There is a Fake Hytale Game on the Nintendo eShop

If you’ve been searching the Nintendo eShop for Hytale, you may have stumbled across a listing called “Hytale: Sandbox RPG” priced at $4.99 USD. Before you buy it, you should know: the game has nothing to do with the real Hytale from Hypixel Studios.

The real Hytale launched in early access on PC on January 13, 2026, and has no announced console release. The eShop listing is published by a company called “RoVi Ninen” with no affiliation to Hypixel Studios whatsoever. It is a completely separate product that uses the Hytale name to mislead buyers.

What the Game Actually Is

The visuals are a clear giveaway. The sky appears AI-generated, and the rest of the game is built from generic Unity asset store packs with no original work. The eShop listing advertises “open-world exploration,” “building and crafting,” and a “day-night cycle,” but none of these features are meaningfully implemented.

We Played It

We purchased the game to see what it actually is. For $4.99 USD you get a bare-bones Minecraft clone that looks significantly worse than Minecraft and plays worse too. The third-person mode is broken: the player character has no model, leaving you as a floating camera drifting through a flat procedural world made entirely of asset store content.

The terrain is empty, there is nothing to discover, and the core loop has no depth. It is a Unity asset flip that scraped through eShop certification by technically functioning.

What to Do

If you bought this by mistake, request a refund through Nintendo and report the listing. The game is currently on sale at $4.99 USD (regularly $7.99 USD / $6.99 CAD). If you want to see it for yourself before it gets taken down, the eShop listings are still up: US eShop ($4.99) / Canada eShop ($6.99 CAD).

The actual Hytale from Hypixel Studios is available in Early Access on PC at hytale.com, with Update 5 already in pre-release testing. That is the real game.

Reference: The “Hytale” Fake Listing (Nintendo Canada)