Modding Support
• Multiplayer Support - for all modes

And what's not in it yet:

• Adventure Mode - Will include rich story and narrative elements, deeper progression systems, dungeons with boss fights, and more.
• Official Minigames - fun social games and competitive multiplayer modes
• Default Spawn: World Gen V2 - the complete, restored world of Orbis
• Social features - friends lists and guilds

Really happy to see it arrive and it has been a clear success so plenty of updates to come. I foresee many hours getting lost in the world while exploring, as I have absolutely no clue what I am doing right now. But, thankfully, all my many previous hours of Mincraft are coming in handy. Punch tree, get wood. Okay, good start.

Pictured - Hytale on Fedora KDE Linux

A Fox repeatedly hiding and attempting to sneak up to me, and then scurrying away with a little noise when I try to move towards it is my new favourite thing:

Pictured - Hytale on Fedora KDE Linux

This already feels like what I personally wished Minecraft actually was.

For a first release, I'm pretty impressed at how it's running on my system. With settings cranked up to High, it's very smooth, but I am running solo right now at the beginning of the game. Really pleased to see official Linux support for another big indie game like this.