Interesting mix: Bitcraft relies on MMORPG virtues, but mixes them with survival and free base building in a procedurally generated open world.
Bitcraft: The similarity in name to the block sandbox Minecraft is not the only point of overlap. Survival, base building, procedural generation. But it also has its own impulses, such as the focus on MMORPG with its own story.
Only unlike well-known genre giants like WoW or Elder Scrolls Online, we don’t play in a predefined world, but put our own stamp on the sandbox by building bases and villages ourselves.
This sounds exciting on paper and also looks pretty, as the first trailer shows. In it, the developers describe Bitcraft as a new kind of MMO:
What Bitcraft is all about
You awaken as a mythical being in an untamed, vast wilderness and struggle for bare survival. In Bitcraft, you collect natural resources, produce your first tools and explore the colourful, procedurally generated open world. Soon you will meet other players who are doing exactly the same thing.
Now you can work together to make faster progress. Go fishing together? That should be possible. Build a base, maybe even expand it into a small village? With more helping hands, that should also be possible. Later you might be a large group, build up more villages and thus raise a mighty empire.
Then you plant huge fields for food production and trade with other player groups to turn the produce into profit. In the later stages of the game, Bitcraft revolves around building an entire civilisation, including agriculture, city building, crafting and trade. A lot of freedom is supposed to be the winning selling point for the sandbox MMO.
But your personal progress also plays a role: by carrying out activities, you automatically level up in the corresponding direction. This is reminiscent of Valheim, which in turn was inspired by the Elder Scrolls series for this function.
First images show more of the picturesque world that awaits MMO fans in Bitcraft
What can we expect from Bitcraft?
Bald testing phase: Indie developer Clockwork Labs will soon be holding a closed pre-alpha phase for Bitcraft, which you can apply for on the official website To improve your chances, you should also fill out a questionnaire.
Release date not yet known: When and on which platforms Bitcraft will be released has not yet been announced. However, the pre-alpha status shows that the game is still relatively early in development
