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Press release:
London, UK, 21 July 2026 | Today, indie dev studio Spiderware launches Soulbound: Online Early Access on Steam, inviting players to experience its evolving MMORPG roguelite world. First released as a browser and Discord experience, Soulbound: Online is ready to bring its 1M+ player base to Steam. With over 100 hours available at launch, Early Access marks the next stage of the game’s evolution as Spiderware continues to expand the pixel art RPG for new and returning players.

Build Your Perfect Playstyle

Soulbound: Online is a pixel-art MMO set inside a vast virtual world where combat, progression, and mystery are tightly intertwined. Create a custom character suited to your playstyle, choosing from over a dozen abilities and upgradeable skill trees: weather hits as a tank, support your team as a healer, or prioritize damage with a DPS build. Players can take on Soulbound: Online’s fast-paced roguelite dungeons solo or start a guild to overcome these challenges with friends. However you choose to play, Soulbound: Online’s secrets await, inviting players to uncover the hostile forces lurking beneath this pixelated reality.

Your New Home and Hub

Upon awakening in your new digital reality, players will face The Anima–a collection of malevolent entities bent on your destruction. However, hope isn’t lost, as a friendly robotic companion rescues you from imminent death and sets you on a new course: one that leads towards the destruction of The Anima. Your first step is buying and setting up your base of operations. Your home isn’t just for decoration. It’s the foundation of your progression. Upgrade salvaged materials, craft new equipment, and build a space that evolves with you.

When your character and kit are ready, traverse through dungeons to hone your combative skills against enemy swarms and procedurally escalating boss encounters. As a Pioneer, you can participate in dozens of handcrafted quests to do before taking a stand against The Anima.

Powered By Community Feedback

Join the Early Access journey and help influence Soulbound: Online’s future. Community feedback sits at the heart of Spiderware’s development process, with player suggestions from Discord, Steam forums, and reviews helping inform updates, improvements, and future content throughout Early Access. As development continues, the team will use community feedback to refine the game’s economy, balance dungeons, and expand the world with new content.

What Players Can Expect at Early Access Launch

60 Levels of Progression – Play through the opening chapters with new characters, hundreds of NPCs, dozens of side quests, and fresh questlines, with levels 51-99 on the way.

Level Up Fast – Earn XP from a wide range of activities through dedicated tasks, and the payout scales as you climb.

25 Roguelite Dungeons – Run replayable dungeons across 6 tiers, solo or with up to 3 players, at multiple difficulty levels, with tiers 5 and 6 new this update.

Overhauled Combat – A major combat system rework changes how every fight plays.

200+ Relic Trees – Wield 12+ abilities and theorycraft across 200+ upgradeable relic trees, now with roughly 150 new relic choices for far deeper builds.

Loot That Rolls – Dungeon chest gear auto-rolls its own stats, opening up thousands of gear variants to build around.

Any Role You Want – Build a tank, healer, DPS, or hybrid and take it into the endgame raids, including a new raid boss this update, with more raids planned.

500+ Achievements – Complete over 500 achievements and achievement diaries to earn cosmetics and mounts, with diaries granting quality-of-life rewards like extra bags, pouches, mounts, and teleports.

Live Events on Set Days – Show up on scheduled days and play timed events alongside other members.

Play with Friends – Use the new dungeon finder to invite friends fast, then trade, party up, and climb the leaderboards together.

Build Your Home Base – Farm, craft, gather, and train life skills in a mob-free overworld, on live regional servers with ongoing updates where you can create characters across different regions.

Soulbound: Online is out now in Early Access on Steam. Players can jump in today and begin their wayfaring adventure alongside friends. To keep up with the development and share in the excitement, join the Discord, or visit the website.

About SpiderWare
Spiderware is the UK-based indie team behind the popular web game, Soulbound: Online. The team won Discord’s ‘Adventure Together’ App Pitch in 2024 and looks forward to the upcoming PC version.