For years, fans had many hopes for Hytale. With the announced cancellation, many players also shattered their dreams of a new game like Minecraft. Now the creator has a plan on how to save his game.
Who is it about? Before Hytale was sold to Riot, the game belonged to Hypixel Studios, the company behind the famous Minecraft server. After a successful trailer, the game was then sold by Hypixel Studios to Riot Games. The original founders left the game in the hands of Riot Games.
Now that the game is at an end, the creator “Simon Hypixel” has come forward with a plan for salvation. The founder of the Hypixel Minecraft network was one of the beneficiaries of the sale to Riot.
Here you can watch the trailer for Hytale:
Inventor has a plan and an offer
How does the inventor plan to save the game? Even though he sold Hytale to Riot, he has not given up on the game. With the cancellation came many requests for him to save the game. After long consideration, he has now presented a plan for it.
The inventor wants to offer 25 million US dollars (approximately 21,595,750 € as of July 16, 2025, 4:00 PM) to Riot to buy the game in its current state. Once the deal goes through, he wants to release Hytale as quickly as possible in a playable version as Early Access.
Then his team will provide the still-developing features via patches, while the community will also be involved. They will finance the project through crowdfunding, suggest features, and also handle testing and bug reporting.
The support from modders is intended to provide additional content and be readily available. Instead of a closed development like at Riot, the game should grow from version to version, just like Minecraft, continuously exciting players with new features.
What are the chances of salvation? The chances of saving Hytale are slim. Even the offer of 25 million US dollars (approximately 21,595,750 € as of July 16, 2025, 4:00 PM) might not entice the company. The inventor himself states in a post on X.com that negotiations could take months and the chances of success would be low.
Nonetheless, he wants to try and make the offer to Riot, even if it means cuts to his own life and wealth. On X.com, he writes about it:
Yes, I have made the decision, I will do my best to save Hytale. Even if there is only a 1% chance. That is the least I can do for the same community that has given me the opportunity to be where I am today.
I will keep you updated, but keep in mind that it will take a while, give it some time. It will take months for me to get answers and months for it to be completed. I will report as much as possible about it while I go through this process.
Simon “Hypixel” on X.com
Whether the inventor of the game Hytale can really save it or whether Riot will reject the offer and the game will be lost forever remains to be seen. The developer himself wants to update the players as soon as he knows more, but that could also take several months. Several petitions are also supposed to save Hytale: State of emergency after sudden cancellation of Hytale: “It feels like a national emergency at the Pentagon”
