There is a Fake Hytale Game on the Nintendo eShop

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)