The Day Before has been pulled from Steam after developers announced they are shutting down

By James On Dec 11, 2023

Hours after the announcement of that highly anticipated zombie survival game The day before was a financial failure and developer Fntastic closed down, the controversial game has been withdrawn from sale Steam. The day before was launched at Valve's storefront last Thursday, just four days ago. Fntastic has done that too his YouTube channel deleted of all videos from The day beforeand CEO Eduard Gotovtsev has deleted his X profile.

Fntastic and publisher Mytona had sold the game for $39.99 even after announcing that no more updates would be released for the game. The day before. It is not clear which party is involved The day before from Steam. Polygon has reached out to Fntastic, Mytona and Valve for clarification and will update this story when they respond. Polygon also contacted Gotovtsev directly via email.

For The day beforeFollowing its removal from Steam, sales figures for the game were reportedly revealed by Gotovtsev on Telegram. Those numbers, posted by GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless on Xshows The day before had sold at least 201,076 units through Steam. Gotovtsev's data also showed that 91,694 buyers of The day before requested a refund for the game via Steam. Polygon asked Gotovtsev whether these figures are correct.

The day before launched on Steam on December 7. Pitched as a massively multiplayer open-world survival game, the game launched in a raw, early access state. But early reviews from players of The day before turned it down, saying it had a much more limited scope than advertised. On Steam, The day before now has over 19,000 reviews that are 'overwhelmingly negative', with many calling Fntastic's game a 'scam'. It happened quickly the lowest rated Steam games of all time.

Before the launch of early access, The day before was the most desired game on Steam. The long-awaited release of the game (and a lot of skepticism from the developer Fantastic could keep his promise) was based on a impressive reveal trailer from 2021.