Soulframe opens its free alpha to every PC player on November 6
The Verse of the Veilands update lands alongside Open Preludes, adding the Omen Wolf mount, a world progression system called Veilands and new fishing.
Digital Extremes will open Soulframe's free alpha playtest to all PC players worldwide on Friday, November 6, 2026, ending the invite queue that has gated the Warframe studio's fantasy action RPG since its Preludes tests began. Anyone can sign up at the official site, download the launcher and play.
What Open Preludes means
Preludes is Digital Extremes' name for Soulframe's pre-alpha phase, which has run through 16 updates so far. Until now, players joined a waitlist and received invitations in weekly batches. Open Preludes drops that requirement for Windows PC, and the game stays free during this phase. Founders bundles with exclusive Pacts, weapons and armour remain on sale for anyone who wants to support development.
"It feels a little scary to finally open the gates like this," creative director Geoff Crookes said, adding that a bigger player base now will help shape the direction the game takes.
Verse of the Veilands
The doors open with a new update announced at the October 30 Devstream:
- Veilands: a world progression system unlocked after The Tormented Stag Fable, tracking the Ode's spreading corruption across Alca's overworld.
- Omen Wolf mount: train a wolf pup, purify two Veilands regions and feed it a Bairnday Biscuit to raise a rideable wolf. Digital Extremes says the mount system will keep developing.
- Ode Shrike Pact: a trap-focused kit with spike traps, balloon darts that lift enemies, damage-linking bola chains and an evasive bomb.
- Bita's Eve: the seasonal event returns with a headless horserider mini-boss, Veltruska, and limited-time rewards.
The game
Soulframe is an open-world fantasy action RPG built around melee, bows and magic, with co-op parties of up to four. You play an Envoy healing a land corrupted by the invading Ode, forming Pacts with Omen Beasts and taking on story quests called Fables.
For SEA players
Open Preludes runs through Digital Extremes' own launcher, not Steam. The Steam page, which you can wishlist for development updates ahead of a wider PC launch, lists Thai among its supported languages; console versions are planned later. Digital Extremes has not given a start time for November 6.
Source: TechPowerUp; Digital Extremes; Soulframe official site; Steam.
