SHARPEN YOUR SWORD AND DIVE INTO HARDCORE EXTRACTION MMO SWORDAI'S LATEST PLAYTEST
A vast new open-world awaits you; register on Steam now to secure your spot in the playtest!
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – 17 December 2025 – Solo indie developer ALX Theory is excited to welcome all dungeon crawler enthusiasts and MMO addicts to traverse their massive new open-world in the latest Playtest for the Steam PC melee slasher, Swordai, starting Dec. 17th and lasting through Dec. 23rd.
Grab your sword and get ready to venture through extraction MMO Swordai's merciless new open-world trials in their upcoming playtest. With the new world, comes new enemies, each more challenging than the last. Master brutal, fast-paced directional combat, with ripostes, feints, parries, kicks, and combos all at your disposal. If your adventures are successful, you'll be rewarded handsomely, but push too far, and you risk losing it all.
Go Beyond the Walls
A new open-world awaits you in Swordai! Go beyond the castle walls to explore a region filled with new monster types and major objectives, including the Forsaken Mines, Athari Castle, Forsaken Chapel, and the Challenges of Lava and Mist. Find soul monuments to gain permanent buffs, and uncover the region's secrets, including over 90 chests to loot. Once you've built up enough strength, unlock fast travel pads and soar easily to your next destination. While PvP is still a major part of the open-world experience, collaboration is key to conquering the more challenging objectives.
Meet the Arcanist
The Arcanist, and with it potion crafting, has been added to Swordai and will be available in the upcoming playtest. Use the materials you gather during your journeys to create powerful potions and reusable healing flasks that'll aid you in diving deeper into the world. Improve your recipes for longer-lasting buffs that you can stack to grow even deadlier.
Enhanced Player Experience
Swordai features an easy-to-learn, yet difficult-to-master combat system. Beginning with basic abilities, players will be able to pick up the combat system easily and unlock more advanced moves as they progress throughout the game. For every unique challenge a dungeon presents, players must constantly adapt to complete different levels that test their strategy and quick-time combat skills. Scaling dungeons means better loot as players progress further. The NPCs that roam these halls offer different rewards based on their region and tier.
QoL Improvements
With each new patch and playtest, Swordai continues to grow and improve. The current playtest features an update to the feint system, allowing a more fluid combat experience. It also offers a plethora of upgrades to the animations and visuals, as well as sound improvements and general optimization of the dungeons. Lastly, players can look forward to being able to bulk purchase items from the shops for more streamlined interactions.
Gameplay Features:
- Compete in massive, multiplayer dungeons while traversing sprawling tower floors filled with monsters, bosses, traps, treasure, and rival players.
- High-risk, high-reward gameplay that pushes players to determine if they should escape while they can or risk it all and dive deeper for better loot.
- An easy-to-learn yet difficult-to-master directional combat system provides a fluid yet brutal combat experience filled with an elaborate moveset of feints, kicks, parries, and more.
- Step through the portal with friends to meet up in your region's lobby and take on the dungeons, or open-world, together.
- Grow stronger with powerful abilities and upgrades as you progress through the game. The more dungeons you conquer, the harder you'll hit back against the NPCs in between you and your hard-earned loot.
- Level up your alchemy skill and craft potions to give yourself a fighting chance in your next dive, with reusable healing flasks and combat elixirs that unlock and improve the more you play.
If you're interested in getting in on the action, sign up for the playtest now through Swordai's Steam page. Wishlist the title for development updates and to take part in the conversation, join the Discord. Follow along with the game's development journey over on their YouTube channel.
