Many of us only view a game's release in passing, and view it as an "event". Groundhog Smasher came out, it failed, and we don't hear of it again. Additionally, many of us associate "online" games with being "live service" - expecting the developers to announce a new skin, battle pass, game mechanic, or character every other week.

But some online games are just purely enjoyable, or get enough unremarkable patches, or sometimes don't even need a high playercount, to be enjoyed for years after the developers stopped emitting news.

This subject also gets confusing with cross-play games; even if one game has hardly anyone in its Steam playercount, sometimes between Playstation and Xbox there's just enough left to garner a following.

Which games do you play, or know about, that most people would've thought to be completely closed down, or at least had totally forgotten about?

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[–] Bogusmcfakester@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On pc there's a thing called the Northstar client that was pretty active during the ddos times

[–] Varying9125@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I just found out about north star and looked into buying TF2, its $30 on steam! wtf I remember seeing it for like $3 before

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

It's been on steep discount often, as recently as May 1st. Just gotta wait for the sale, it'll go on again. https://isthereanydeal.com/game/titanfall-2-ultimate-edition/history/

[–] pedro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

You can get EA keys dirt cheap on the grey market. Alternatively just wait for a sale and it will be a few quid on steam