Makea Games shuts down
Finnish developer Makea Games has announced its closure.
In a statement posted to its Steam page, the studio’s CEO, founder, and creative director Tomi Toikka attributed the decision to “global economic effects” that have hit the company “particularly hard.”
Toikka also said its parkour game Supermoves struggled to find an audience that would be sustainable.
He also revealed that Makea Games had been working on a PvE horde shooter called Superstrike, “which unfortunately didn’t find its footing in time.”
“It’s been an incredibly tough time in the games industry and the global economic effects have been hitting us particularly hard,” he said. “We worked on Supermoves, Superstrike, and the Makea Editor for north of three years, with over 20 employees contributing to make it the best it could be.
“Despite all our efforts, we didn’t manage to find an audience for Supermoves that would have been sustainable long term for the future of the company […] This game is very much a passion project, near and dear to all our hearts, and it’s devastating to have to announce this.”
While the developer continued to update Supermoves, Toikka clarified that it couldn’t guarantee the online upkeep of the game.
Features including online multiplayer playlists, the Makea editor, explore menu and user-created levels, leaderboards, the online lobby system, progression, and challenges are assumed to go offline in the future.
Makea Games are negotiating the rights and future of its IP in the meantime, describing it as an “ongoing, fluid situation.” Fully offline features, including single-player career mode, will continue to work without an internet connection.
“We’ll let you know beforehand with an advance notice if we have to wind these online features down,” Toikka continued.
“Your game will still be in your Steam library, and you will still be able to access the entire single-player portion of Supermoves, including Steam achievements and career mode levels.”
Makea Games was founded in 2022, and was based in Tampere, Finland.
