Dauntless to shut down permanently in May

Phoenix Labs has declared that the action RPG, Dauntless, their free-to-play monster-hunting game launched in 2019, will cease operation on May 29. After this date, the game will no longer be accessible for play.

Phoenix Labs posted a brief statement on X to announce the shutdown of Dauntless.

In 2023, it’s said that daring game studio Phoenix Labs was taken over by Forte, a business focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. According to a report from Game Developer in 2024, employees at Phoenix Labs were asked to maintain secrecy about the acquisition.

2024 saw me, as a dedicated fan, witnessing Phoenix Labs letting go of more than a hundred team members, a move they repeated in January of this year. Yet, in the previous year, 2023, the studio graced us with Fae Farm – an engaging farming and lifestyle simulator that I had the pleasure of enjoying.

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2025-02-25 00:57