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title: "New Indie 2D MMORPG for PC in 2026: Rift Delve"
description: "Rift Delve is a free, seasonal 2D pixel-art MMORPG with 22 dungeons of about 20 minutes and no pay-to-win. The closed beta already has a waitlist."
url: https://delve.runerift.net/en/news/new-2d-mmorpg-2026/
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# Rift Delve: a new 2D MMORPG for 2026

Rift Delve is a free, seasonal 2D pixel-art MMORPG with 22 dungeons of about 20 minutes and no pay-to-win. The closed beta already has a waitlist.

IntroducingOctober 27, 2026

If you are looking for a **new MMORPG** in 2026 that does not ask for endless hours, meet Rift Delve: an indie 2D pixel-art MMORPG for Windows PC, made by a small team from Costa Rica. It has **22 dungeons of about 20 minutes**, four classes with two subclasses each, and seasons where everyone starts on the same day. It is in preparation and has no release date yet.

## What Rift Delve is

It is a free MMORPG built for short sessions with the spirit of the classics: four vocations (Warrior, Mage, Archer and Shaman), open PvP with skulls outside safe zones, loot dropped by monsters and world bosses. What we changed is whatever ate your hours: each dungeon takes 15 to 25 minutes and ends with a chest where you pick 1 of 3 rewards.

## What makes it different

- **Short sessions.** One dungeon in an evening is enough to feel you moved forward. More in [casual MMORPG](https://delve.runerift.net/en/casual-mmorpg/).
- **Classic style, without the grind.** What we kept and what we changed is in [old-school MMORPG](https://delve.runerift.net/en/old-school-mmorpg/).
- **Subclass at level 20.** Every class has two and you can swap for free, so trying is cheap.
- **Seasons.** Everyone starts together; your account, account cosmetics and titles stay when a season ends.
- **No pay-to-win.** Nothing is sold during the beta, and if a shop ever exists it will sell cosmetics only. The full guarantee is on [no pay-to-win](https://delve.runerift.net/en/no-pay-to-win/).

## How the beta works

The first stage is a **free closed beta** that we are still preparing. To get in there is a **public waitlist**: sign up with your email and we tell you when spots open. We publish no launch date and no player counts because there is no data to back them yet; what exists today are real in-game screenshots on the [home page](https://delve.runerift.net/en/#beta).

## Will it run on your PC?

It is a light 2D game. The requirements we list are estimates, and we explain them, along with what we have not measured yet, on [system requirements](https://delve.runerift.net/en/system-requirements/).

## Start reading

The [player guide](https://delve.runerift.net/en/wiki/) is complete in English: tutorial steps, controls, combat, dungeons, PvP, economy and season. Start with [First steps](https://delve.runerift.net/en/wiki/01-first-steps/).

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