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Remedy Ends Major Development on FBC: Firebreak With ‘Open House’ Update, Keeps Game Online

The studio shifts to maintenance-only support to preserve playability through a price cut, a Friend's Pass, plus reworked relay servers.

Overview

  • Open House delivers five Control-inspired arenas for Endless Shift alongside gameplay, balance and quality-of-life tweaks.
  • Remedy says Firebreak will stay online and be playable for years, citing engineering work to sustain relay servers at low player volumes.
  • The base price is now $19.99 with the deluxe edition at $29.99, and Steam offers an additional 20% discount through the end of March.
  • A cross-platform Friend's Pass lets owners invite up to two friends to play for free, though guests cannot start sessions or create lobbies.
  • No further major content is planned, with only maintenance patches ahead, following the game's underperformance since its June 2025 launch and persistently low player counts reported by SteamDB.