Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising.
Star Citizen’s free-fly should’ve been the focus of the weekend, but alas, CIG managed to incite an online riot instead as backers rightly called out new pay-to-win ship gear called blades as well as other ship components. It turns out Star Citizen players do have a line that cannot be crossed when it comes to fleecing them! Indeed, CIG has already made concessions, promising that future comps will be available in-game too.
And then there’s Fractured, whose new owners have now decided to take the game dark for the next half year and change while they work on the promised reboot, now slated for early 2026.
Meanwhile, Embers Adrift finally made it to Steam, Ashes of Creation saw a staggering 8000 concurrent players during its May test, Puzkin canceled its Kickstarter, and Bohemia launched the Kickstarter for Everwind as promised (and it’s almost certain to fund).
Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last few weeks, plus our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following!
Stars Reach
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations
Star Citizen will make future ship components buyable in-game on day one, current items buyable in June
Fractured Online shows off Kickstarter reward concepts, revamped customization, and updated visuals
Star Citizen shows off the new Starlancer TAC ship ahead of May 15 Invictus free fly event
Star Citizen patches in alpha 4.1.1 and Invictus free-fly event, showcases the Idris cash shop ship
Stars Reach invests in its economy and work on the 24/7 test server in its latest dev video
Pantheon commits to better internal comms and testers to combat ‘half-baked patches’
Bohemia’s new multiplayer voxel sandbox Everwind just began a $35K Kickstarter run
Fractured Online is going offline until 2026 for yet another reboot
Over 1000 gamers played for 2.6M minutes during Monsters & Memories’ April playtest
Ashes of Creation heralds over 8,000 concurrent players in one realm during weekend testing
Kid-friendly MMO Puzkin canceled its Kickstarter, citing its need to build a community first
Stars Reach game director Dave Georgeson talks material density, XP rates, and skill trees
Embers Adrift is finally live on Steam months after being screwed over by its payment processor
Shroud of the Avatar talks up Birch Island dungeon dev, adds a log bench and quest fixes in Release 137
Star Citizen talks new missions, flight models, more vehicles, and the ever-hungering elevators
Star Citizen prepares for May 15 Invictus event with new vehicle preview and ‘stock-limited’ ship purchases
Elite Dangerous rebalances colonization economies and teases its next new ship
Star Citizen’s latest video talks up the multiple new missions and Invictus event arriving in alpha 4.1.1
The Stream Team: First steps into Elite Dangerous’ Powerplay system
Elite Dangerous unveils its next upcoming new ship, Frontier Elite II’s Panther Clipper MkII
Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon buffs druids but nerfs twinking gear in today’s update
Ashes of Creation merges realms, temporarily closes EU servers, and demos new starter zone en route to alpha 3
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen highlights class iconic abilities that make groups ‘more than the sum of their parts’
Fractured Online takes a deep-dive into its new class system’s archetypes, skills, and gear