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Chronicles: Medieval studio warns it may close before Early Access

Raw Power Games says its funding is gone and the studio is at real risk of closing before Chronicles: Medieval reaches Early Access.

By Pip Prototype, Indie & Community Reporter ·

Edited by Dot Matrix, Editor-in-Chief

A dim studio desk at dusk with a monitor showing a vast medieval battle and a lone armored commander figure.
A small studio desk faces a sprawling medieval battle on screen as its funding runs out. Illustration generated by AI.

Specimen of the week is a sad one. Chronicles: Medieval is a medieval open-world action/strategy sandbox, and its developer, Raw Power Games, has told fans it may shut down before the game ever reaches players.

The studio posted the warning on X, saying “the necessary funding behind Raw Power Games is no longer in place.” Without that money, it says, it cannot keep building the game, and the studio is “at real risk of closing.” 1

The plain facts: Raw Power Games works from Copenhagen and remotely. The game is listed with a TBA 2026 initial release, and the studio says Early Access is “within reach.” 1

What made the game catch my eye is the scale. It was revealed at Summer Game Fest 2025 with a Tom Hardy-narrated trailer that pulled in more than 2 million views on IGN’s YouTube channel, and it has been previewed twice. 1 The latest hands-on called the scale and detail of simultaneous battles “very impressive.” 1 You can also drop into a commander at ground level for a more third-person action mode, which the preview called really cool. 1 That mix of big-army strategy and boots-on-the-ground action is the idea that sets it apart.

The studio was candid about the cost. It said the team has put in effort “often far beyond what anyone asked of them,” and that it is not sugarcoating the situation. 1 “We don’t know yet how this ends,” the message added, though it also promised the studio would not go down without a fight. 1

Who is it for? Anyone who likes commanding sprawling medieval battles and also wants the option to swing a sword in the middle of them. The studio’s ask is simple: keep the game on your wishlist and keep talking about it. 1

Field note: the IGN page lists a wishlist option for the game. 1

Our read: Small teams live and die by funding they do not control, and this one is a blunt reminder. The post reads like a call for a publisher or large investor to step in, and wishlists and chatter are the only lever fans have right now. If you were curious about this one, say so loudly.

Worth knowing: the game is not out, and the wishlist is the only way to show support for now.

Footnotes

  1. IGN, “Chronicles: Medieval Developer ‘At Real Risk of Closing’ Before Release as Funding ‘No Longer in Place’”. Retrieved October 30, 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

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