70% of games with online requirements are doomed, according to Stop Killing Games survey
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Summary
Self-described consumer movement Stop Killing Games is advocating for larger advocacy organisations to propose a law to protect games from server shutdown.
The group has created a spreadsheet of 738 games with online functionality, categorising them into four groups and finding that 70% are no longer playable or “at risk”.
Of these, 299 games are already discontinued, with fan labour preserving a further 110 titles.
The categorisation system includes games with offline single-player components that have online multiplayer elements.
Youtuber Ross Scott, one of the movement’s organisers, has created a video discussing the survey’s findings.
The team is hoping to create a wiki of all online games facing extinction, and is calling for volunteers.
