Pax Dei (video game)

Pax Dei (/pæks deɪi/^{[note 1]}) is an upcoming massively multiplayer online sandbox game developed by Mainframe Industries and co-published by Mainframe Industries and New Tales. The game was released in Steam Early Access to mixed reviews on June 18, 2024.

Pax Dei
Developer(s)	Mainframe Industries
Publisher(s)	Mainframe Industries New Tales
Engine	Unreal Engine 5[1]
Platform(s)	Windows
Genre(s)	Sandbox game, massively multiplayer online game
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Gameplay

Pax Dei is a social sandbox and massively multiplayer online video game set in a fantasy medieval era. It will have a player driven economy where all items in the game world will be player crafted. Players will need to gather all the materials they need for crafting and will be able to craft weapons, armors and build their own homes.^[3]

Players play as a human and have to work alone or with other players to complete common goals. Pax Dei will not have non-player characters to provide quests, but the environment will contain lore and mysteries that players can solve.^[4]

Players are allowed to build overground on certain areas of the map called the Heartland valleys. Players are allocated an area of land called plot and this can be built over either individually or with other players.^[5]

Development

The game's developer, Mainframe Industries, was founded in Helsinki, Finland, in 2019, and it has studios in Helsinki, Reykjavík (Iceland) and Paris (France).^[6] Pax Dei was announced in March 2023^[4][7] with a closed playtest and the first closed alpha starting on November 14 and ending on November 26.^[8] The game was released in Steam Early Access to mixed reviews on June 18, 2024.

Notes

1. The developers have mentioned that the pronunciation is Pax Day-ee.^[2]

References

1. Alston, Harry (20 June 2024). "There's A Game Somewhere In Pax Dei, But I'm Struggling To Find It". TheGamer.
2. "Let's talk! AMA on Discord | Pax Dei - Social Sandbox MMO". Pax Dei. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
3. Valentine, Robin (11 June 2023). "This ambitious 'social sandbox' MMORPG is like EVE Online in medieval Europe: 'From the first minute you start playing the game, you can do everything you can imagine with other players'". PC Gamer. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
4. Colp, Tyler (1 March 2023). "Former EVE Online developers announce fantasy sandbox MMO Pax Dei". PC Gamer. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
5. Mills, Steven (6 July 2023). "Medieval Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is looking beautiful". Destructoid. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
6. Hartikainen, Nico (1 March 2023). "Suomessa on työstetty kaikessa hiljaisuudessa peliä, joka voi räjäyttää pankin maailmalla". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
7. Purchese, Robert (1 March 2023). "Pax Dei is an MMO that looks like an Arthurian dream and has no NPCs". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
8. Bradford, Joseph (10 November 2023). "Pax Dei Is Hosting Its First Alpha Test, Called 'Home Valley', Starting On November 14th". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

• Official website