Overview
- PUBG Blindspot, a free-to-play 5v5 top-down shooter, has been removed from Steam with its online services switched off after a short Early Access run.
- Arc Team’s Sequoia Yang said the team could not sustainably deliver the experience it promised, citing a reassessment of the game’s viability.
- Player counts peaked at 3,251 soon after launch but fell to a few hundred, which hurt matchmaking for a 5v5 format that needs fast, full lobbies to feel competitive.
- Krafton has positioned this shutdown as part of a small-team strategy that uses Early Access to quickly test commercial potential before committing more resources.
- The company is still investing in the PUBG franchise, highlighting the extraction shooter PUBG Black Budget and mobile title PUBG New State, even as it posts record $2.05 billion in revenue and faces legal fallout involving Unknown Worlds and CEO Ted Gill.