PUBG: Blindsort is officially shutting down today, March 30. An announcement has confirmed that the game’s run will end before it ever makes it out of early access. Krafton says the service will close at 6:00 PM KST.
This is a rough ending, but the weird part is that Blindspot never felt like a total disaster. If anything, it actually carved its own niche audience despite being one of those multiplayer experiments.
Why are they pulling the plug?
Unlike the mainline PUBG format, Blindspot went for a top-down tactical shooter setup, which leaned into tighter, more deliberate 5v5 action instead of large-scale battle royale chaos. This immediately made it stand out from the sea of shooters out there, especially for players who liked the idea of a compact strategy-based game in the PUBG universe (similar to Rainbow Six Siege).
And some players clearly did. The game reportedly maintained a “Mostly Positive” user rating on Steam even as its player base struggled to hold.
Liked but not popular
Krafton’s explanation is blunt. The company says that, despite efforts to improve the experience, it no longer believes it can “continuously deliver a meaningful experience through Early Access.”
It reads like the usual shutdown language, but the likely problem seems pretty obvious. Not enough people were sticking around. The game was suffering from low player counts, long matchmaking times, and lost momentum, which is crucial for the survival of live-service games.
A short but fun run
PUBG: Blindspot only entered early access in early last month, so this shutdown comes in just under two months. The game had a distinct look, and some players genuinely seemed to like what it was doing. But in multiplayer games, being “pretty good” is not always enough. While it had its fair share of criticism, like server issues and confusing control schemes, the potential was there.
Sometimes you need time, player volume, and a bit of luck, too. And unfortunately, Blindspot did not get enough of any of them.
