The day before Developer Fntastic shut down a week after the game’s Early Access launch, the company Announcedciting the game’s financial failure as the reason for the closure.
The day before released in early access for PC via Steam on December 7 to “mostly negative” reviews. It was expected to remain in early access for six to eight months, but now that Fntastic has closed, the game’s future is unknown. The servers will remain online for the time being.
Get the full message about Fntastic closing below.
Today we announce the closure of the Fntastic studio. Unfortunately, The day before has failed financially and we lack the funds to continue. All income received is used to pay off debts to our partners.
We invest all our efforts, resources and man hours in the development of The day before, which was our first big game. We really wanted to release new patches to reveal the full potential of the game, but unfortunately we don’t have the funds to continue the work.
It is important to note that we do not receive any money from the public during the development of The day before; there were no pre-orders or crowdfunding campaigns. We worked tirelessly for five years, pouring blood, sweat and tears into the game.
For now, the future of The day before and support night It is unknown, but the servers will remain operational.
We apologize if we do not meet your expectations. We did everything in our power, but unfortunately we miscalculated our capabilities. Creating games is an incredibly challenging task.
We thank everyone who supported us during these difficult years. It’s been a fantastic journey over the last eight
years:
- 2015: Opening of the studio.
- 2017: Launch of The eight savages
- 2018: Launch of dead dozen
- 2018: Launch of Radiant
- 2021: Launch of support night
- 2023: Launch of The day before
-Fantastic