Duelyst is shutting down for good subsequent month

Card-shuffling technique Duelyst is powering down subsequent month. Such is the way in which of free on-line games, sadly. Bidding farewell to Duelyst in an announcement on Friday, builders Counterplay Games are “saddened to announce” that every one servers will formally shut on February 27th at 11pm (3pm PST). If you’ve ever needed to present it a shot – and from the reception it bought within the RPS treehouse, you actually ought to – that’s 4 weeks to present Duelyst one final bash.

As of the announcement, Counterplay have suspended all gross sales of Diamonds – Duelyst’s digital foreign money – and are providing refunds to gamers who picked ’em up between December 21st and January 24th. If you’ve nonetheless bought a number of kicking Diamonds round although, they’ll go a lot additional within the game’s dying month, with Diamond Orb bundles now going for 1% of the asking worth.

Seeking to face out in a post-Hearthstone world, Duelyst smashed a conventional CCG into extra methodical tactical battling. Drawing playing cards positioned them on a grid-based battlefield, bringing positioning and planning into all these juicy CCG synergies. Matt flippin’ loved Duelyst when he reviewed it again in 2016, boldly claiming that “almost everything Hearthstone does, Duelyst does better.” We even named it one in all our best free games to pick up in 2019, and one of many 25 best PC multiplayer games, interval.

But being good isn’t the identical as being sustainable. Counterplay don’t clarify precisely why they’re pulling the plug now, however it looks as if Duelyst has been in a gradual decline for a while now. Fair play to it, Duelyst lasted longer than many, launching method again within the hazy mire of 2016. Sadly, it’s most likely only a case of not protecting the lights on at house.

Looking for a brand new tactical card-shuffler, then? Roguelike Nowhere Prophet carries some gentle technique right into a roguelike deckbuilder, even when Matt wasn’t too hot on it. It might also be value keeping track of Warhammer Underworlds: Online, an upcoming adaptation of Games Workshop’s grim monster chess.

I’ve hated each game of it I’ve ever performed, however my companion assures me it’s superb, truly.