Raw Power Games, the developer behind Chronicles: Medieval, has warned that it could close before the game reaches Early Access. In a public message posted October 31, the Copenhagen-based studio said the funding needed to continue development is “no longer in place,” leaving both the project and the team in an uncertain position.
The statement is notable for its directness. Rather than presenting a revised launch target, a narrowed feature plan, or a routine delay, Raw Power said it cannot keep building the game without the lost funding. The studio described itself as being at “real risk” of closure, while stressing that it does not yet know the final outcome.
Chronicles: Medieval was announced at Summer Game Fest 2025 and has attracted attention for a premise that combines a medieval open world, large-scale strategy and ground-level action. Its announcement trailer, narrated by Tom Hardy, has received more than 2 million views. That interest is meaningful, but Raw Power’s message makes clear that visibility does not automatically solve a studio’s immediate financial needs.
What Raw Power Games has said
The studio framed the problem as a loss of necessary backing caused by circumstances outside its control. It also emphasized that the team has been working across Copenhagen and remotely, and that Early Access had appeared to be within reach.
That wording matters because it establishes what is known—and what is not. Raw Power has not said that Chronicles: Medieval is cancelled. It has not confirmed a shutdown, either. But it has stated plainly that development cannot continue without funding and that closure is a genuine possibility.
The developer asked interested players to keep the game wishlisted and continue discussing it. That is a request for sustained public attention, not a promise that wishlisting will restore financing or guarantee a release. Fans should therefore treat the game’s future as unresolved until the studio provides a further update.
Why an Early Access milestone still needs funding
Early Access generally describes a model in which a game is made available to players before its developers consider it complete. It can allow a team to gather feedback while continuing to update, rebalance and expand the project. Crucially, though, getting to that stage still requires a functioning studio: staff, infrastructure, production coordination and the capacity to support the game after players arrive.
Raw Power’s situation illustrates the gap between being close to a public milestone and being financially able to cross it. A game can have a trailer, public interest and a playable build while remaining dependent on the funding that pays the team to finish, maintain and develop it. “Within reach” is not the same thing as secured.
Related coverage includes Chronicles: Medieval Studio Warns It Could Close Before Early Access Launch.
It also explains why the studio’s appeal focuses on wishlists and conversation. Those signals can help demonstrate interest in a project. They may be useful when a developer is seeking support or trying to show that an audience exists. They are not, by themselves, a substitute for the funding Raw Power says is missing.
The game that is now in limbo
Chronicles: Medieval has been presented as an open-world action/strategy sandbox. A sandbox game is built around systems and player-driven activity rather than one strictly prescribed route through its content. The project’s particular hook is the relationship between high-level command and direct participation in the fighting.
Public impressions described the scale and detail of its battles as impressive, while highlighting the ability to move into a commander at ground level for a third-person action perspective. In plain terms, the intended experience appears to include both the wider decision-making associated with commanding forces and a more immediate view from within the conflict.
That blend is ambitious, and the available impressions also noted that the game still felt early at the time. This is useful context for readers assessing the funding warning: the project had generated enthusiasm around its scope, but it was not being presented as a finished game. The studio’s own statement now puts the next stage of that work in jeopardy.
Anyone following other ambitious games with unusual systems may also be interested in how Stranger Than Heaven is approaching player-facing combat “cheats”. The projects are not directly comparable, but both underline how distinctive mechanics can become central to a game’s identity long before release.
What players should—and should not—read into the update
The strongest conclusion supported by Raw Power’s message is that the studio needs a funding resolution to keep making Chronicles: Medieval. It is reasonable to expect uncertainty around the Early Access plan while that remains unresolved.
It would be a mistake, however, to turn that warning into claims the developer has not made. There is no confirmed cancellation in the statement. There is no newly announced Early Access date, no disclosed replacement funding arrangement and no indication that the game has entered a different phase of development. There is also no basis to assume that the trailer audience will translate into a solution.
For players, the practical takeaway is simple: keep expectations conditional. Wishlisting the game or sharing interest may be the specific forms of support the team has asked for, but neither should be confused with a confirmed release path. The more important update will be whether Raw Power can say that its funding position has changed.
A difficult moment for the people making the game
Beyond the status of a single release, Raw Power’s note centers the people behind it. The studio praised employees for the effort they have put into the project and acknowledged that they are carrying the heaviest burden. That is the human consequence behind phrases such as “funding is no longer in place”: a development team’s work, jobs and future plans can all become unstable before players ever receive the game.
The studio says it intends to keep fighting for the project. For now, that is an expression of determination rather than a confirmed recovery plan. Chronicles: Medieval remains a game with demonstrated interest and an ambitious action-strategy concept, but its route to Early Access depends on whether Raw Power Games can secure the support it says it has lost.
