It has been confirmed that Hytale's early access versions will not launch on the biggest PC platform, Steam. The Minecraft-inspired blocky sandbox title has been in development for years at this point and is finally ready for early access launch. Most recently, Simon and his original team of Hytale bought back its rights from Riot Games and are aiming to finish and publish the title.Though many will be excited for its early access version, some might not be able to try it out because it is not arriving on Steam. Here are more details about why Hytale developers decided not to release early access on the popular platform.Details about Hytale early access not coming to SteamOn December 5, 2025, a gaming news account on X posted that Hytale's early access will not arrive on Steam because developers feel like it will receive a lot of negative reviews. This sparked loads of discussion in the comment section and other parts of social media.In one of the threads, Simon, the founder of Hypixel and Hytale, himself stated that the game is not good at all, which is one of the reasons why he is reluctant to publish it on Steam.Here's what he wrote:"Everything is wrong with the game, literally why I'm not putting it up on steam brother"This was also mentioned on Hytale's official blog post on their website. In the FAQ section, the question was whether the game's early access would be released on Steam. To this, the game's team answered:"No, not initially. We want to spend our time in Early Access working with the community and improving the game, rather than overindexing on negative reviews from players that aren't as well-informed yet about what we are doing. Steam is a great marketing tool but one that we might never need. This doesn't mean we will never be on Steam - just that we do not see the necessity of it yet."To sum up, Hytale developers' main reason for not adding the game's early access to Steam is to avoid unnecessarily negative reviews from players who are not informed enough about the game's current status. It is to avoid players instantly getting annoyed by bugs that may be in the game, and quickly giving it a bad rating.Check out our other content:Hytale system requirements: Minimum and recommended settings exploredHytale announces pricing days after it was reacquired by founderWhy Minecraft fans should look forward to Hytale