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Game shutdowns keep coming: ten titles closed between September and October 2026

Ten game shutdowns between September 1 and October 12, 2026, from Let It Die to Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, and what a shutdown means for players and for studios that build for phones.

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Sep 1Let It Die shutsdownGrid Legendsshuts downSep 11Sep 17Firewall Ultrashuts downFortnite: RocketRacing shuts downOct 1Oct 6FFVII: EverCrisis shuts downLooney Tunes:World of Mayhemshuts downOct 10
Six of the ten shutdowns, in date order, as listed on Wikipedia's 2026 page.

Ten games closed between September 1 and October 12, 2026, according to the year's list of video game events on Wikipedia. Each shutdown ends a game for every player still using it, and several of these titles were well known.

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Shutdowns on the list by month. The counts are our tally of the list entries, nothing more.

The list

  • Let It Die, September 1. Full shutdown on Windows and PS4.
  • Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, September 3. The iOS game shut down under Konami.
  • Grid Legends, September 11. Shut down by Codemasters and Electronic Arts.
  • Firewall Ultra, September 17. The PS5 game was shut down by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
  • Sociable Soccer 25, September 28. Shut down by Tower Studios.
  • Final Fantasy XIV Mobile (China), September 30. The Chinese mobile version shut down, by Square Enix and LightSpeed Studios.
  • Fortnite: Rocket Racing, October 1. Shut down by Epic Games.
  • Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, October 6. A mobile and PC game shut down by Square Enix.
  • Star Conflict, October 10. Shut down by Gaijin Network.
  • Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, October 10. The iOS game shut down by Scopely.

The list also records the Tower of Fantasy PS4 shutdown, scheduled for October 15, which falls after this article's date.

What a shutdown means

For a player, a shutdown is the end of the game with whatever progress they had. Some publishers offer a way to keep purchases or save data. Some do not. The final announcement and the support page are the places to check.

For a small studio, a shutdown is a reminder of why offline play matters. A game that works on the device, with progress kept there, does not depend on a server staying switched on. That is one reason our own games are built offline first.

Source

Dates and titles are from the 2026 list of video game events on Wikipedia. The counts in the chart are our own tally of that list. Check each publisher before relying on a date.

Questions people ask

What happens to my progress when a game shuts down?

It is lost unless the publisher offers a way to keep it. Check the game's final announcement and its support page.

Why does this matter to a mobile studio?

It is a reminder that a game can disappear when its servers are switched off. We think about how much of a game still works offline.