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.
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
