There was a time, back in the day, where youâd just buy a finished game and played it. No day-one updates or extra patchesâit was simple. These games couldnât âdieâ because they simplyâŠexisted. But as MMOs and live-service games (or âgames as a serviceâ) began to proliferate, requiring online servers and constant support from developers to keep things up and running, so too has the number of games thatâve hit in the graveyard. Please, bow your heads as were solemnly mark this yearâs casualties.
There were quite a few, too, from racing sims like Dirt Rally and Project Cars to battle royales like Hyper Scape and massively-multiplayer online role-playing games such as Tera. Not every game on this list is âdeadâ in the traditional sense, with some still having minor functionality that makes them somewhat playable, but all are no longer receiving developmental resources or updates, effectively making them dead games.
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With that, here are 14 games that died in 2022:
