Monday, February 9th 2026
Super People Shuts Down After Player Counts Dwindle—Again
Super People, a once-popular battle royale game that takes the typical first- and third-person shooter gameplay and throws superpowers into the mix, is no stranger to hard times, with the battle royale having already suffered a shut-down once before in 2023, after it was launched to mixed reviews and subsequently riddled with cheaters. Super People was relaunched into Early Access in September 2025 after a series of successful closed beta tests and a change in ethos surrounding the game. On February 9, however, mere months after the relaunch, Wonder Games has officially announced that it will be shutting Super People down for good after player counts steadily dwindled from a peak of 47,000+ (4,514 after the September relaunch) to 99 daily concurrent players.
According to the announcement on Steam, Super People will be taken offline on February 23, 2026. The game will still be playable until that date, but in-game purchases will be disabled as of February 13, and Wonder People is offering refunds to players who have purchased in-game premium currency within seven days before the announcement. There is no word on the studio's fate or that of its developers, but Wonder People is supposed to be working on World of the Dead an upcoming "immersive zombie FPS game that combines the first-person shooter and extraction PvPvE genres," that has yet to have a release date attached to it.
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Wonder Games on Steam
According to the announcement on Steam, Super People will be taken offline on February 23, 2026. The game will still be playable until that date, but in-game purchases will be disabled as of February 13, and Wonder People is offering refunds to players who have purchased in-game premium currency within seven days before the announcement. There is no word on the studio's fate or that of its developers, but Wonder People is supposed to be working on World of the Dead an upcoming "immersive zombie FPS game that combines the first-person shooter and extraction PvPvE genres," that has yet to have a release date attached to it.
7 Comments on Super People Shuts Down After Player Counts Dwindle—Again
"Build it, and they will come" is the worst marketing advice ever.
While it is true that an item or service can sell itself because of what it is, this apparently wasn't good enough to generate any real buzz because I've never heard of it before, here or anywhere else like others have said so far.
We should support far fewer games, far longer for the live service model to actually work properly. It ain't gonna happen. Its only getting worse. Big reason to stay far away. Right now, we just have the occasional 'OMG HYPE ON SOCIALS about game X or Y' and then it gets picked up by everyone, peer pressure to the max, only to be forgotten two weeks later. Online communities really don't exist, everything is temporary, but online environments require persistence or its just wasteful to invest in them.Exactly this. The overwhelming majority are just sheep following the algorithm and then OMG THIS GAME ROCKS. Its a trend you see every time. Arc Raiders being the last example. At its core though, its just more of the same and it has already degenerated into the good old 'balance fun police' period, the novelty is off, and people resort to old playstyles and exploits. At the end of that exercise, many sheepy consumers are 60-80 bucks and a lot of wasted time poorer, while influencers and some otherwise shitty studio got a lot richer.
Who's winning you might ask - it certainly isn't good gaming that won the day here, because this exact dynamic encourages more of it.
so many of these companies seem to think just releasing is good enough, and it isnt.And because of that, if a game stumbles, everyone just leaves for the next live service. We warned this would happen, that chasing fair weather casual consumers was going to result in this behavior, but everyone was blinded by $$$$.