Is Hytale the Next Minecraft?!
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What is Hytale and how does it compare to Minecraft?
Minecraft 2 is here, and it's called Hytale. And just like Minecraft, it is chock full of sweet, juicy lore. We've just got to explore a bit to find it. Hello Internet! Welcome to Game Theory, the show that one day will have an RPG sequel of its own. Okay, okay, let me back up a bit. I've already made two sequel jokes and we're barely a minute into the episode. I should be clear. Hytale, the game we're talking about today, isn't really Minecraft 2. It's made by a completely different developer. It just looks very similar to Minecraft. It's actually an incredible story of passion and perseverance the game began its development in 2015 with a bunch of members from the minecraft server hypixel with funding from riot games sadly riot cancelled the game later that year but the original creator managed to reacquire the rights and revived the game in november 2025 with the demo being released just a few weeks ago and with such an inspirational story as that i knew we at least had to give it a look plus if you
like Minecraft, this might as well be the sequel you've always wanted. Hytale really does improve on a lot of things that Minecraft has lacked over the years. You've got way more complex RPG leveling systems, more character customization.
Oh man. Oh man. Focus. We got our guy.
Yes!
And most importantly, actual lore. We've spent the better part of a decade figuring out the lore of Minecraft. So it's not to say there isn't any, but while Mojang is going for the all stories are canon route, Hytale has a canonical story which they were building towards until the game got shut down. But just before the demo's release, the team posted about how they wanted to handle the lore going forward. Basically saying that while yes, there was a bunch of lore being hinted at beforehand, they wanted to reassess it all and make sure it all fits with the story they want to tell. So if it's not in the game right now, it may or may not return in the future, which felt like an invitation to dive in.
With this essentially being a lore reset and it being most people's first time experiencing the game, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to jump in for myself and explore the lore firsthand. See what pieces we can put together with what exists and where things might be heading in the future. So take my blocky hand, loyal theorists, as we head through the portal to discover the lore of Hytale. When you boot up the game and choose to enter a world, you get the choice of what mode you'd like to jump into. Adventure mode right now isn't available, but when it does release, it's likely going to be where the main plot plays out. Instead, our main option is exploration mode. Before release, the text about this mode was teased, and it said, Explore a version of Orbis in its half-remembered state and fragments of what the future holds.
Orbis, by the way, is the name of the world Hytale primarily takes place in.
What inspired the development of Hytale?
It being in a half-remembered state feels like a reference to the world not being fully finished yet. Some of the world contains these adorable work in progress signs, or we get messages about how other parts are yet to take their final form. The line about what the future might hold also tells us that right now, the story is going to be more like Minecraft in the sense that we need to explore and use the environment to tell the story rather than being in our faces with an actual narrative. Something which they actually confirmed in that post I mentioned earlier. I mean, the game's in early access, so we can't be too mad about that. But when the demo released, this message changed. It became much more simple and a little less meta.
It said, Explore an echo of Orbis. Build, craft, survive, and find a way to restore what was lost. which makes it feel like the world we're entering is a shell of its former self, an echo of what is slowly fading, and maybe it will be up to us to fix. So with that speculation out of the way, and my interest truly piqued, let's dive in and see what we can find about what the future might hold.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is Hytale and how does it compare to Minecraft?
0:00–2:42
2
What inspired the development of Hytale?
2:42–5:03
3
How does Hytale enhance RPG elements compared to Minecraft?
5:03–6:31
4
What is the significance of lore in Hytale?
6:31–11:31
5
What are the different modes available in Hytale?
11:31–13:56