Soul Tide is the next gacha RPG to bite the dust

Another gacha RPG is shutting down. Lemcnsun has just announced that Soul Tide will officially end service on February 28th, 2025. Effective immediately, downloads and in-game purchases are disabled, and all player data will be deleted after shutdown. Soul Tide’s team cited the expiration of its licensing agreement as the main reason, but it’s hard to ignore the broader pattern. With so many choices in the genre, keeping a dedicated audience isn’t easy. Soul Tide started off well, but it also faced the same struggles as many other releases such as the usual gacha controls and the challenge of maintaining long-term engagement. ... [MORE]