The main March of Giants community on Reddit is r/MarchOfGiants. It is the subreddit the developers point to for feedback, it hosts the playtest access announcements, and its pinned posts are the fastest community source for dates. A second, larger thread appeared on r/pcgaming when preview coverage landed.
r/MarchOfGiants in short
The subreddit describes itself as the home of "Ubisoft's upcoming 4v4 War MOBA," and asks visitors to check the pinned posts for news on upcoming tests and details about the game. It was created on August 7, 2025, before the Closed Alpha opened.
Activity is modest rather than huge, which is normal for a game in testing. At the time this material was collected it showed roughly 1,290 weekly visitors and 362 weekly contributions, and those counters move constantly, so treat any specific figure as a snapshot rather than a fact.
The rules are deliberately simple: stay on topic, no personal attacks, no NSFW content. Moderation is light, and the subreddit also hosts a moderator account for the developer team.
The access information the subreddit hosts
The most practically useful post is the pinned Pioneer Playtest information, which lays out the window as October 7 at 10 AM EDT through October 18, open to North American and European players.
It gives the steps in order: visit the March of Giants Steam page, click "Request Access," wait for a notification email from Steam if selected, then download the game from your library. It also states that you need an Ubisoft Account and Ubisoft Connect installed to play.
That post is the community mirror of the official instructions. If you only read one thing on the subreddit, read that, because it answers the questions people ask most often.
The developer posts worth finding
Developers post directly to the subreddit from a team account. The most consequential recent post is "Regional Access Update Ahead Of The Next Playtest," which clarified who gets in and from where.
It confirmed that everyone in a supported region who had already signed up for the Steam playtest would be granted access, and that September 2025 Closed Alpha participants did not need to do anything. It also warned that the playtest was not yet downloadable at the time of posting.
The same post set the regional limits: North America and Europe are the officially supported regions, new sign-ups are limited to them, and servers for the test are located only in North America and Europe. Players connecting from farther away were told to expect higher latency, and the supported languages were listed as English, French, German and Spanish.
What players are actually saying
Playtest discussion is dominated by first impressions rather than complaints. One thread asking how people were enjoying the playtest drew two dozen upvotes, and a longer "I had no idea I needed this" post praised the flow of battle, the trenches and bunkers used to hold ground, and the feeling of saving resources for a final push.
The same player highlighted the theme song, saying it stayed in their head as soldiers shout it from the forts. They also suggested future map effects such as napalm barrages between lanes to make crossing more dangerous, which is the kind of concrete suggestion developers have said they want.
Smaller posts are practical rather than dramatic, including questions about whether item icons are placeholders in the current build. That is a community observation about an in-development build, so mark it as 待确认.
The r/pcgaming preview thread
The biggest off-subreddit discussion came from a r/pcgaming thread titled "March of Giants Preview - A MOBA That Actually Feels Different," which linked a preview article describing the game as freshening up the MOBA formula with RTS elements.
That thread is more sceptical than the subreddit. Several commenters said they lost interest once they saw Ubisoft Connect was required, and others questioned whether a new MOBA can find an audience in 2026 alongside League of Legends, Dota 2 and Deadlock.
It also contains the most useful counterpoint: one commenter described the 15-20 minute match length as "really appealing," while others said the game feels close to League's ARAM mode, meaning near-constant fighting. Another noted the game has "RTS features like base building," which appeals to different players than a pure MOBA does.
The videos linked from Reddit
Community match commentary is where the subreddit's footage usually points. One long-form commentary covers an Iron Sister match in detail, and another casts a draft-pick game featuring former Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft 2 professionals.
Those videos are useful for systems rather than news. They show merit income from last hits and structures, the augment choices, and how the Colossus and the Abomination decide games, all narrated in real time by players who already understand the map.
The Giant ability showcase videos are the other common link, with official-style breakdowns for Kragg, Voidmaster, Ossuary and others circulating alongside the Spotlights on the official site.
How to read the community safely
Check the date on everything. The subreddit is full of Closed Alpha discussion from 2025, and the game's itemisation, Soldier roles, Battleworks and map control have all changed since then, so old advice is not just stale but potentially misleading.
Be sceptical of precise numbers. Balance claims and tier rankings come from individual players in an unfinished build, and none of them can be verified against official data, so treat them as 待确认.
The most reliable Reddit sources remain the developer account, the pinned playtest posts, and the official Discord, which the studio says it reads daily during the test.
Other places players gather
Reddit is not the only community hub. The official Discord is where the developers say they spend time daily, and it is the channel the studio points to first for feedback, which makes it the better place for a conversation you want to have with the team rather than about them.
The subreddit sidebar links the other official destinations in one place: the Steam page, the Discord server, the March of Giants website, a bug reporter and Ubisoft Support. If you are new, that list is the fastest route to the right venue.
Steam's own community hub exists as well, with discussions and broadcasts, but it carries far less traffic than the subreddit for a game that is not yet released.
Etiquette and how the subreddit is moderated
The published rules are short: stay on topic, no personal attacks, and no NSFW content. That is deliberately minimal for a testing community, and it reflects how little content there is to police while the game is unreleased.
Developer posts are clearly marked with a developer flair, which makes them easy to find in a feed full of feedback threads. Checking that flair before treating a claim as official is the simplest habit to adopt.
Scores and comment counts on Reddit are volatile, so anything quoted from a thread is a snapshot from the moment it was collected rather than a lasting statistic.
What the numbers actually tell you
Weekly visitor and contributor counts are the only public metrics for the subreddit, and they move with each playtest window. During a test they rise; between tests they settle.
That makes them a rough interest indicator rather than a health score. A small, active community during a closed test is normal, and the more meaningful signal is whether the developers keep showing up to answer questions.
Sources
- r/MarchOfGiants: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchOfGiants/
- r/pcgaming, March of Giants Preview: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1wv9kw7/march_of_giants_preview_a_moba_that_actually/
- YouTube, Iron Sister match commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6FW17aZqpw
- Official site, marchofgiants.com: https://marchofgiants.com/en-gb/