Why is rec room shutting down

[tacit perch]

I’m just wondering why they are even shutting down the game anyway

Doesn’t make any sense

[livid rivet]

that’s what i was thinking

[grim umbra]

The company was spending more than they could make to keep services running.

[livid rivet]

damn

it’s because of money spent a lot

My favorite was golden trophy, i’m gonna miss that game

[plush oyster]

Will I get all my money back after the shutdown?

[proper gust]

3.5 billion dollar company btw

[livid rivet]

and even throughout those 10 years, we still don’t know what the coach looks like

[plush oyster]

But how

And why

But that’s not really fair as to they are shutting it down and can’t make a system?

I spent money on a game that’s getting discontinued

[proper gust]

They could js keep the servers up and not invest more money into updates just the money for the servers but the community isnt priority

You wont get a refund u spent the money and used the items u dint waste it

[livid rivet]

just imagine if fortnite faces the same fate

[lunar wolf]

i hope it does tbh

[plush oyster]

Don’t bring my beloved first person shooter game into this conflict

[livid rivet]

didnt like that game tbh

[livid rivet]

first person shooter? Im crine

[plush oyster]

I’m joking

[tropic grove]

Yeah bro Fortnite ain't coming back

[spare onyx]

I feel like recroom just started dying right after the menu changed

[tropic grove]

Too late

[plush oyster]

But Fortnite ain’t going either

[tropic grove]

It's like Roblox, relying on their community, recrooms community were so bad, couldnt last in a event 10 mins without it being hacked, military events 24/7 and nothing fun

[signal rock]

Bad spending

[midnight tree]

Welp, it was a good run guys

[spare onyx]

I miss when there was actually fun events before it turned into all military and recruitment events or something like that

[tropic grove]

Spent it all on AI and it backfired

[midnight tree]

Fr

[small lion]

Should've been Fortnite dude

[livid rivet]

i mean fortnite is also on the verge of dying, because theyre paying a lot of money on celebrities coming to fortnite, increase the map creator payments, fired 1k employees, etc

but rec room? Fund spent a lot=gone

[small lion]

I mean... They could most definitely sell their office for a fat stack

Make employees work at home

[livid rivet]

yeah but epic games is… A WHOLE ASS COMPANY

[tropic grove]

What's the point of keeping so many employees if you can't afford them

[small lion]

Epic games got nothing on me

[small lion]

What do they even do anyways

[tropic grove]

Financial

Less people bought stuff

[small lion]

I mean like

[midnight tree]

Imagine everyone is crying over this and it turns out to be just some hyper-realistic April fools "haha! we're shutting down, JUST KIDDING!" Thing

[tropic grove]

And meta are shutting down the universe thing

The whole vr things gonr

[midnight tree]

Oh shit

[tropic grove]

Mark Zuckerberg told everyone this is the future but it fell off

[small lion]

Yeah, Then make the game cost money 🙄

[tropic grove]

Bro what are you saying

That would've killed it instantly

Why do you think they made so much stuff and you had to pay for it

Room boosts, roomie energy etc

[twilit falcon]

How about WE all move to BLOBTOWN or BRICKADIA or VR CHAT or POLYTORIA after the shutdown?

Or we can all just get together and develop a new rec room game

[tacit perch]

Imagine it was April fools 🙏

[spare onyx]

I haven’t even played recroom in so long because it lowk fell off but I still feel a bit sad it’s shutting down, I guess I just miss when I used to play all day and staying up all night in 2020-2022.

[midnight tree]

That's what I said

[tacit perch]

We gotta wait tho to see

If it is or not

[spare onyx]

I like this idea

what would the name be tho?

[tropic grove]

There's no vision anymore, mark Zuckerberg is gonna start shutting down meta as a whole, this isn't the future he promised

[spare onyx]

so were getting oculus back?

[buoyant star]

all of this got me thinking though, the whole Rec Room shutdown? here me out here, what if the Devs of Rec Room create a new, less expensive to run, version of Rec Room that still carries the same vibe that Rec Room carries today, and it has all of our current features, BUT MORE! Then we can give our Rec Room Best still!

