The medieval MMORPG “Gloria Victis” was released in 2016 as an early access title on Steam, but only went into release in February 2023. But now it’s already over: The burden of maintaining such a game is simply too high, say the developers. On October 31, 2023, the servers will close.
What kind of game is Gloria Victis?
- The development began in 2012 as a Kickstarter project, the MMORPG then launched in a pre-alpha and was playable on Steam as an early access title for 7 years. However, Gloria Victis never really had a breakthrough during that time.
- In February 2023, it finally launched on Steam and reached a peak of 4,175 concurrent players: In recent months, however, only about 400 players were online on average. Just a little more than before the release.
- Gloria Victis is a medieval MMORPG that places great value on realism, with open PVP and a complex crafting system. It has 70% positive reviews on Steam. In addition to the MMORPG, there is also a survival game “Siege Survival: Gloria Victis”.
Indie team says they are exhausted – Could never take a break
This is what the developers say about the end: The developers say they have worked on the MMORPG for a decade and that it has been a great journey and an important part of their lives: The team has released 370 updates since the game came to Steam in 2016.
But it is incredibly hard to maintain an MMORPG 24/7 with 15 people against “all odds.”
They are ultimately exhausted and could never take the rest they need to keep such a development going. This ultimately leads to burnouts and they can no longer support the game.
After contemplating the situation countless times, they decide “mainly for financial reasons” to shut down the servers on October 31, 2023. The game has always been a niche. The developers say: It is also difficult to expand Gloria Victis without betraying the identity of the game. They would have to spend more and more resources to continue developing the game while maintaining the pace.
Because the MMORPG is so resource-intensive, they do not believe that the community can simply continue it.
Ultimately, they will also close the studio in the coming months. This strongly resembles the statement from the Munich studio Mimimi.
What is the community’s reaction? Some are disappointed. One writes that he has spent 3,700 hours in the MMORPG.
Others react somewhat bitterly. One user says he will add Gloria Victis to his list of “Why you should never buy an early access game” games, along with Last Oasis and Tree of Life.
Many are urging the developers to release the code so that the game can continue to live on.
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