The Day Before
The Day Before dev is apparently suing a website for calling the game a scamMar 18, 2025 - PCGamesNAfter years of hype, on Thursday December 7, 2023, The Day Before was finally unleashed onto PC. Immediately, it was clear that something was wrong. A lot of players couldn't get into lobbies. Those who did discovered empty, lifeless maps, and a survival shooter that looked extremely different to what had been shown in trailers. Four days later, developer Fntastic announced it was refunding everybody and shutting down. In January 2024, The Day Before went offline for good. But the story of one of the most infamous game launches in history is not over. Fntastic is now allegedly suing an online publication for calling The Day Before a scam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before dev's new contest asks fans to design maps for free The Day Before dev cancels new Kickstarter, immediately announces another game The Day Before dev returns, reveals new game, asks for "a second chance" The Day Before studio reportedly sues Russian website for calling infamous disaster-game a 'scam'Mar 15, 2025 - PC GamerFirst reported by 80 Level, The Day Before studio Fntastic has reportedly sued Russian news site Yakutia.info, which is based in Fntastic's founders' home region of Yakutia in Siberia. The suit claims Yakutia.info damaged Fntastic's reputation by referring to the company's behavior surrounding The Day Before as a "scam.".. Read more.The Day Before dev's new contest asks fans to design maps for freeOct 29, 2024 - PCGamesNFollowing its fiasco with The Day Before, developer Fntastic assured fans that it was going to embark on a path of redemption and righteousness. Well, I'm not so sure, looking at its latest post in its community Discord. The studio is currently working on a new project called Items, and despite criticism for using volunteers to help get The Day Before out of the door, it seems the path of redemption and righteousness doesn't include eliminating free labor. It has just launched a competition where it urges fans to design a new map for the game, and in return you'll get, erm, a free copy of the game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before dev cancels new Kickstarter, immediately announces another game The Day Before dev returns, reveals new game, asks for "a second chance" The Day Before is suddenly back on Steam, but don't be fooled The Day Before studio is up to its old tricks, asking people to design maps for free in a contest whose lucky winner will get their work in a game, a free copy, and no money whatsoeverOct 29, 2024 - PC GamerIn a move absolutely everyone could have seen coming, disgraced game studio Fntastic—the one responsible for the self-immolation of the former most-wishlisted game on Steam—is up to its old tricks. A month after resurrecting itself with a promise to base its development and marketing on the principle of honesty "from now on," the studio is once again asking people to develop its games for it for free (via TheGamer)... Read more.The Day Before developer cancels second Kickstarter after it whimpers out with $2,200 of funding, immediately goes all-in on a third game in the same announcementOct 23, 2024 - PC GamerIn what I can only describe as a display of biblical hubris, The Day Before developers have announced a third game, instead of going quietly into that good night... Read more.The Day Before dev cancels new Kickstarter, immediately announces another gameOct 23, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before developer Fntastic has canceled the Kickstarter for its new game, and simultaneously revealed that another project is in the works. Months after going silent and completely shutting down The Day Before, Fntastic returned with a game called Escape Factory, but it didn't meet the studio's Kickstarter funding goal. That's why the team has decided to "temporarily suspend" development, and reveal a new game at the same time. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before dev returns, reveals new game, asks for "a second chance" The Day Before is suddenly back on Steam, but don't be fooled The Day Before only lasted 46 days, and now we know exactly why Создатели The Day Before вернулись и просят денег на клон Fall GuysSep 27, 2024 - Gamemag.ruНекогда якутская студия Fntastic прервала режим радиомолчания и анонсировала свой следующий проект. Сбор денег организован через Kickstarter. The Day Before dev returns, reveals new game, asks for "a second chance"Sep 26, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before has to be one of the wildest rides the gaming industry has ever seen. It flew to the top of the Steam wishlist charts, saw a lengthy development period, then was released for a grand total of four days before developer Fntastic announced its closure with the game similarly being scrubbed from the platform. Less than a month after launch, The Day Before was gone but now its developer is attempting to make a return. