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We’re still living until 2023, and a surprising number of games have already been destroyed as developers have announced their imminent demise. We usually reserve this list is for the end of the year, but we’re ringing the bell early because with 15 games already up for public performance, we need to start paying our respects now. So let’s get straight to it.
Update 03/08/2023, 6:30 PM ET: We’ve added 12 more games to this article that have already been disabled, will no longer receive updates, and/or are slated to be delisted in the near future. This brings our total number of dead or soon-to-expire games to a whopping 27. That’s a lot of deaths.
Update 5/3/2023 5:35 PM ET: Another couple of months have passed, which means we’ve updated this story with another collection of games that have unceremoniously died in one way, shape, or form. This time around, we’re reporting the premature termination of nine more games. Pour one – or 36 – out, folks.
Update 09/6/2023 1:00 PM ET: Here we are again. A month later, and we’re updating this story to include more games that have been delayed in one capacity or another. RIP to those seven games. Our total is now 43. We will miss you.
Update 8/4/2023 2:15 PM ET: It’s been about two months since we last updated this article, and in that time another 11 games have creaked. Now our total number of games that died in 2023 is up to 54. Wow, we’re getting close to 100.
Update 11/28/2023 4:45 PM ET: That’s how three months passed. A lot has happened in that time—notably, many games have been shut down for good—so we thought it was about time to update this list of games that ended in 2023. We used to be at 54 dead games. Today we added six more, bringing the total to 60. Is 2023 over yet?