[tacit perch]

Who knows

[twilit falcon]

Hangout Spot. I have a logo but it's AI generated cuz I wanted to see how it would look quickly. We can always change it and manually design the logo

[twilit falcon]

Or just make a single player version of rec room with single player versions of the RROs

[buoyant star]

but then it wouldnt have that same feel

[twilit falcon]

Sure it's not the same but it's better than never experiencing rec room ever again

[buoyant star]

true tho

but playing alone?

[twilit falcon]

I mean rec room had private servers

[buoyant star]

it still does, or at least until June 1st

[twilit falcon]

💀

Maybe local multi-player idk

I have half a mind to go on Dreams ps4 and remake rec room

Or unity

Programming isn't as hard as it seems it's the 3d modeling and animations that's a pain in the asspercream

[bleak crag]

They don't make enough money to pay the bills

This is why live service games suck

[native forge]

If only they didn’t invest in things nobody wanted (like AI)

[twilit falcon]

Remember concord

[bleak crag]

You lose everything if they cannot afford to keep the lights on

[twilit falcon]

Imagine fortnite getting shutdown

[native forge]

We’d be so cooked

[bleak crag]

Fortnite is also experiencing struggle

[twilit falcon]

"Nooo I can't 67 anymore"

[native forge]

lol

I got a screenshot of a dude crying abt how he spent thousands of hours and dollars on rec room

[spare onyx]

its also the community and how recrooms population died out over the years

[native forge]

Exactly

If they didn’t push out shitty updates and actually listened to their community, probably none of this would’ve happened

[bleak crag]

Rip

[native forge]

I played rec room for months during lockdown, it was amazing

[bleak crag]

Everything is always temporary, buying isn't owning

[native forge]

But I stopped cause they started making weird and dumb updates

[native forge]

Unfortunately

[spare onyx]

I feel like this was inevitable and we should’ve saw this coming.

[twilit falcon]

Then what if we pirate rec room after the shutdown and someone uploads the rom

[bleak crag]

Sure

[twilit falcon]

"Go find the one piece" ahh

[native forge]

I was wondering if it was going to shut down soon

I knew it would, I just didn’t know it was gonna be this soon

[twilit falcon]

What happened to 2029 bruh

[delicate pasture]

They had financial problems so that’s why the servers are shutting down

[lament saddle]

THIS IS ALL STUPID

[native forge]

Possibly someone could do that. I’ve recently heard of recreations of the old 2021 save but idk if I can confirm it

[twilit falcon]

Plot twist: it's a typo and the 9 was flipped to a 6

[native forge]

Idk really

[minor vessel]

plot twisst

[devout tinsel]

It makes a whole lot of sense actually. To put it simple, people's actions have consequences.

[frosty beacon]

Wait what? Doesnt recroom get paid when we play

[twilit falcon]

Yeah people play older versions of rec room so if we just get the final update then we good

[native forge]

As previously mentioned, they were funding more than they could rake in

[devout tinsel]

Less people playing, less money.

[twilit falcon]

No it's if we buy with tokens

[spare onyx]

no

[native forge]

Yeah, just someone has to maybe slide the files and what not

[devout tinsel]

Less money coming in, less Rec Room.

[surreal flume]

DOES ANYONE WANNA JOIN MY DISCORD SERVER OF RECROOM

WHERE WE CAN TALK AND GAMING SO WE STAT IN CONTACT?

DM ME PLEASE

[twilit falcon]

Is coach in the files bruh 💀

[native forge]

Also investors

[native forge]

PROBABLY

[cobalt heart]

Thats their net worth you donut

[native forge]

Yk what we never really knew who was the one behind coach

Like I get the voice actor, you can easily find her but

Who was the person behind it

[frosty beacon]

Cant devs just sell the game and get a profit so it stays

Because i think the dont have the funds to manage it

[twilit falcon]

Google voice

[delicate pasture]

That’s what I was saying in a rec center

[twilit falcon]

That'd kill it instantly

[delicate pasture]

I only said sell the game

[native forge]

Well they’d have to sell it to a game company that would be willing to take it

But because people hate the game, most likely nobody will buy it

[delicate pasture]

