What to know
- King of Meat is an online multiplayer action game developed by Glowmade and published by Amazon Game Studios.
- The game will stop running, and its servers will be taken offline on April 9, 2026.
- Sales and microtransactions have already been disabled, and the game is no longer available to buy.
- Players who bought the game (and any in-game currency) are eligible for full refunds via their platform provider.
You might be surprised if you haven’t followed gaming news, but King of Meat isn’t a shut-down restaurant — it’s an online multiplayer game that’s been struggling since it launched. It debuted in October 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, blending party-style co-op play with dungeon-crawling combat. Critics and players gave it mixed reviews, but the bigger issue was its very low player count: at one point, peak Steam activity topped out at only a few hundred concurrent players — far below expectations.
Amazon and Glowmade recently announced that because the game “has unfortunately not found the audience we hoped for,” they will cease supporting it and shut down the servers on April 9, 2026. You can still play if you already own it, but no new purchases or in-game purchases are possible, and no further updates will be released.
Refunds are being handled through the platform where you bought the game (for example, Steam, PlayStation Store, or Xbox Marketplace). The official King of Meat site confirms that refunds should be processed automatically over the next weeks, but players should contact customer support for their specific platform if theirs isn’t completed by the shutdown date.
This shutdown reflects a broader trend of live-service and multiplayer titles that struggle to maintain player engagement long enough to sustain ongoing operations. King of Meat joins a growing list of games that launched with ambition but couldn’t secure a large enough audience.