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before is suddenly back on Steam, but don't be fooled The Day Before only lasted 46 days, and now we know exactly why The Day Before parody cost $1,500 to make, looks better than real game The Day Before studio returns from the dead and asks for a 'second chance': 'From now on, our development and marketing will be based on the principle of honesty'Sep 26, 2024 - PC GamerInfamous open world survival game The Day Before bombed when it released late last year, and developer Fntastic shut its doors just four days later. "The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue," the studio said at the time—but now Fntastic has returned, saying it's going to do things differently this time and asking gamers to fund its next project on Kickstarter... Read more.Владимир Путин высоко оценил идею развития российской видеоигровой индустрии на базе ЯкутииJun 21, 2024 - Gamemag.ruПрезидент России Владимир Путин во время визита в Якутию на этой неделе высоко оценил идею развития видеоигровой индустрии на базе республики. A game pretending to be The Day Before has appeared on Steam, and yeah, it's a scamFeb 15, 2024 - PC GamerUpdate: Even though it was obviously not legit, now it's officially not legit."MytonaFntastic has no affiliation with this page," a rep for the actual Day Before publisher said in a statement provided to PC Gamer. "We have contacted Steam to make them aware of this account.".. Read more.The Day Before is suddenly back on Steam, but don't be fooledFeb 15, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before Steam page seems to have returned - at least, that's how it appears at first glance. Having disappeared from Valve's store in the wake of myriad criticisms and controversies, before being pulled offline entirely, Fntastic's notorious would-be MMO (it was actually more like an extraction shooter) is ostensibly back, and cheaper than ever. A little investigation however reveals the new The Day Before Steam page is hiding some malicious secrets. If you thought paying for and downloading the actual game was a mistake, please, do not go anywhere near this 'new' version. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond The Day Before only lasted 46 days, and now we know exactly why The Day Before parody cost $1,500 to make, looks better than real game The Day Before only lasted 46 days, and now we know exactly whyFeb 1, 2024 - PCGamesNAh, The Day Before, we hardly knew ye. The ill-fated survival horror game was pretty much dead on arrival back in December of last year, and by Monday January 22, it was erased from the ether entirely. Now, thanks to a new documentary on the development process, it's not at all difficult to understand why the game crashed and burned so spectacularly. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond The Day Before parody cost $1,500 to make, looks better than real game The Day Before was destroyed by a "hate campaign," dev says The Day Before was an even bigger disaster than you thought: devs reportedly made to pay fines for bad work, learned it was an MMO from the trailers, and no one's sure where the bosses areFeb 1, 2024 - PC Gamernew documentary from German games sites Game Two and GameStar has shed some more light on the disastrous development of The Day Before, and boy howdy, it's worse than you thought. Game Two says it spoke to 16 former Fntastic employees, one of its former "volunteers," and seven staff from The Day Before's publisher Mytona. The picture they paint is, well, staggering... Read more.The Day Before parody cost $1,500 to make, looks better than real gameJan 24, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before is gone, finished, unlikely to ever return. As the zombie shooter billed as an MMO is finally switched off and all of The Day Before servers go dead, a new champion emerges in its place. Developed by one person for just $1,500, a highly convincing, much more professional looking version of The Day Before is now available for your viewing pleasure. Designed as a parody of Fntastic's initial trailers, the aptly named 'The Day After' somehow looks better than the real thing. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before was destroyed by a "hate campaign," dev says A month later, The Day Before is officially dead Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond The Day Before studio asks whether you're going to believe it or your own lying eyes as it attributes the game's catastrophic performance to a 'hate campaign' by 'bloggers'Jan 24, 2024 - PC GamerFntastic, maker of the comprehensively disastrous The Day Before, has released a statement to combat "misinformation" circulating online about the game and the circumstances of its collapse... Read more.The Day Before was destroyed by a "hate campaign," dev saysJan 24, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before developer Fntastic has re-emerged, claiming that a "hate campaign" started by the internet brought the game down in a frankly absurd statement to the public. The Day Before recently saw its servers shut down, with Fntastic also closing down mere days after the game's disastrous release. