The Day Before Goes Offline on January 22

Fntastic’s controversial shooter The Day Before will go offline on Jan. 22, 2024.

This was revealed on X (Twitter) with the following statement.

Dear Community,

We regret to inform you that the development company Fntastic has officially ceased operations, and as a result The Day Before
will be retired and the servers will be turned off on 22 January 2024.

As previously communicated, Mytona, as the investor, has been working in collaboration with Steam to facilitate refunds for all game purchasers. For any players that have not already had their purchase refunded, Steam will now proactively refund all remaining players.

We extend our gratitude for the community’s support throughout the project’s life. Unfortunately, without a development team, we had no alternative choice but to officially close the project.

We sincerely thank all our supporters throughout this journey and wish you all a happy holiday season.

X

For those who haven’t followed The Day Before, it’s a fascinating story of an highly anticipated title immediately crashing and burning.

After being the most wishlisted game on Steam, an overwhelming number of players found early access to be extremely disappointing. Within a day about half of the user base requested a refund, with an overwhelming number of returns.

Shortly after Fntastic revealed the studio would be closing down, and The Day Before will no longer be available for purchase.

Since then it was revealed anyone who wanted a refund would be able to via Steam, something today’s update confirms will be done automatically, and the player base is essentially dead. The past couple of days The Day Before has struggled to hit even 100 concurrent players, something that will only become increasingly difficult as we get closer to the Jan. 22 end date.