Dungeonborne, the game that once looked set to compete with Dark and Darker on the fantasy hack-and-slash extraction game front, is throwing in the towel. Developer Mithril Interactive announced today that new registrations and in-game purchases will be halted on February 28, and the game itself will go dark on May 28.
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But Dungeonborne brought one thing to the table that gave it a real advantage over Dark and Darker: It was on Steam, and Dark and Darker was not at the time, thanks to that Nexon lawsuit. That made Dungeonborne readily accessible to a much larger audience, and gave it an opportunity to really eat Dark and Darker's lunch.
It didn't work out that way. Dungeonborne launched into early access on Steam in July 2024 and while it managed an impressive peak concurrent player count of more than 39,000 out of the gate, those numbers quickly tanked: As recorded by SteamDB, its peak concurrent player count over the past 24 hours is just 22. A seeming lack of from developers surely didn't help that situation: After announcing a season 1 roap and releasing a pre-season patch at the end of September, updates stopped until today's announcement.
Somewhat ironically, Dark and Darker continues to rumble on. The game final open beta, and has maintained solid concurrent player counts ever since—its most recent 24-hour peak was just shy of 12,000.
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