You Can Now Download Islands of Nyne for Free on Steam, Devs Announce Cessation Of Further Development

People often overlook great games amongst the ruckus caused by such popular BR titles as Fortnite, BO4, and PUBG. One such game, in my opinion, is the Islands of Nyne. A game which is criminally underrated considering the period of development it has gone through making it a complete game that is fully playable and stable. Today, we have received news that the developers have ceased working on Islands of Nyne and there will no further updates to the game. Moreover, you will now be able to download Islands of Nyne for Free.

Download Islands of Nyne for Free on Steam, Devs Announce Cessation Of Further Development

In a rather emotional announcement on Steam, the define human team posted the following farewell message.

Four years ago Jake and I said goodbye to our cozy 9-5 jobs, pooled our savings together, and embarked on a journey so remarkable neither of us could’ve imagined just how ambitious it would end up becoming. Not only did we get to fully realize our dream of developing a game that we wanted to play, but we were also fortunate enough to see the growth and cultivation of so many talented individuals – a reality which would never have been possible without the passion and support of so many inspiring fans. Unfortunately, all adventures come to an end, and for us, that time has come a little earlier than we would’ve liked. The reality now is we are no longer able to financially support development costs despite our efforts to turn things around with our latest update and pricedrop. However, If there was a silver lining to be had here it would be that as of 12pm PST today Islands of Nyne will become f2p and servers will continue to stay up for the foreseeable future. In addition, for those of you who purchased Islands of Nyne or any skins from the in-game item store from November 29th, 2018 through today, we have notified Valve to approve any refund requests for those purchases regardless of time spent in game.

Not being able to sustain development costs any further the team has decided to make the game free to play and cease all further development and updates. However, there will be one final update as mentioned in the announcement below.

We will be releasing one more update which will include a credits screen in the main menu thanking all those who contributed to the creation of Islands of Nyne in addition to those who backed the project during our various crowdfunding campaigns. We are also exploring server hosting solutions which would allow players to host custom matches without our direct involvement. We would like Islands of Nyne to always be playable regardless of the lack of updates, so please bear with us while we fully explore our options on how to best achieve this.

Many people have commented saying that the reason the game failed is that the initial cost of the game was too much which deterred many people from getting it hence the low sales.

The dev team has also announced that those people who purchased the game on November 29th, 2018 and onwards will be liable for a refund for the whole amount that they paid.

Here is a link to their steam page where you can download the game free right now.

Let me know in the comments what you think about Islands of Nyne, will you be playing it now that it is free?