Reign of Guilds

Reign of Guilds

Released Nov 2025

Reign of Guilds — the spiritual successor to the old-school fantasy where steel, magic, and skill decide your fate. Inspired by the legacy of Ultima Online and EverQuest.

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Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Reign of Guilds is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online RPG that officially launched out of early access on November 26, 2025. By design it is intended to run as an ongoing online world with no defined content endpoint — the developer has maintained a very active and sustained update cadence, including a major content update called "The Age of Brave" on March 24, 2026, preceded by numerous feature patches and balance updates throughout late 2025 and early 2026. The game transitioned to a free-to-play model in September 2024, and the developer has continued to expand its systems post-launch, including a new Teleportation System 2.0, a new high-level location (Island of the Brave), real estate systems, and combat rebalancing. A roadmap published in February 2026 outlined further planned improvements for that month and beyond. However, on March 28, 2026 — just four days after shipping the "Age of Brave" major update — the studio head published a post announcing he is stepping down as project lead as of March 30, 2026, citing nine years of accumulated fatigue and an unhealthy level of dependence on him personally. He stated that fresh leadership would take over. This is the last developer communication on record as of today (June 15, 2026). No follow-up post has confirmed who the new lead is, whether the transition went smoothly, or what the current development priorities are. Given that over two and a half months have passed since this announcement with no further communication — breaking the previously consistent weekly-to-biweekly update posting pattern — the stability of the project's ongoing development cannot be confirmed.
Evidence
Studio head announced stepping down as project lead on March 30, 2026 after 9 years, citing fatigue and over-dependence on his role. New leadership was promised but not yet identified publicly.
news post · Mar 28, 2026 source ambiguous
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Major update 'The Age of Brave' shipped, introducing new mechanics, locations, and combat rebalancing.
news post · Mar 24, 2026 source content shipped
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Content

6 of 6 released · no outstanding content
Released
Sep 2024

Media

Details

Publisher
Atlant Games ltd
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

CHOOSE YOUR PATH

* Choose from 14 available professions and create your unique build using hundreds of skills, spells, and thousands of equipment items with various enchantments and a deep quality system.

* Dynamically adjust your build to suit your needs with the help of buffs and items that are not tied to specific professions.

INFLUENCE THE WORLD AROUND YOU

* Every action you take will change the world for other players: trading with NPCs will affect their prices, completing quests will alter rewards, and killing mobs will impact their population.

* Keep in mind that you're not the only one doing this, so to secure a better life, you'll need to find and protect distant traders, hidden quests, and unknown monster lairs.

CREATE LEGENDARY ITEMS

* Gather and refine raw materials into valuable components.

* Create high-value post-materials and discover recipes for brewing powders, crafting, or enchanting.

* Become a blacksmith, weaponsmith, or enchanter, and forge an item of the highest quality—if, of course, all the ingredients are top-notch (recipes, craftsmanship, tools, and crafting stations).

* Rise to the top and dominate the crafting and trading market, or supply your guild with the best gear.

EXPLORE AND HARVEST

* Discover new locations with PvE content and regularly revisit old ones. Engage in battles with bosses of varying difficulty and levels, but don't forget about your rivals—either share the spoils with them or eliminate them.

* Descend into multi-level underground worlds or venture into the dangerous highland areas of the Black Zones for worthy rewards.

* Seek out forgotten corners with hidden merchants offering great deals, or loot abandoned homesteads and ruins.

COMPETE OR SHARE

* Remember, when heading out on a raid, that there are zones with varying levels of danger: safe Green zones, neutral Yellow zones, dangerous Black zones, and castle-controlled Red zones.

* In Yellow zones, killing others will cost you karma. The worse your karma, the more experience and items you'll lose upon death. Only the most hardened "Psychopaths" lose part of their gear.

* In Black zones, hunting for valuable resources and items is intense, so killing others doesn't affect karma, but you will lose experience and items if you die.

* In Red zones, it's all-out war for castles—killing is not only legal but encouraged. There are no losses upon death.

CONQUER, RULE, AND PLUNDER

* Create your own guild or join an existing one to capture castles, gaining control over territories.

* Collect taxes from other players for passing through and staying on your land, and punish those who refuse to pay.

* Raid tax caravans belonging to other landowners as they travel from castles to cities, and defend your own.

* Through strategic alliances, fierce battles, and cunning raids, establish your guild as a dominant force, securing your wealth and influence in the realm.

Last evaluated Jun 15, 2026
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