Welcome to the fantastical world of Pax Dei.

Inspired by the mythologies of the medieval era, Pax Dei aims to deliver an MMO experience that returns to the roots of the genre with a player-driven and community-focused design, updated and brought into the modern age in stunning visuals created using the Unreal Engine 5. 

Pax Dei invites players of all types to define their own goals and challenges. Designed to maximize player interactions and allow different play styles to complement each other, Pax Dei opens up a vast, mysterious, and beautiful playground that players can fill with their own stories. 

In the relative safety of the Heartlands, players will find the perfect plot to raise their home. Here, life is peaceful, and clans can develop and prosper. Players must work together to grow their villages, engaging with extensive character customization and modular house-building systems. Everything in Pax Dei is produced by human labor and skill, and every player has a role to play and a contribution to make. 

Leaving the safety of home to explore the Wilderness, players will encounter legendary creatures, ancient mysteries, and increasingly difficult challenges. Here, they can also choose to fight other players to assert dominance for their clan. The glory, bounty, and secrets they bring back more than justify the risks. But as players soon discover, the further they journey from home, the stranger and more dangerous things become.

Mainframe Industries, along with their co-publishing partners at New Tales, announced that Pax Dei will be leaving Steam Early Access and launch its v1.0 on October 16, 2025.

Hello Paxians,

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here: Pax Dei 1.0 will release on October 16, 2025.

Your journey through this handcrafted, player-driven world will soon begin in earnest. After months of Early Access, with incredible feedback, shared stories, and unforgettable builds from our community, we’re thrilled to welcome new and returning players to a living medieval MMO like no other.

Here is all the information you need to know to enter this new phase of development for Pax Dei. We go into more detail in separate articles that we highly recommend you read carefully. 

Timeline

• September 29 to October 14: Community Celebrations - check out our Discord and social channels to celebrate the end of Early Access with various activities!

• October 6–14: All servers will be offline for final preparations.

• October 14 / 10 a.m. UTC (3 a.m. PDT): Head start - 1.0 game servers open for Founders.

• October 16 / 3 p.m. UTC (8 a.m. PDT): Pax Dei 1.0 is now available for everyone.

Release & Wipe

The game will be accessible to Founders on October 14 and to newcomers on October 16. If you own a Founder’s Pack, we encourage you to take advantage of this head start, to secure your character or clan name, and pick the perfect spot for your new home. 

At release, everyone will start on new shards, and all characters, plots, inventories, skills, etc., will be deleted and reset. That’s the final wipe of our Early Access, and there won’t be any more wipes after Pax Dei 1.0 is released.

All details: Pax Dei 1.0 - Schedule and details.

Where can I play Pax Dei?

Pax Dei 1.0 will be available on the same platforms as during Early Access: Steam, Epic Game Store, and GeForce Now. However, we’re making two modifications:

• Game Pass: We’re excited to announce that, as of October 16, Pax Dei will be available on PC Game Pass. 

• Pax Dei Launcher: On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, we will be decommissioning the Pax Dei launcher, which means you won’t be able to access the game via the launcher anymore. 

  All Founders currently using the Pax Dei Launcher have received a Steam key, granting access to the game on Steam going forward. All the Founder’s Pack perks, including the Gallian Gargoyle received for purchasing through the official website, will carry over seamlessly.

All details: Pax Dei 1.0 - Schedule and details.

How to play Pax Dei 1.0 as a new player?

As a new player, you will be able to play Pax Dei 1.0 on October 16 simply by purchasing the base game on the available platforms. With your purchase, you’ll get game access, 2 character slots and a free month of Premium Membership, granting one month of Premium status and one Plot Token.

If you’re interested in the exclusive perks included in the Founder’s Packs, they are currently on sale on our website and Steam. Founder’s Packs are available until October 6. Check them out before they disappear!

More information in our dedicated article to the new players.

What will happen to Early Access players?

As an Early Access player - or Founder - you do not need to purchase the game again. You already own it. Based on the Founder’s Pack you purchased, you’ll also keep your character slots, cosmetic recipes, and will be granted 1, 2, or 4 Plot Tokens and 1, 2, or 4 months of Premium Status depending on your Founder’s Pack.

As a Founder, we welcome you to the 1.0 game servers from October 14, two days ahead of the official release. Take advantage of this head start to secure your character or clan name and pick the perfect spot for your new home. 

Final treat: we recently announced that all Founders will receive an extra copy of Pax Dei, to invite a friend along. You have until November 16 to connect to the game and benefit from this offer, don’t miss it!

More information in our article dedicated to the Founders.

Keep playing for free or with a subscription

Whether you are a newcomer or a Founder, once your free month(s) of subscription is/are over, you can choose to continue playing for free, without a plot, and retain access to the whole Pax Dei experience, or pick up a Premium Membership to unlock extra benefits. 

All details, including pricing, are in our dedicated FAQ. 

Community Celebration

To celebrate the end of Early Access and the release of Pax Dei 1.0, we have planned several community activations on our channels. In addition, we’re partnering with Just About for a brand new program, where you’ll be able to complete Pax Dei-related missions for great rewards.

Stay tuned for more details!

Development continues

Pax Dei development is ongoing, and our teams are already working on the next Verse. Please continue to provide feedback to help shape the future.

Thank you for helping us build this world. We can't wait to see what you create next.

Pax vobiscum, The Mainframe Team

Skinning a basilisk, choosing between war and peace, picking flowers: it all matters. In a fully player-driven world, all play styles connect and complement each other. Pax Dei welcomes players of every type to join the community and be part of the stories about to take shape. 

Mainframe has fully leveraged ground-breaking advances in Unreal Engine 5, which has enabled the world to come alive in an expansive simulation teeming with life and stunning detail. The next generation Lumen and Nanite systems allow players to see vistas spanning miles with real explorable distant mountains, while being able to examine the tiniest details of objects in the world. Mainframe has augmented the engine with MMO-specific capabilities, enabling a persistent, seamless world that players can explore at a scale supporting thousands of other players.

Pax Dei is coming to PC (Steam) and cloud gaming platforms on October 16, 2025.