FNTASTIC has delivered a statement revealing that it’s closing its doors permanently, just five days after The Day Before, its post-apocalyptic open-world MMO, released on Steam last week.
Here’s the full statement from FNTASTIC, which explained that it doesn’t have any money left to support the game, although servers will supposedly remain online:
Today, we announce the closure of Fntastic studio. Unfortunately, The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue. All income received is being used to pay off debts to our partners.
We invested all our efforts, resources, and man-hours into the development of The Day Before, which was our first huge game. We really wanted to release new patches to reveal the full potential of the game, but unfortunately, we don’t have the funding to continue the work.
It’s important to note that we didn’t take 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 our blood, sweat, and tears into the game.
At the moment, the future of The Day Before and Propnight is unknown, but the servers will remain operational.
We apologize if we didn’t meet your expectations. We did everything within our power, but unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities. Creating games is an incredibly challenging endeavor.
We’re grateful to everyone who supported us during these difficult years. It’s been a fantastic journey over the past eight years:
2015: Opening of the studio
2017: Release of The Wild Eight
2018: Release of Dead Dozen
2018: Release of Radiant One
2021: Release of Propnight
2023: Release of The Day Before
The Day Before launched on December 7 and quickly drew a ton of negative reviews on Steam, with some calling the game a scam, one that turned out to be an extraction shooter rather than an open-world survival MMO as FNTASTIC had seemingly promised.
“This game is just not what it was sold as and now the company is packing up and dipping with the money just do not buy this game it shouldn’t even still be listed on steam,” said one reviewer.
“Bigger scam than star citizen,” said another.
FNTASTIC appears to have scrubbed its YouTube channel, but trailers for the game, including its announcement from years ago, remain online from other sources: