Monsters & Memories Closed Beta Ends, Final Stress Test Set Before October 1 Early Access

Monsters & Memories has wrapped its Closed Beta and is heading into Early Access on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Before that, the team is running one last stress test today, September 26, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern as a final server check.

The indie MMORPG’s Early Access servers are scheduled to open at 09:00 Bahrain time, which works out to 2:00 a.m. Eastern on October 1 and 11:00 p.m. Pacific on September 30. Billing is already live, with subscriptions priced at $15 per month. Players can pre-pay for October and create up to five characters per server before launch. Once Early Access begins, that limit increases to 25 characters per server.

Early Access is being treated as the game’s commercial launch, not a temporary test. There’s no paid head start, and the studio says it does not plan to wipe characters when Early Access eventually ends.

Launch content includes a level 1 to 60 path through surface areas and Deep zones as part of Module 1: Descent into the Deep. Starting locations include Night Harbor, The Underdocks, Faelindral, and Ail’vorith. Playable races include Deep Elves, Deep Gnomes, Dwarves, Gnomes, Goblins, Halflings, Humans, Ogres, and Wood Elves, with all classes available at launch.

The planned server lineup includes US West and US East PvE, US PvP, a US 3-box PvE server, and EU PvE. The studio has also reported more than 5,600 subscriptions purchased so far, along with hundreds of merch orders. Since no separate public blog post for today’s stress test was found, players planning to join should double-check the studio’s Discord or forums for the latest timing.

Further reading: Official Monsters & Memories Early Access update