Terraria

Re-Logic launched a well-received indie hit in 2011 and has shipped free content ever since, through 'Journey's End' (2020) and six further 'final' updates, ending with 1.4.5 'Bigger and Boulder' on January 27, 2026. The headline weakness is cadence: 1.4.5 took over three years (1,168 days) from announcement, with dates repeatedly pushed. The studio's honesty about why — certification, holiday freezes, and a refusal to crunch — plus rapid hotfix response and continued balance patches (1.4.5.7, May 2026) keep the overall record strong.

• 15 years of free updates — every 'final update' (1.1, 1.3, 1.4 'Journey's End') was followed by more, culminating in 1.4.5 with Dead Cells/Palworld crossovers, 900+ bugs fixed, and three new localizations
• Repeatedly delayed 1.4.5 (announced Nov 2022/Jan 2023, shipped Jan 27, 2026) — but Re-Logic explained each slip openly (global certification, holiday freezes, no-crunch policy) instead of going silent
• Post-launch support is fast and substantive: near-day-one hotfixes across the 1.4.x series and a combat-overhaul patch (1.4.5.7) in May 2026 targeting long-standing frustrations like invisible hitboxes and offscreen sniping
• Console/mobile fragmentation is the persistent cost: ports lag PC (505 Games/DR Studios handle them, not Re-Logic), old-gen systems were cut off at 1.2.4.1, and crossplay — teased since July 2023 — was still in phase-one rollout as of September 2026