Astellia

Astellia
DeveloperStudio 8
PublishersBarunson E&A, Friends Games Corp.
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform
Release
  • KOR: late 2018
  • NA: Summer 2019
GenreMMORPG
ModeMultiplayer

Astellia (sometimes known as Astellia Online) was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean Studio 8.

Development and release

Astellia was developed by Studio 8. It was announced in 2016 at G-Star.

It was originally released in Korean in late 2018.[citation needed] It launched in summer 2019 in North America. Publisher Barunson released the game free-to-play in Korea and buy-to-play in the West. The game is a high fantasy MMORPG that uses a system of summonable companions called Astels. The player can summon an Astel to complement their weaknesses or strengthen their own power. The Astels are collectable in-game.

Barunson abandoned the game by April 2020 and gave it back to developer studio to found a new publisher. New version of the game called Astellia Royal was released as free-to-play in Steam March 2021. Game service (both western versions) was terminated in October 2021.

The game was rerereleased in west as a NFT game called Astel of Atra in December 2022. In this version of the game the Astels are tradeable NFTs stored in Polygon blockchain. Players can earn cryptocurrency in game, but they need to own an Astel NFT to obtain it. It's one of the first play-to-earn blockchain/cryptocurrency titles released (along with other Korean MMORPG title MIR4 of The Legend of Mir series). Astel of Atra was shut down Feb 10th 2023.

Sequel

Sesisoft released Astellia M on 14 October 2025 for Windows, iOS, and Android. Nexus announced in July 2026 Astellia M will be available on the company's blockchain game platform One.

References

  1. ↑ Altay, Omer (24 January 2019). "Astellia Will Be Buy to Play in the West, Promises not to be a Pay 2 Win". MMOs.com.
  2. ↑ Jeong, Hyeokjin (28 November 2018). ""아스텔리아, 수집형 콘텐츠-정통 PC MMO 매력 가진 게임"". ThisIsGame. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Astellia". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. ↑ Marasigan, Marc (2020-04-27). "Barunson E&A Leaves Astellia Online In The Hands Of Developer Studio 8". MMOs.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. ↑ Marasigan, Marc (2021-03-16). "Astellia Online Free-To-Play Version Called Astellia Royal Launches On Steam". MMOs.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. ↑ Marasigan, Marc (2021-08-13). "Astellia Royale Free-To-Play Spinoff Shutting Down Alongside Astellia In October". MMOs.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  7. ↑ "Astellia - Astellia Service Termination Notice (Updated) - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  8. ↑ Altay, Omer (2022-11-16). "Astellia Relaunching as a Play 2 Earn Blockchain MMORPG "Astel of Atra" and Will Have NFTs". MMOs.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  9. ↑ Official, Astel of Atra (2023-02-06). "[Notice] Announcement of the game termination". Medium. Retrieved 2023-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "모바일로 재탄생, "아스텔리아M" 10월 14일 정식 서비스 개시". ThisIsGame. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "넥써쓰, MMORPG부터 AI 게임까지… 온보딩 게임 라인업 9종 공개". ThisIsGame. 6 July 2026. Retrieved 25 October 2026.