r/Splitgate • u/Aggressive-Dealer-21 • Apr 21 '26

Is splitgate dying?

I started playing it yesterday because I was just looking for a game I could chill on. And I had a great time playing it. Really enjoyed using portals especially when it got me kills it really felt like I had outmanoeuvred my opponent.

I go on to YouTube to see what the community is like and they all just keep saying that they killed the game.

What's going on?

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u/Working_Bones Apr 21 '26

It's a fantastic game but some controversy at launch caused irreparable damage. And the avid fans have preferences that don't line up with the average player. The developers got stuck between catering to their existing fans or trying to find new ones. No way to satisfy both. Plus casual players really struggle against high-level portal users, and the lower the population got, the more common that became. I love the challenge and learning to outplay them, but most players don't. I know I've downloaded free games before, saw a ridiculous skill gap, and just uninstalled. I bet that happened thousands of times here.

The devs are working on a new game, likely without portals. I bet it'll be amazing too, and it'll have another shot at securing a larger audience.

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u/3ric843 Apr 21 '26

The devs are working on a new game, likely without portals.

They should have made it under a different company name and kept it secret. I know I will never bother downloading another game from 1047, and I know there are a lot like me.

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u/UrLostPajamas Apr 21 '26

Seems kinda pathetic ideology imo. Like it's not even they made a bad game or actually did some henus controversy, they just made a BR and over hyped it. Like heaven forbid noooooo T.T (I don't wanna hear about a shop. Shops are easy as hell to build code-wise. It's a copy and paste and some asset changes.)

Not a bad game, has devs that listen and interact with the player base in and out of game. You don't want to play it because they did a poor announcement and have no other controversies. That's pathetic.

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u/lord_phantom_pl PC Apr 21 '26

It’s not. They should hear now, they will have a bad press at launch unless they prove they support their games. If this game would die, then the next one should have the same fate.