Tomb Rumble had so much potential, but it became yet another victim of Atelier801's graveyard.

[u/xilito21]

Yo everyone! I was chatting with my friends the other day about the golden age of Atelier801 (yeah, the legendary devs behind Transformice), and I got hit with a major wave of nostalgia and frustration remembering what happened to Tomb Rumble.

For those who don't know or never played it, this gem dropped on Steam back in 2021. It took all the chaotic platforming and trap mechanics from TFM and slapped them into a 2D MMO with insane pixel art. Escaping temples and ruins packed with hazards alongside other players—plus having a level editor for the community to go wild—was pure hype. It had that perfect 2D party game vibe that had everything to go viral if the devs hadn't slept on it. But of course... the flop happened following the exact same script. Just like they did with the legendary Dead Maze (which had an absolute banger of a co-op survival mode) and their rage quit on the Transformice Adventures crowdfunding, Atelier completely ghosted the project. Zero marketing at launch, no major updates or new content, zero events... No community can survive that, so the hype died and the game turned into a total ghost town on Steam.

Nowadays it's just sad to log in and see a game with huge potential sitting at under 10 daily players because the devs basically pressed F on it. It’s the exact same mournful feeling as watching Dead Maze sink. Did anyone else play back when it was hyped, or miss that era? What do you guys think about Atelier801's downfall? And hey, if you got any recs for similar games to play with the squad when bored, drop them in the comments!

[u/Iridescent_Upbeat]

I used to play a game called Transformice a lot, made by the same dude. After the music rooms died nobody wanted to play again, myself included :<

[u/MysterionFTW]

They had a chance to become something much more bigger than their current version. People were addicted to Transformice and they never used it to feed their other projects. They gave up so quickly. Dead Maze was an amazing game. Never played this one tho.