Not the other part that he included

[twilit falcon]

Unless it's like $1 to play

Idk

Make rec room a subscription game 💀

[delicate pasture]

I’d rather that for rec room to stay

[twilit falcon]

$1 a month for rec room to stay or it's joining chibi robo

[delicate pasture]

I spent so much on this game and also the first ever vr game I played is just heartbreaking

[gritty bobcat]

in 2021 lol

[frosty beacon]

I remember when i played stunt runners in early 2022 and was pretty good then played until 2024 and took a break checked in 2025 now its done

[delicate pasture]

I’d still rather play a pound for rec room to stay 😭

[native forge]

Rec room was butt water for a while

[delicate pasture]

I’ll take one for the team twin

[native forge]

That’s my opinion

[delicate pasture]

They made the game buttwater after 2023 tho didn’t they really?

[blazing ridge]

why they decide to do this the day before april fools

[twilit falcon]

guys I'm a game developer should I try to make a single player version of rec room and later down the line attempt to add online? It'll be rebranded so instead of Rec Room it'll be named something like Hangout Spot

[arctic scroll]

New month

Is tomorrow

[twilit falcon]

I can add the og RROs remastered and make my own

RRO idea: find Slat

[dense bane]

this is straight not true

[native forge]

roughly 2022

[delicate pasture]

If u think the game is not going to be deleted then you’re wrong it isn’t a April fools joke

[delicate pasture]

HUH

late 2022 I’ll agree but excuse me..

[native forge]

like late 2022 early 2023

[delicate pasture]

And I mean November December

[spare onyx]

I really do feel like the community has a lot to do with the downfall of recroom, the players became extremely toxic to the point they had to add mic bans. And recroom just became boring and dead due to all the recruitment events taking up the whole game and the games that were being removed.

[native forge]

yeah thats what i mean

[delicate pasture]

Okay good

Phew

[native forge]

after that they lowk fell off

[delicate pasture]

True

[clear vapor]

Welp I js saw ts 😭

[dense bane]

yo i started playing in 2022 and the game was still def peak back then

[delicate pasture]

After that they didn’t listen to the community right?

Or were they just dragging with events

Forgot this

[native forge]

well yes, but the people that actually wanted to play the game weren't being listened to

[pseudo hollow]

They don’t have enough funds that’s why they are shutting it down

[native forge]

and also they probably couldnt make investors happy

[proper gust]

no shit

[delicate pasture]

Ea sports come and invest in rec room please

Even tho they suck

[proper gust]

many devs still host servers for the old gamesz

[delicate pasture]

Literally a buns company

[native forge]

no bro they'll kill the game faster 😭

[native forge]

right, but if rec room were to do that, then how long till they get funding?

5 years? 10 years?

[dense bane]

but eventually the game would just make like 0 money and they would lose money on the servers they host because people would just lose interest

[native forge]

exactly

look at old call of duty games, theres still a playerbase but its very small

[proper gust]

they dont get money from hosting it. its for the community/

yea but till then

[native forge]

yet how will they get money to keep the servers up for the community?

it wont work bro

[proper gust]

why not put the recent funding js towards servs for at least a year or so

[proper gust]

they already sit upon a big pay out

[native forge]

they'll have to somehow find more investors and create money to keep the game functioning

[proper gust]

its possible is what im saying bru

[delicate pasture]

True what am I saying 😭

[native forge]

not really, since the primary reason which one of the chat mods even confirmed is because they were spending more money than they could generate

[delicate pasture]

I just want my Shayla rec room to live on

[native forge]

it simply wont work

[delicate pasture]

This is true

[native forge]

they were genuinely losing money as they kept the game alive

[delicate pasture]

Rec room spent majority of there money last year as an effort to resurrect the player base with updates no one wanted. And other essential things like that level thing etc.

[native forge]

then the game would just become a big side hustle for people who actually want to moderate and become one with the staff team for rec room

[native forge]

they even made budget cuts in march of 2025

laid off half their staff in august of 2025

[slate lantern]

It has to be April fools right?

