The developer of Spectre Divide, Mountaintop Studios, is closing its doors.
In a blog post, the firm's CEO Nate Mitchell wrote that despite a promising release, the title had not managed to retain enough of an audience – or bring in enough money – to make the developer sustainable. Spectre Divide had 400,000 players early on following its September 2024 release.
Since it found itself in a tough spot, Mountaintop has tried to find a publisher, additional funding or even a potential buyer but has come up dry.
The company is taking Spectre Divide offline within 30 days and refunding players who have spent money in the game.
"From the entire team at Mountaintop, I want to thank the Spectre community for all your support these past few years," Mitchell wrote.
"We’ve loved every minute, and we’re sincerely going to miss you. Special thanks to our incredible investors too, without which Spectre wouldn’t have been possible.
"This has always been a passion project for us, born out of love for this genre. An indie team of insanely talented individuals who came together from around the world to build a game we believed in.
"We wanted to deliver something innovative and original in a crowded genre that would bring friends together around unforgettable moments. We shook up the format, created a fresh art style and universe, and partnered with some of our heroes. All of us knew from the beginning that the odds were against us, but that's what we signed up for. It was never a surefire bet. We did it anyway.
"We had a few tough stumbles out of the gate when we launched in Sept. But this team rallied and poured everything into tackling your critical feedback for Season 1. We made major changes and improvements to virtually every area of the game and brought the game to consoles. Even though it wasn’t enough to achieve financial success, this team fought tooth and nail and went down swinging.
"Game development is full of twists, turns, and surprises, and the industry has changed dramatically since we started the project in 2020. Even though we missed the mark this time, we wouldn’t trade the journey for anything."
Mountaintop Studios was founded back in 2020 by Oculus vet Nate Mitchell.
