The Anime MMORPG Blue Protocol: Star Resonance was able to have a good start on Steam in 2025. However, player numbers quickly dropped again, and there was criticism. Now the new season is coming up, and the players are sure that it has to deliver.
What is this new season about? The developers of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance have released a new teaser trailer for Season 2 of the Anime MMORPG on YouTube. The new season is titled “Dreambloom – Echoes of Lost Nightmares” and will start on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Here you can watch the teaser trailer for the new season:
Continuation Instead of New Beginning
What should change with Season 2? The teaser trailer already shows some of the main innovations from Season 2. The update expands the story of the MMORPG with new chapters and again offers new quests for players to experience.
There are also some content updates. The current six dungeons will be replaced by six new dungeons coming with the new season. The same applies to the raids, which are to be completely replaced.
However, according to the Chinese version, the fundamental structures of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, which are primarily focused on short adventures and mobile play, remain unchanged.
What new features are there? A significant new feature is the new season mechanic, which replaces the well-known “Void Eblem” system. Instead, there is the “Deep Sleep Affinity” system, which transforms fixed attribute values into variable attribute values.
Skills in the game will also be modified, and there will be changes. Additionally, there are new Imagines, bosses that you can equip as battle companions in the game. Here, some new ones are added that can prove to be useful.
How do fans react to the update? After the strong launch of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance on Steam in October 2025 with over 94,000 players, player numbers have plummeted. Currently, according to SteamDB, only about 3,000 players are currently logging in via Steam. However, the Anime MMORPG also has players who are playing through the own launcher or on mobile.
Accordingly, the expectations of players for Season 2 are also high. It is clear to them that with the new season, players must be won back; otherwise, the MMORPG could soon be at an end.
As YouTube user @XZeroKPS writes: “I think this is crucial for me. If there aren’t the changes I want in this season, then for me it is basically just a countdown to the release of Arknights Endfield.”
Things look a bit darker for Reddit user Thrionic, who writes: “The game needs a complete overhaul; otherwise, nobody will come back, and no new players will waste their time when so many better games are about to be released.”
Whether the new season of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance offers enough innovations to attract former and new players remains to be seen. Despite high hopes, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance did not manage to convince enough players in 2025, thus landing in the ranking of shame: 13 new MMORPGs were released in 2025 – the ranking of shame reveals which game disappointed the most (Update for December)
