Phoenix Labs has announced that multiplayer monster-hunting action RPG Dauntless will shut down in May, and while the studio hasn't given a concrete reason for the game shutting down, it's easy to guess why it's happening.
In a rather terse message on Steam, Phoenix Labs simply says that Dauntless will shut down on May 29th and that it will receive "no additional content or updates". From May 29th, you'll no longer be able to play Dauntless.
It sounds like not only will there be no new content after the shutdown (naturally), but that the game won't be getting any major updates before then, either. In short, Dauntless is basically a dead game walking at this point.
So, why is Dauntless shutting down? Well, while Phoenix Labs doesn't give a reason (in either the official announcement or in a Discord message sent to players, apparently), we can make a very strong educated guess.
A quick look at Dauntless' Steam numbers (via SteamDB, as usual) shows an active player count of just 61, with 107 players checking into the game over the last 24 hours. It's clear players aren't exactly flocking to Dauntless right now.
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