Before the demo
- August 2025. Koin Games and Immutable announce "Project O", a competitive TCG built for mobile with true ownership of cards.
- November 2025. Soft launch on the App Store in selected regions (version 0.1.0).
- Early 2026. The studio moves card trading to the Steam marketplace and drops the stand-alone on-chain model.
- March 2026. The CEO is filmed with physical metal cards. No product or date has been announced.
2026, month by month
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 6 May | Steam page goes live, wishlist opens |
| 3 June | Official Discord opens to everyone |
| 15–16 July | Free demo on Steam with exclusive collectibles |
| 21 July | First numbers: 1,000+ players, 13,000+ matches, 1h51m median play time |
| 22 July | AMA with CEO Tim Jooste and head of design Kevin Lambert |
| 24 July | First demo tournament |
| 24–26 July | Origins at Card Party, Fort Lauderdale |
| 7 August | First "Demo 2.0" playtest: 5 new decks, 70+ cards, deckbuilding |
| 14 August | Patch 0.6.1: ranked ladder |
| 19 August | Creator Program AMA |
| 21 August | Patch 0.6.2: 23 cards rebalanced |
| 27 August | Patch 0.6.3 |
| 28 August | Big Bob's Playtest Battle, first Conquest tournament, 130+ registered |
| 9 September | Next Fest tournament announced |
| 10 September | Kickstarter AMA on the official Discord: Alpha Edition, rarities, grading, trading, VIP discount |
| 17 September | Koin Games' CEO gives the Kickstarter date: the Alpha Edition campaign opens on 27 October |
| 21 September | First big demo update: new interface and board, collectors tutorial, test packs, balance changes, tentative Crimson Cup card list |
| 24 September | Crimson Cup rules: Conquest with three decks, check-in |
| 29 September | Patch 0.7, the final balance patch before the Crimson Cup: Twister Toss reworked, Bagheera, Mind Palace and Spellbook cost one more, locations get a rarity, 13 languages |
| 15 October | "Ranked is here!": ranked mode opens in the demo, with the ladder stopping at Grandmaster |
| 19–26 October | Steam Next Fest: more than 20,000 wishlists, 30,000 demo downloads and over 300 people streaming the game, according to Koin Games |
| 19–25 October | The Crimson Cup, the Steam Next Fest tournament: five regional qualifiers, playoffs on the 24th and finals on the 25th, won by CoachCrono; prizes worth $10,000 and a peak of over 5,000 viewers on Twitch |
| 27 October | End of the demo and Early Access with update 0.8: Grandmaster Division open, graded cards, collectible cards on the Steam Market; the same day the Kickstarter for the Alpha Edition opens |
What comes next
- Now. Origins TCG is free on Steam in Early Access, and the Kickstarter for the Alpha Edition, whose date Koin Games' CEO gave on 17 September, is running: everything about it in our Kickstarter guide.
- Early December 2026. End of ranked season 1, the first of Early Access, according to Koin's current plan, which may change.
- Around 17 March 2027. Version 1.0: the Steam page says Koin aims to leave Early Access "roughly March 17th, 2027", a date that may change.
- 2027. Mobile version and pack opening on phone. In the AMAs the team has described a full launch with the complete roster of Legendary cards, including King Arthur, Dracula, Winnie-the-Pooh, Alice, Beowulf, Cinderella, Sweeney Todd, Frankenstein and Sherlock Holmes.
Dates come from the official Steam posts and the Steam page of the game (read on 28 October 2026), the studio's Discord and, for the Kickstarter date, the post of Koin Games' CEO. We update this page when they change.
Frequently asked questions
- When did Origins TCG launch on Steam?
- In Early Access on 27 October 2026, with update 0.8, as a free-to-play game. Koin Games aims to leave Early Access with version 1.0 "roughly" on 17 March 2027, according to the Steam page: a date that may change.
- When was the Crimson Cup?
- From 19 to 25 October 2026, during Steam Next Fest: five regional qualifiers from the 19th to the 22nd, then playoffs on the 24th and finals on the 25th, won by CoachCrono. Prizes were worth $10,000 and included an exclusive 1/1 promo card.
- Is there a mobile version of Origins TCG?
- Not yet. The mobile version and pack opening on phone are announced for 2027. The game soft-launched on the App Store in selected regions in November 2025, before the studio moved card trading to Steam.
- When did the free demo come out?
- On 15–16 July 2026, on Steam, with exclusive collectibles for demo players. The ranked ladder came to the closed playtest with patch 0.6.1 on 14 August 2026 and to the demo on 15 October. The demo ended on 27 October 2026, when the game moved to Early Access.
Written by Pierluigi “Aldry” Cella · The whole editorial team
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