The Day Before

Launched into Steam early access Dec 7, 2023 to Overwhelmingly Negative reviews (players found an extraction shooter, not the MMO the trailers sold). Fntastic announced its own closure four days later, saying the game 'failed financially' and it lacked funds to continue — explicitly ruling out the patches it claimed it 'wanted to release.' The game was delisted, and servers went dark Jan 22, 2024, about six weeks post-launch. The one genuine aftercare act: publisher Mytona worked with Steam to proactively refund every purchaser, waiving the usual 14-day/2-hour limits. Fntastic's own post-closure messaging — including the infamous 'S**t happens' reply and a later blame-the-bloggers 'hate campaign' statement — was the opposite of accountability.

• Zero patches shipped post-launch; Fntastic's own closure statement admitted no further work would happen — the maximum penalty for Patch Speed is earned here.
• Publisher Mytona facilitated proactive Steam refunds for ALL purchasers regardless of playtime, the single meaningful act of player restitution in this batch.
• Fntastic's post-launch messaging was accountability-free: no apology in the closure statement, an insulting 'S**t happens' reply to critics, and a later 'hate campaign' blame-shifting post.
• The pre-launch record (volunteer-labor controversies, asset-flip accusations, misleading trailers) set the context, but the score punishes only the aftercare: four days of support for a $40 early-access purchase.