The creators of the original network shooter Lemnis Gate have announced that the game will soon be disappearing from Steam. Despite positive reviews from gamers, the game survived less than two years on the market.
If you haven’t heard of Lemnis Gate, this is the deal. It’s a futuristic networked FPS produced by Ratloop Games Canada, which debuted just over a year and a half ago on PC and next-gen consoles.
Features that were meant to differentiate the game from the competition were time manipulation and splitting the game into 25-second sequences. It turns out that these unique mechanics didn’t save the game from an untimely end.
Good reviews are not enough
A few days ago, the developers announced their decision to no longer support Lemnis Gate. The process of “dying” the game is divided into two stages:
- Effective April 11, 2023, the game will be removed from Steam and other platforms, making it no longer available for purchase.
- On July 11, 2023, the servers will be shut down. (on consoles you will still be able to play local multiplayer and practice mode).
The developers at Ratloop Games Canada thanked all the players who supported the game with their commitment (and their wallets) during these months. And I guess that’s the problem: despite rave reviews, Lemnis Gate never gained a loyal enough fan base.
As the SteamDB data suggests, aside from the authors, few people will mourn the fate of Lemnis Gate: the game’s all-time activity record is just 807 people (close to the first). Admittedly, the game performed well on Twitch – even over 20,000 people watched the game’s launch streams. its existence, the title did not attract more than 30 people at a time on Steam.
The futuristic shooter quickly lost interest among gamers Source: Ratloop Games Canada
Despite the lack of popularity, news of the game’s “death” was accepted with regret by gamers who bonded with Lemnis Gate. Some, in the comments under the devs post, ask the team to keep some features, like leaving local mode on PC or the ability to host their own servers.
A fan can’t get over the death of Lemnis Gate so much so that he created a petitionwhose goal is to save the game for unplugging the plug. At this point, 21 people have signed it.
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