Silver Palace has a date. The free-to-play open-world action adventure RPG launches December 14 for PlayStation 5 and PC via client, Gematsu reports.

A mid-December release slots the game into one of the more contested corners of the calendar: close enough to the holidays to catch players with free time, but late enough to dodge the big November retail releases. For a free-to-play title, that timing is less about launch sales and more about player acquisition — the opening weeks of a live-service RPG tend to determine whether it builds the critical mass its ongoing content model needs.

The open-world action RPG space has become the most crowded battleground in free-to-play gaming, with established giants commanding enormous shares of player time and spending. Any new entrant has to clear a high bar on production values and launch content just to get a look.

Day-one availability on PS5 alongside PC should help there, giving console players a frictionless way to try it. With the date now fixed, expect pre-registration pushes and a content roadmap reveal in the weeks before December 14.