Is Brighter Shores down? Server status & maintenance monitoring
Brighter Shores, RuneScape creator Andrew Gower’s new MMO, was released on November 6 as a free-to-play title and shares many similarities with the latter.
As with all massively multiplayer titles, game servers can be temperamental, especially during early launch periods. Routine and emergency maintenance can and will interrupt availability, so here’s everything you need to know about Brighter Shores’ current server status.
Are the Brighter Shores servers down?
At the time of writing, the Brighter Shores servers are up but some players have reported not being able to log in. We’ll update this article as and when Fen Research provides more details on when the server instability will be resolved.
Until then, players have been providing updates on their accounts via Reddit, with some reports of rollbacks taking place.
On November 6, a member of the Brighter Shores development team, Paul Gower, confirmed that Brighter Shores has been experiencing server crashes, resulting in some players being kicked and unable to log in.
Brighter Shores scheduled maintenance times
As of writing, it’s unknown when developer Fen Research intends to take Brighter Shores down for routine maintenance, but we’ll update this as soon as we learn more.
How to check Brighter Shores server status
Brighter Shores is currently only available on Steam. You can check the server status by simply booting the game and attempting to log in directly.
Alternatively, if you’re unable to access the game, creator Andrew Gower and Brighter Shores have their own X/Twitter pages that post regular updates and can be checked for downtime notices.
On top of this, we’ll be closely monitoring the game’s servers, so if anything changes we’ll update this page. So, be sure to bookmark this page and check back soon.
For more information on Brighter Shores, including everything included in early access and key gameplay features, check out our dedicated guide.