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Day Before parody cost $1,500 to make, looks better than real game A month later, The Day Before is officially dead Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond Помянем: Mytona закрыла сервера скандальной The Day BeforeJan 22, 2024 - Gamemag.ruИздательство Mytona окончательно закрыла провальную игру The Day Before. Сервера многострадального "выживача" были отключены 22 января 2024 года. Таким образом, игра проработала чуть больше месяца, ибо релиз в Steam Early Access состоялся 7 декабря 2023 года. A month later, The Day Before is officially deadJan 22, 2024 - PCGamesNThe Day Before is dead. No, really, it actually is, for real this time. I checked. There are no servers to play on, leaving me hanging around the menu screen like some sort of ghost that only haunts dead games. Developer Fntastic has vanished into the wind, leaving this empty relic in its wake. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond The Day Before still has one player logging in, a week before shutdown The Day Before is about to die completely, as all servers go offline The Day Before still has one player logging in, a week before shutdownJan 15, 2024 - PCGamesNOne person is still playing The Day Before, alone, as the most overhyped and underbaked game of recent memory has just one week of life left in it before the servers go offline forever. The Day Before hit zero players just 17 days after launch, but has since continued to draw occasional users, including one solitary devotee. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming PC games 2024 and beyond The Day Before is about to die completely, as all servers go offline Despite everything, The Day Before still has hundreds of players The Day Before Has Already Lost 80% of Its Players in the First 3 Days on SteamDec 11, 2023 - GitHypIt's been almost 2 years since The Day Before came out of nowhere and started making headlines for its impressive debut trailer that seemed too good to be true.
Promising an open-world MMO survival experience, unknown developer FNTASTIC's first teaser left many questioning if their post-pandemic shooter that took heavy inspiration and design elements from other games like The Last of Us and The Division could be good… or if it was even real.
This week, we found out that The Day Before is in fact a real game… and it seems like the overwhelming majority (80%) of players who have played it so far wish it wasn't and have been racing to refund the $40 Early Access game on Steam.
On Thursday, The Day Before released on Steam with an impressive peak of 38k players. That number quickly started to decline once players actually started playing the game over the weekend.
Instead of seeing an increase in players over the weekend like most new games, just 3 days after The Day Before launched, the game's player count had declined to a peak of just 7.6k players on Sunday – an 80% drop, making it one of the worst launch weekends we've ever seen for a new IP launching in Steam's Top 50 Most Played games.
Turns out, as many had expected after all of the copyright drama and delays leading up to the launch of the game, that The Day Before is a broken mess with little to do in its empty environments filled with assets made by other developers, horrible bugs, shallow gameplay, and not even an MMO as originally teased by the devs.
At this rate, like a real zombie apocalypse, there probably won't be many people left playing FNTASTIC's PvPvE game a month after its disastrous launch.
On Thursday, The Day Before released on Steam with an impressive peak of 38k players. That number quickly started to decline once players actually started playing the game over the weekend.
Instead of seeing an increase in players over the weekend like most new games, just 3 days after The Day Before launched, the game's player count had declined to a peak of just 7.6k players on Sunday – an 80% drop, making it one of the worst launch weekends we've ever seen for a new IP launching in Steam's Top 50 Most Played games.
Turns out, as many had expected after all of the copyright drama and delays leading up to the launch of the game, that The Day Before is a broken mess with little to do in its empty environments filled with assets made by other developers, horrible bugs, shallow gameplay, and not even an MMO as originally teased by the devs.
At this rate, like a real zombie apocalypse, there probably won't be many people left playing FNTASTIC's PvPvE game a month after its disastrous launch.
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