Amazon expected this co-op party game to draw in 100,000+ active players, but it hit an all-time peak of just 320 on Steam and now it's closing for good just 6 months after it launched

Amazon expected this co-op party game to draw in 100,000+ active players, but it hit an all-time peak of just 320 on Steam and now it’s closing for good just 6 months after it launched | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Gaming Industry XCOM designer Jake Solomon announces surprise closure of his studio alongside a first look at its canceled life sim, ‘the game we poured our hearts into’ Games Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US: ‘We’re not just going away on this’ MMO MMO Ashes of Creation spirals into a legal dumpster fire, as investor claims creative director Steven Sharif siphoned millions away from the company while it was drowning in debt Adventure ‘We never had plans to update Peak at all’: Aggro Crab reveals that it doesn’t want ‘to be a studio that works on one game forever’ Strategy ‘We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,’ Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: ‘Horrendous, horrendous mistakes’ FPS Highguard website woes are just an administrative thing, developer says, and the studio is in no rush to fix it because ‘reputational damage’ is already done FPS Highguard didn’t flop FPS Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: ‘We were turned into a joke from minute one’ Fighting Riot lays off 2XKO developers less than three weeks after release: ‘Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size’ RPG Anime action RPG studio Pahdo Labs shuts down despite accruing $17.5M in funding: ‘We believed making a demo of a familiar but new game would be our best shot’ Fighting I don’t understand what Riot wants from 2XKO Sim Peter Molyneux’s Masters of Albion looks like three games in one, but it also looks like none of them is any good MMO 2 days after promising it was still ‘worthy of your investment,’ the most successful Kickstarter MMO ever was canceled and its team laid off: ‘The developers and staff acted in good faith and deserved better’ Roguelike ‘I told you so!’: As Mewgenics roars past 250,000 copies sold in less than a day, Edmund McMillen says ‘I knew this game would eventually see the light of day, and I knew it would be my best work’ FPS 16 days after Highguard’s launch, the studio has laid off ‘most of the staff’ PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games Amazon expected this co-op party game to draw in 100,000+ active players, but it hit an all-time peak of just 320 on Steam and now it’s closing for good just 6 months after it launched News By Andy Chalk published 23 February 2026 Few games encapsulate all that was wrong with Amazon’s approach to making games more aptly than King of Meat. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Amazon announced today that King of Meat, one of the more disastrous outcomes of its ill-fated effort to be a big-time PC game publisher, is officially throwing in the towel and going away for good in April.”Despite the creativity and innovation Glowmade brought to King of Meat, the game has unfortunately not found the audience we hoped for,” Amazon wrote on Steam. “As a result, we have made the difficult decision to conclude our investment in the game, and King of Meat’s servers will close on April 9, 2026. Players will be able to access and play all existing content until then, so we encourage you to enjoy your remaining time in the game with your fellow Contenders.”The one bright spot is that everyone who purchased the game—which is no longer available for purchase—will be given a full refund “in the coming weeks.” Related articles King of Meat studio was reportedly expecting 100,000 concurrent players, but it peaked at 320 on Steam—and that was during a free weekend New World will join the graveyard of defunct MMOs when it goes offline in 2027 Facepunch Studios COO says he’ll buy New World for $25 million, and he might not be joking: ‘We’re always looking for new opportunities and we are open to all avenues’ King of Meat’s ugly end is notable because of Amazon’s utterly inexplicable expectations for it. The game itself looks entirely unremarkable to my eye, but Amazon sprung for an announcement trailer at the Geo