[delicate pasture]

That was a giveaway when they let off half they’re staff

[proper gust]

Rec Room needs about 71¢ of every $1 earned from creator‑related transactions just to cover those costs

[native forge]

so in short, rec room will never be able to come back unless if they magically generate a shit ton of money

[delicate pasture]

No

[proper gust]

There cost difference

[native forge]

yeah, just to cover those costs

but what about everything else? they have to pay employees

[delicate pasture]

This is why Mrbeast needs to appear 🥹

[proper gust]

You can kill out un needed servers and js leave main ones

[native forge]

mrbeast comes in clutch

[native forge]

but that would make more players angry

there really is no winning scenario here

[proper gust]

No more employees im saying drop the damn game and let servers run a bit longer no more updates and stuff bru ur twisting

[delicate pasture]

Only if they had a random miracle

There is still time

[proper gust]

2 bad

[wary yew]

Rec Room was ALWAYS going to shutdown in 2026, here's why.

Red Room had an initial launch in 2016, in early access. 5 years later, in 2021, the game left early access and every player at the time got a 5 star box from Coach, saying, "We are out of early access on Steam! Here's to the next 5 years [|=)]". Notice how it says "next 5 years". Well, as time would have it, 5 years later, in June 2026, the game is going to be shutdown. They literally told us that it would be shutdown 5 YEARS in advance.

[native forge]

you kill off servers for.. lets say player created rooms: that means people will be happy

[delicate pasture]

Something could cook up during the 2 months

[true tapir]

how much is the go fund me i will share my hole life savings

[proper gust]

Dont matter

[native forge]

kind of does

[proper gust]

Still keeps the original game alice

[dense bane]

but thats still only temparary and 0 point

[proper gust]

I want it up for the memory

[delicate pasture]

I mean rec room was about creation

[native forge]

why keep servers running for people who would be uninterested in the game?

[native forge]

then pirate it?

find a copy online?

[dense bane]

id want this game to die victories not a slow dragged out boring death

[proper gust]

Lotta people been playing for a long time bru 8 years of growth

[proper gust]

There is no js copy bru

Then it wouldnt matter

[boreal surge]

thats the reality of a live service game

[dense bane]

rr legacy cant just be boring dragged out 0 updates

[delicate pasture]

Copy?

[proper gust]

Still runs off of servers

[native forge]

pirating = downloading a copy

[proper gust]

Radium wont last forever eotger

[delicate pasture]

Radium is still an option tho

[proper gust]

Where exactly am i supposed to pirate rec room its not js out there like that

[delicate pasture]

Radium

[native forge]

find people

i know some guys who are that deep into tech like that

you just gotta know where to look

[proper gust]

Yea bro i do 2 and its not js easy like that

[dense bane]

isnt pirating games like illegal tho

[proper gust]

Yea

[tacit perch]

Yea

[dense bane]

you'll get stricken down the moment that goes public

[delicate pasture]

Yeah

Everyone has once def pirated a game

I haven’t but

Yk

[proper gust]

This guys telling me js illegally pirate and make a version

[dense bane]

i havent

[delicate pasture]

I’ve only done emulations that’s it

And that’s legal

[dense bane]

unless like random web games

[native forge]

if you wanna get a version that you can still keep then pirate it

[delicate pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/virus-please-wait-downloading-retro-win95-gif-26539025

[proper gust]

Bro a pirated version of rec room wont run without extended work

[dense bane]

ig i played like old nintendo 64 games on a browser before

[native forge]

until then, no point in keeping up the servers just because you want to keep playing the game for memories

[proper gust]

Im talking about to allow the smaller community of rec room stay

[dense bane]

i aint clicking ts fam

[native forge]

and when this community dies, what then?

[delicate pasture]

It’s a gif twin

[dense bane]

fuck

mb

[proper gust]

People play rr originals more for leagues it think thats what should be kept alive

[delicate pasture]

Everyone migrates or stays on this

[proper gust]

Yuh

[delicate pasture]

Or

Leaves everything completely

[dense bane]

shit the only game i played most the time on rr was some wierd scp foundation game

[proper gust]

It would js be the base game

[fiery sparrow]

No

[proper gust]

What it was originally

[delicate pasture]

rr was my first game as well

Sigh

[dense bane]

i spent like $5 on the game in the span of like 4 years tf are yall doing

[upper tulip]

Well, either way, i have to quotes, "Nothing built can last forever" and "And as one story ends, another one begins"

[dense bane]

how much money yall spending

dayum

[native forge]

i spent at least under 20 i believe

maybe a bit more but thats it

[fiery sparrow]

I mean come to think of it was there even a point of keeping recroom alive ?

