Secret of the Solstice is a Free-to-play MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) developed and published by DNC Entertainment in Korea and hosted by Outspark in the international English market. It is the second MMO published by Outspark, and includes many features common themes of the MMORPG genre. Secret of the Solstice features a cute, anime-inspired visual style. Player characters, monsters, and non-player characters (NPCs) are represented as 2D sprites while environments and background elements are rendered in 3D.

Secret of the Solstice is set in the fantasy kingdom of Xen. Here a great king, his queen, and his twin daughters Adeline and Marian once ruled the land in peace. As the twin princesses grew older, however, they grew increasingly different. Adeline, the heir to the throne, was loved by the people of Xen and grew strong and kind. Marian, jealous of her sister’s admirerers, grew bitter and envious. On their eighteenth birthday, the king presented Adeline with the Solstice Sphere, an ancient and mysterious relic of great power. Marian became enraged with envy, and began a war to obtain the Solstice Sphere from her twin sister, dividing the land of Xen and devouring it in conflict.

As with other MMORPGs, Secret of the Solstice allows players to control avatars in a persistent game world where they can explore the landscape, battle monsters, complete quests, learn skills and magical abilities, and interact with NPCs and other players. The game rewards success with in-game currency, items, and experience points. As players earn experience, they level up and grow more powerful. Secret of the Solstice has a maximum level of 180.

Upon leveling up, players receive a single status point (except for levels that end in a 5 they receive 2 status points and for levels that end in a 0 they receive 3 status points), which they can spend to increase any one of their six statistics and customize their character. The 6 statistics are: Power, Agility, Intelligence, Wisdom, Stamina, and Mentality. Power increases a player`s damage, and weight capacity. The effects of Power differ among the jobs because of differences in gears. Too much power decreases attack speed. Agility increases dodge rate, attack speed, and attack power. Agility is useful but too much means weak attacks, fast but weak. Intelligence is the most interesting statistic, while it is useless to close ranged players, it is extremely beneficial to ranged characters. While it increases a spell`s damage, it does nothing for close ranged characters.

All Secret of the Solstice players begin the game as a Xenian, a very basic class with very basic skills and abilities. After completing the in-game tutorial and reaching level 16, players can select a more specialized class by joining one of the four job guilds – squire, apprentice, acolyte, and neophyte. Players buy most of their class’ skills from skill book merchant NPCs or by hunting monsters that drop skill books. The skills they can learn are dependent on their character’s job and level. After level 66, skill books must be found through hunting, since the skill book merchant does not sell level 66+ skill books. Players can acquire second grade skills from defeated enemies or by trading with other players. There are three skill types: single-target “General Skills,” multi-target “Scope Skills, or Area of Effect (AoE)” and “Sub Magic Skills,” which strengthen characters.