Release and Platforms

This page covers where The Hidden Ones is releasing, its current status, and how it has been revealed and tested so far. The game is free-to-play and currently unreleased, with no firm launch date confirmed.

Platforms

The Hidden Ones is announced for PC (Windows), iOS, and Android. The PC build is Windows-only, with no macOS or Linux version listed. No console version has been announced; specifically, there has been no announcement of a console or handheld console release of any kind.

Cross-platform multiplayer is listed as a supported feature, so PC and mobile players are intended to play together. The exact crossplay matrix, meaning which platforms actually pair for matchmaking, has not been finalized. The game supports keyboard and mouse, full controller play on PC, and touch controls on mobile; see Controls for more.

Price and Business Model

The Hidden Ones is free-to-play. The specific monetization model beyond that has not been finalized or disclosed; at preview time the developers indicated they had not settled monetization plans and were focused on development first. The team has stated a fair-competition stance with a strict zero-tolerance policy against cheating. No separate anti-pay-to-win pledge has been confirmed; the only fair-play framing announced so far is the anti-cheat and fair-competition statement.

More is known about the shape of that model than about its final form. The regional Hundred Faces Test ran with billing switched on, selling an in-game currency alongside character outfits, a dated almanac item, and special content sets. The studio published a rebate schedule with it, promising to return what players spent during that test as in-game currency once the game launches properly. That points toward a game earning through currency and cosmetics rather than paid entry, though it describes a limited regional test rather than a settled launch model.

Release Status

The game is unreleased. It was originally targeted to launch in 2025, but that window slipped and there is no specific date; the release date is to be announced. Development has continued into 2026, with new material such as a character named Xia He, boss trailers, and a trailer focused on the Fulfilled storyline. In August 2026 the studio reported that it had moved into full optimization of the player-versus-environment content after running in-person research sessions with players, and that a new fighter for the competitive side was in development. Because the launch date is not set, this wiki does not state one; see the Frequently Asked Questions for the short version.

Pre-registration is open across platforms, and the official site states that total pre-registrations have reached 30 million. Every pre-registered player is promised the fighter Xia He and an exclusive outfit for her when the game launches. The outfit was announced as the reward for clearing the thirty-million milestone, and the studio's later progress updates name it directly rather than leaving it unspecified. In its own mid-2026 progress update the studio said its goal was to meet players within the year, and added that a more specific date would be shared through official channels once it was fixed. No date has followed, so this wiki continues to treat the release as to be announced. Reports of further large-scale testing later in 2026 have not been confirmed with a first-party date either.

Announcement Timeline

The project was first revealed under a working title alongside its Bruce Lee collaboration, then formally announced under its final name about a year later.

The regional build's own site names two of these phases directly. The first is the Entering the World Test, and the second is the Hundred Faces Test, described there as a limited, billing-enabled test whose progress was wiped afterwards and which ran with cross-platform data shared between PC and mobile. Those are the developer's names for the phases; the wider dates and regions above come from coverage of them.

Showcases and Exhibition Play

Outside the tests, the game has been shown at events rather than through a public beta. The clearest of those was an international esports exhibition in mid-2025, announced on the game's own channels as its debut on that stage, with an exhibition match lineup and top players brought in to demonstrate competitive play in front of a global audience. It ran in Riyadh in late July 2025 as part of a showcase zone for a group of the publisher's titles.

Other public appearances have come through trailers cut for showcase events and through the developer's own video series, including the mode and combat explainers made for the test period and the per-fighter gameplay guides now summarized on Characters. None of these were playable releases; the game has not had an open beta.

Test Phases

Several test phases have run since early 2025. They were separate beats rather than one continuous test, and what they contained is documented in more detail under the relevant mode and roster pages.

Official explainer videos covering the game modes and combat basics accompanied the test period, walking new testers through the Game Modes and the fundamentals of the Combat System. The pre-alpha test build featured a larger roster than the expected launch lineup, which is covered on the Characters page.

Fair Competition and Anti-Cheat

Because Duel Mode is a competitive player-versus-player mode, fair play is positioned as a pillar of the game. The announcement emphasized a fair, competitive environment and a strict zero-tolerance policy against cheating. The finer details of enforcement have not been published.