POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT AUDIT · VERIFIED

Mass Effect: Andromeda

BioWare · 2017 · Action RPG

Did the studio keep supporting this game after launch? This page is the evidence. Carried by Mods
AFTERCARE SCORE 46 Tier F · Failing Pattern: Abandoned
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LAUNCH CONDITIONPoor
AFTERCARE PATTERNAbandoned
AUDIT STATUSVerified

BioWare patched the bugs fast, then walked away from the story five months in.

01Score breakdown

Patch Speed12 / 20
Maintenance Quality10 / 20
Communication10 / 20
Player Responsiveness9 / 20
Follow-Through5 / 20

Five categories, 20 points each, 100 total. Full method on the methodology page.

02The evidence

Andromeda launched March 21, 2017, to meme-tier facial-animation failures and a battered reputation. BioWare shipped a steady stream of fixes (patches 1.05 through 1.10) that materially improved animations and stability. Then, five months after launch, the studio announced update 1.10 was final — no single-player patches, no story DLC, and the Quarian Ark plotline exiled to novels and comics. Multiplayer APEX missions continued, but the single-player experience was abandoned.

  • Patches shipped quickly at launch: updates 1.05, 1.06, 1.08, and 1.10 across the first four months fixed the infamous animation bugs, added customization options, and repaired storyline glitches.
  • Support for single-player ended Aug 19, 2017 — just five months after launch — with BioWare stating 'There are no planned future patches for single-player or in-game story content.'
  • The first Mass Effect game ever to receive zero post-release single-player DLC, despite paid story expansions being the series norm on every prior title.
  • The unresolved Quarian Ark storyline — the game's biggest dangling thread — was resolved in tie-in comics and novels instead of the game, while the planned sequel was shelved and staff reallocated to Anthem.

03Sources

CCCarried by Mods

After BioWare ended single-player support at patch 1.10 in August 2017, community fixpacks took over the remaining maintenance, making blocked quests completable and correcting broken skills, doors and enemy spawns the studio never patched.

PLAYABLE TODAY

Andromeda is playable today on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, but all community fixes are PC only via the Frosty Mod Manager, so console players are stuck with the unpatched 1.10 version BioWare left behind.

This badge marks games kept alive by their community after official support fell short. It never changes the developer's score above.

04Audit record

Launch date
Mar 21, 2017
Evidence coverage through
Oct 4, 2026
Methodology
v1.0
Audit confidence
Medium
Why this confidence
The end-of-support announcement and patch history are well documented, but details of ongoing multiplayer APEX support after Aug 2017 rely on thin secondary reporting; the exact patch count and contents would benefit from the BioWare blog archive.
Score band
Failing (Tier F)