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Notorious Studios Sunsets Eldegarde as Servers Close March 31

The studio says the 1.0 release failed to gain sustainable traction under difficult industry conditions.

Overview

  • Eldegarde has been removed from sale on Steam and will be taken offline indefinitely after March 31, 2026.
  • Players who bought the game within the past two weeks can request a full refund, which will revoke access to play.
  • Founder Chris Kaleiki thanked the community and said the team had hoped to grow the game over time but could not continue financially.
  • Most of the staff have already departed, and a small volunteer group is exploring an offline or client-side version with no guarantee of success.
  • The project rebranded from Legacy Steel and Sorcery, peaked at about 3,642 concurrent players last May, dropped to double digits by December, then briefly topped 1,000 after 1.0.