Major game enjoyed by 15 million players shutting down in DAYS as baffled fans told it ‘will no longer be available’

A GAME enjoyed by more than 15million people at its peak is preparing to bow out in just a couple of weeks.

Developers have warned players that the title “will no longer be available to play”;; on May 29, six years after its successful launch.

The game launched in 2019 and had 15million active players at its peakBosses said a ‘decline of active players’ had lead to the game’s closure

Dauntless burst onto the scene with largely positive reviews and quickly gained users.

The free-to-play action role-playing game was available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One,, Nintendo Switch and PC.

“Dauntless is shutting down on May 29, 2025,”;; Phoenix Labs said.

“Dauntless will receive no additional content or updates.

“The game will no longer be available to play on May 29, 2025.”;;

In a separate post on the game’s website, the firm said: “We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Dauntless due to the negative public reception of TK and subsequent decline of active players.”;;

Despite starting off successfully, players say that changes in ownership of the company behind it “ruined the game”;;.

“The game is nothing like I remember it when it first launched,”;; one person wrote on .

“They literally killed their own game,”;; another commented.

“At this point I feel like it was on purpose.”;;

A third raged: “I hate to see the game die, I loved it for years, but the company that bought the game forcefully turned it into a mtx hellscape and they deserve to have it crash and fail.

“I hope the excellent devs that did the work can find new work quickly.”;;

More game closures coming up

Online games are routinely shut down as user numbers drop.

This is because it becomes no longer viable to run the servers that host the .

Here’s a list of major games due to shut down throughout 2025:

• MultiVersus – May 30
• xDefiant – June 3
• The First Descendant – June 19
• Black Desert – June 26
• Resident Evil ReVerse – June 29
• Madden NFL 21 – June 30
• Arizona Sunshine – July 1
• Skyworld – July 1
• Danmachi Battle Chronicle – September 29
• WWE 2K24 – September 30
• Madden NFL 22 – October 20
• PGA Tour 2K21 – October 30
• NBA 2K24 – December 31