Amazon Games is winding down King of Meat

King of Meat‘s reign is ending. The game will end service on April 9, lower than a yr after its October 2025 debut. The Amazon Games-published title might be playable till that date, however will then be taken fully offline.

“Despite the creativity and innovation Glowmade brought to King of Meat, the game has unfortunately not found the audience we hoped for,” the announcement learn.

Developer Glowmade had excessive hopes for King of Meat, its debut sport, however it fell starkly in need of expectations. The developer wished a concurrent participant rely of at the very least 100,000, however peaked at 320, according to Insider Gaming. The sport had a multi-million greenback advertising and marketing finances that included a video on MrBeast’s YouTube channel and custom-wrapped London buses. The firm even made a pilot for an animated TV present. Here at Engadget, we had been so-so on a preview model of the sport.

December introduced voluntary redundancies to Glowmade after earlier assurances to workers. Anyone who has bought King of Meat will have the ability to get a refund via their buy platform and, typically, these refunds ought to course of robotically by April 9.

While plainly King of Meat struggled to achieve its viewers, Amazon has a historical past of pulling video games which are well-liked. Last fall, Amazon Games introduced it will wind down assist for New World: Aeternum, which first debuted in 2021. The information got here because the division confronted layoffs, however simply that week the sport had reached virtually 50,000 concurrent gamers on Steam.