Square Enix Invests in BetaDwarf to Accelerate Vaultbreakers Development

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Square Enix Invests in BetaDwarf to Accelerate Vaultbreakers Development

BetaDwarf Continues Its Momentum for Upcoming Game Vaultbreakers with First Gameplay Trailer, New Playtest, and Major Investment from Square Enix.

(Copenhagen, Denmark) - July 7th, 2025 - After revealing their new project: Vaultbreakers, in January 2025, BetaDwarf today announced a new investment led by Square Enix to accelerate the development of this upcoming title. The studio is also announcing their first Gameplay Trailer and new playtest, running from July 3-9.

Vaultbreakers is a top-down high-stakes adventure Action RPG. Fight challenging bosses in heroic brawler combat. Explore a dynamic world that reacts to your actions. Reclaim lost relics and escape! Play solo or with friends in savage PvE & PvPvE modes.

Watch the new Gameplay Trailer for Vaultbreakers here:


Join the July 3-9 Playtest

Square Enix invests in BetaDwarf

The investment marks a major milestone for BetaDwarf, the team behind Forced and Minion Masters, and signifies growing publisher interest in high-concept multiplayer games built around cooperation, skill, and dynamic gameplay.

“Square Enix is always looking for high-quality games and talented development studios. When I played Vaultbreakers, I was genuinely excited by the experience of connecting with other players and exploring its rich game world.”, said Hideaki Uehara, General Manager, Business Development at Square Enix Holdings. “After visiting BetaDwarf and learning about the team’s mission and passion, we decided to invest in them to help realize their dream and bring this game to players around the world.”

The funding will help BetaDwarf improve its production capabilities and deepen the game’s ongoing community-driven development.

“Being accompanied by Square Enix on our journey is an amazing access to a combination of knowledge, talent, and resources.”, said Steffen Kabbelgaard, CEO and Game Director at BetaDwarf. “We are already very far with our dream game Vaultbreakers: we have a huge amazing community, and we have already run 15+ tests with more than 50,000 players who constantly enable us to refine. So getting this additional support feels amazing when we are far into production already. I can really see how this enables a home run vs having just started on an uncertain journey - yeah, I’m just really excited about our situation!”

What’s New: Gameplay Trailer, new Features & Public Playtest (July 3–9)

Alongside the announcement of the Square Enix investment, BetaDwarf is unveiling its first full gameplay trailer and launching a weeklong public playtest to showcase the latest evolution of Vaultbreakers.

Following the overwhelming success of the January playtest, BetaDwarf has reprioritized its development roadmap based on community feedback. As a result, two of the most requested features, a Solo Queue and the PvE mode, are being fast-tracked. The Solo Queue will be available in this playtest, while the PvE-only mode is scheduled to arrive in the coming months.

Playtest Highlights

Playtest started on July 3rd, 9 am CEST, and end on July 9th, 11:59 pm CEST
Players can get a Playtest Key by visiting vaultbreakers.com or through Twitch Drops Campaign on Twitch

New Features

Evolving haven: Take your base from a pile of rocks to a powerful base of operations to unlock helpful NPC’s, new abilities, and lots of upgrades
Activable Items: Strategically use tools that enhance your build, like a grappling hook or a way to summon a wolf to fight with you
Playstyle Expression Upgrades: Expanded perk options and itemization to further customize your Champions
Solo & Duo Queue: Select your queue and face either solo or duo players.
More unpredictable enemies: New varied spawn locations system and varied patrol paths

And much more!

To learn more about the game, visit our Steam Page.

About BetaDwarf

BetaDwarf is a Danish company founded in 2012, where the team started working on their first game by squatting in an abandoned university classroom for 7 months. 13 years later, the team has published several games like Forced, Forced: Showdown, and the multiplayer game Minion Masters, which has been downloaded more than 4M times and has a 89% positive rating on Steam. BetaDwarf is now an ambitious venture company trying to push the boundaries of co-op games to create lifelong friendships all around and across the world.