Game was dying nobody was creating anything new

[native forge]

that was in the last few years, and that was my first and only actual purchase using my money

[dense bane]

idk its like you kinda gotta expect that if you buy something in an online game it wijll eventually die out

[native forge]

there really was zero point other than making investors happy

[native forge]

exactly

i mean, hell, minecraft is still going strong surprisingly

[delicate pasture]

I’ve spent 300 on this game

.

[dense bane]

i mean you cant expect to get a refund on anything after its done

[delicate pasture]

I’ll need to be more considerate on the online games I play now ugh

[native forge]

i know two different games entirely but still has that creativity aspect that everybody wants

[delicate pasture]

Ik

[fiery sparrow]

I think I only bought recroom plus like 3 times

[delicate pasture]

Some

Same*

[dense bane]

if your phone breaks you cant get a full refund on the phone

same with rr

[delicate pasture]

My acc is going to be deleted -: well

[native forge]

exactly

[serene sky]

https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/were-here
vr chat has made comments on horizon worlds leaving vr and rec rooms closedown

[fiery sparrow]

Can sombody make an archive of rec net

[native forge]

yeah they said that vrchat isnt going anywhere

[delicate pasture]

That would take forever

[jade hedge]

Yup

[jade hedge]

Military events and hacking?? Wym

[lone valve]

They probably and sadly spent 80% of it on the slop they were making since 2025

[tacit perch]

Probs

[quasi pilot]

Idk

Roomie that ai....

Killed rr

We need to kill roomie

[twilit falcon]

no it was MAKER AI

those who know

[minor vessel]

https://c.org/W5Gk7f4nLT

@main phoenix please sell the game to Microsoft

They will gladly take rec room

Or even epic games

[jade hedge]

Absolutely

[tropic grove]

Bro every single event you saw in recroom were military events, the top events got hacked 24/7

[lament saddle]

Well
We’ve got nothing

SELL THE DANG GAME PLEASE GRIBBLY

[quasi wharf]

Everything has gone to 🇸 🇭 🇮 🇹

[static kestrel]

Why doesn't Rec Room use a peer-to-peer connection? That would save a lot of money on server hosting; they would just need to host the database, much like Minecraft Legacy Edition.

[tropic grove]

@main phoenix

[delicate pasture]

I wish

[tacit perch]

Fr

[uncut crescent]

Money, they are getting Bankrupt. they cant keep on with rec room. if they do keep trying the stocks will just go down and down until they are poor... I Wish They Would Find Some Way To Keep Trying... But All Good Things Comes To An end..

[static kestrel]

Why doesn't Rec Room use a peer-to-peer connection? That would save a lot of money on server hosting; they would just need to host the database, much like Minecraft Legacy Edition.

[uncut crescent]

I dont know.. i wish they would hear out the community to try to find somthing to help🫠

[kindred helm]

RR just wasn't profitable, probably ever

[tacit perch]

🤔

[tacit perch]

Could be

[hidden sundial]

cuz company spent all money to ai, that using only 10% of all players

[surreal flume]

DOES ANYONE WANNA JOIN MY DISCORD SERVER OF RECROOM

WHERE WE CAN TALK AND GAMING SO WE STAT IN CONTACT?

DM ME PLEASE

LIKE COME ON IF U JOIN THIS THEN U SHOULD JOIN MINE 😉

[tacit perch]

I’ll join

[minor vessel]

im gonna do an im pression of you @wooden geode

if only i could post

[wooden geode]

https://youtu.be/Cg59VSGv2eQ

[static kestrel]

EVERYONE EMAIL GABE NEWELL TO SAVE REC ROOM [email protected]

[static kestrel]

https://c.org/4FmbpXLkhP