The September date is an Early Access launch
The Steam listing marks September 15, 2026 as both the release date and the Early Access release date. As of this guide's September 16 check, the game is available to buy and play. Descriptions that still ask players to wait for that September launch are describing an earlier stage of development.
Early Access and a finished 1.0 release are separate milestones. The September launch opens the developing game to players; it does not mean every planned region, character option or system has been completed. Use the current-content description when deciding what is available now.
Why some players saw September 16 instead
Mudtek announced a single unlock time of 18:00 CEST on Tuesday, September 15. Its regional schedule placed London at 17:00 and Berlin at 18:00 that day. In North America, the same announcement listed New York City at 12:00 and Seattle at 09:00, also on September 15.
For Shanghai, the announced local time was 00:00 on Wednesday, September 16. Tokyo and Seoul were listed at 01:00 on September 16. These are local dates for the same announced unlock, not evidence that those cities received a separate edition or an extra day's delay.
This is a record of the developer's published schedule, not a live countdown or a measurement of when every account first connected. Keeping the date and city together avoids treating midnight in Asia as a contradiction of the September 15 Steam date.
An earlier store countdown was corrected
Before launch, the developer warned that the store countdown could point to an earlier time because of a scheduling error. The announcement reaffirmed 18:00 CEST as the intended unlock. An old screenshot of that countdown should therefore not override the corrected regional schedule.
That clarification concerns the launch window, not present-day availability. The game is now listed as released, so waiting for an old countdown to expire is no longer the right next step. For an ongoing purchase decision, the current buying assessment and regional price guide address different questions from the launch timetable.
Version 1.0 has no fixed date
The developer gives a rough Early Access expectation of 18 to 24 months but explicitly avoids setting a fixed full-release date. It ties completion to development milestones, added content and player feedback. That estimate should not be turned into a promised month or year for 1.0.
Planned work includes further regions, more character choices and a longer overall story. Those plans explain why a playable release can still be unfinished. If completion is your requirement, distinguish that requirement from whether the September Early Access launch has happened: the latter is already established, while the former is not a dated commitment.