Olympus 2249 release date and unlock time

October 6, 2026 is the date on the Steam listing, and no storefront or developer statement ever named an unlock hour. The game unlocked on that date and is now on sale in Early Access; below is the confirmed date, the clearly-labelled timezone estimates made before launch, and where the price actually lives.

Facts checked November 12, 2026Reading time 3 min readEvidence cited per claim

Pre-launch estimates

Estimated unlock times by timezone

No official unlock moment was ever published. The estimates below assume Steam’s common global release pattern for mid-list titles — a single worldwide unlock around 10:00 AM Pacific — and were labelled unconfirmed before launch; the game simply became available on October 6, 2026.

Unconfirmed

Unconfirmed: Dieselship Studio has published no unlock hour. Treat every row below as an estimate, not a schedule.

TimezoneEstimated unlockBasis
Pacific Time (PT)≈ 10:00 AM, October 6Steam’s common global release moment. Unconfirmed.
Eastern Time (ET)≈ 1:00 PM, October 6PT + 3 hours. Unconfirmed.
GMT / UTC≈ 5:00 PM, October 6PT is UTC-7 in October (daylight saving). Unconfirmed.
China Standard Time (CST)≈ 1:00 AM, October 7UTC + 8, so the unlock lands after midnight. Unconfirmed.

What is confirmed about the timing

Exactly one thing was ever public: the calendar date. The Steam listing carried "Oct 6, 2026" and nothing finer — no hour, no preload window, no regional rollout map. Steam releases most mid-list games at a single global moment rather than rolling midnight by region, which is why the estimates above anchor on one Pacific-time instant, but Valve decides that per title and nothing for this game was ever made public. The game has since unlocked, so those estimates stand only as a record of what was expected before launch.

The game is out now in Early Access: the Steam store page is where the purchase button, the price and the download size live. The unlock hour was never published, and as of October 7, 2026 the store page offers the game with no hour stated.

Price and purchase status

Olympus 2249 is on sale on Steam now, in Early Access. The store page is the only place that shows the price — this site does not publish a figure. Per the Steam Early Access note, the game already includes all of the planned game systems and mechanics plus the first of the three story acts, and Early Access will be used to fine-tune the balance of the RPG, combat and economy systems, flesh out the different playstyles, improve the existing systems based on player feedback, and finish the story.

Still unannounced

These are release details a launch page is normally expected to answer. The October 6, 2026 unlock settled the date but not the rest, and no source states them.

  • The exact unlock hour on Steam. No hour was ever published: the game simply became available on October 6, 2026.
  • Whether that unlock was one global moment or staggered by region.
  • Whether a preload window was ever offered. No source states one.
  • What future Early Access updates will add, beyond the developer’s stated intent to tune balance, expand the playstyles, improve systems from feedback and finish the story.
  • Whether a day-one patch shipped, and what it contained.

Where these facts come from

Every entry below is labelled by what it is: a platform store listing, a press report, an official news feed, a video, or a community thread. No source here carries review scores or a price — where a page needs one of those, it says so instead of guessing.

  • Store listing Olympus 2249 on Steam (app 5094490) — The only storefront listing. Describes a single-player, turn-based cRPG and an atmospheric journey through post-nuclear dieselpunk America, dated October 6, 2026. On October 7, 2026 the listing no longer showed coming-soon state: it offers the game for purchase and carries an Early Access note stating that it "already includes all of the planned game systems and mechanics, as well as the first of the three story acts", with Early Access to be used to fine-tune RPG, combat and economy balance, flesh out the different playstyles, improve systems from player feedback and finish the story. No unlock hour was ever published. This site does not republish the price.
  • Press report RPGCodex — Olympus 2249 announcement news (Infinitron, 2026-09-22) — The announcement report. Names Dieselship Studio as the developer, frames Olympus 2249 as the standalone sequel to Olympus 2207 — the Fallout 2 total-conversion mod — states that playing the mod is not required, and carries the official announcement trailer.
  • Press report ixbt.games — Olympus 2249 announcement report (2026-09-25) — A second announcement report. Describes the turn-based combat system, noting that players can take their time to plan positioning and actions, and identifies the developer as the Russian team behind the Olympus 2207 mod for Fallout 2.
Questions

Release date questions

When is the Olympus 2249 release date?

October 6, 2026, on PC via Steam — and that is the day it unlocked: the game is out now in Early Access. The date appears on the Steam listing and is repeated in the RPGCodex and ixbt.games announcement reports.

What time does Olympus 2249 unlock?

Never announced. No unlock hour was ever published, and the game simply became available on October 6, 2026. The pre-launch expectation of a single worldwide unlock around 10:00 AM Pacific (5:00 PM UTC) was a labelled estimate, not a schedule.

Can I buy Olympus 2249 now?

Yes. The Steam listing left coming-soon state on October 6, 2026 and now offers the game in Early Access. There was no pre-order before launch, and the store page is the only place showing the price.

How much does Olympus 2249 cost?

The Steam store page shows the current price and any launch discount — that is the only place to check it, and this site does not publish a figure.

Has Olympus 2249 been delayed?

No delay is reported in any source checked. The October 6, 2026 date was consistent across the Steam listing and the announcement coverage as of October 6, 2026.