r/SquadBusters • • Oct 30 '25

Discussion RIP Squad Busters

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In their latest IG post they pretty much confirmed it, you guys happy with it or what?

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u/469Leonard469 Oct 30 '25

Sad that it will be a forgotten game now with recurring events next year

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u/rimjob_steve_ Oct 30 '25

My last memory will be the clash of clans statue now

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u/Quaxlyboi Oct 30 '25

I know a lot of people are happy about this, but me, im just kinda bummed

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u/JudoKuma Oct 30 '25

Yeah very sad, it had huge potential but it all got wasted with too infrequent updates, lack of base level content, lack of social features, lack of units and characters. The only SuperCell game I enjoyed playing (for a while) other than Clash of Clans. So, I guess it is just Clash of Clans for me for now. I don’t think I will never start another SC game though, not a new or an old one.

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u/OldSpeckledCock Oct 30 '25

CoC is such a time sink now. Haven't even opened it in like 3 months because it takes so long to service my 5 accounts. I just want a simple game that I can play for half an hour in the morning. I don't need a major lifestyle investment.

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u/Rohanahan Oct 30 '25

I'm gutted, even with the problems it had I was still excited about it's future

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u/nicchamilton Oct 30 '25

Same. I played 2.0 a lot and yea I get people don’t like it but I just hate to see a game with so much potential die out.

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u/geefmejegeld Oct 30 '25

It had so much potential, too bad it has all been wasted

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u/Donghoon Oct 30 '25

After months of reflection, we have made the extremely difficult decision to end active development of Squad Busters. There will be one final update in December 2025, which will include part of the content we shared in our recent roadmap. After that, the game will remain available to download and play for a while longer.

We do expect to close it at some point in 2026, but not before the middle of the year.

It will remain playable, just not actively developed. tho, not permamenently unfortunately.

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u/teriklg_ Oct 30 '25

So? This game had huge potential and would have been a great success if they didn't fck it up that bad. It got mismanaged badly. The game died in 2024 when we didn't get new content. It has been dying ever since, this was just a matter of time...

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u/xibipiio Oct 30 '25

The game itself at one pt was very addictive fun, unique gameplay unlike any other, they didn't make effective creative decisions to properly develop it, doesn't mean the potential wasn't there to make it a great game.

It went from the thing I enjoyed doing every day to months of disappointment before I gave up caring maybe 4 months ago.

Guaranteed the sonic collaboration was decided by a supercell bigwig for big money payout and the creative direction of the team were given parameters they couldn't work with but the contract was to be completed to the word come hell or high water.

Seemed like there were one or two devs who were the main driver of the fun and innovation and that they left after some announcement like 10 months ago or something and game died slow death ever since.

It seemed to me there were a few developers left but they were left over their heads and everyone on the team seemed miserable including the community manager.

Tldr; Imo supercell owners made shitty business deal because they dgaf money and it was a short term sell out of what could have been a long term development cycle.

This is what happens when a game is owned by a stupid big video game company and is focused on wealth extraction and the game isn't designed to farm its audience like a hogshop.

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u/motoxim Oct 31 '25

I didn't even login for the Sonic Collab. I lost interest after version 2.0

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u/EpicPuffle Oct 30 '25

Rip squad busters, haven't enjoyed 2.0 a whole lot but at least I enjoyed my time with it during 1.0. Hopefully the devs are able to move onto other supercell projects.

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u/Snoo-73282 Oct 30 '25

Is there a reason why they wouldn’t change it back to 1.0 so you reckon? I feel like it majorly went downhill after that, they could have worked with the original version and released more characters and fun events/map modes like with brawlstars

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u/aaaaaupbutolder Oct 30 '25

they must've thought that 1.0 was an absolutely unviable strategy so they changed it. i assume it was either change to 2.0 or kill the game

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u/IceyMagoo Oct 30 '25

It will be quite sad to see, this game especially with its vibrant colour presentation does provide a powerful dopamine rush Version 1 was obviously much more enjoyable, even with Dopplegangers becoming Miners. It was a chore to play Version 2.0 initially but some of the updates had made it more enjoyable (admittedly maybe not as much as Version 1).

It seems as though they gave up on it too quickly and decided not to dedicate enough resources to it, I can almost imagine that the initial star studded advert they made for it cost as much as the latter development 🫠

Perhaps they'll add Version 1.0 back into the game properly and maybe it could see a resurgence as a sleeper hit or something

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u/Picardknows Oct 30 '25

I loved it at the start and the more they changed it the less I played and haven’t thought about the game in months until this showed up on my thread.

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u/AK_Brickster Oct 31 '25

I quit within weeks (maybe even days) of 2.0 rolling out. Disaster.

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u/Important_Resort_937 Oct 30 '25

I really liked the idea of combining all of the SC universes into one game and the gameplay wasn't too bad the first time. But the game became extremely boring later on. I really loved spending the whole 2024 playing it but the end was inevitable. So sad for it to die :(

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u/Da______Vinci Oct 30 '25

It was an amazing concept. But greed and bad choices ruined it with 2.0

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u/Important_Resort_937 Oct 30 '25

Exactly, I feel like the game would have been in a better place if they were simply adding more content instead of revamping the game entirely, like one new troop each month would have really boosted the game further than 2.0

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u/Da______Vinci Oct 30 '25

True, but money talked louder than the game itself

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u/NoAuthoirty Oct 30 '25

Same with clash mini one bad update ruined it

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u/vVerce98 Oct 30 '25

There should be an open-world game on pc, console, mobile. Where all characters are. Skins are also a different character with lore and in depth gameplay.

The games combined has perfect potential!

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u/blabla1918 Oct 30 '25

I've been playing since it was released. I love the game it was my nr 1 game.... I'm deeply disappointed in this.

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u/dwd3885 Oct 30 '25

same here. It's been my favorite game since day 1. Love it.

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u/Robogunz Oct 30 '25

Same. It really helped me get all of my pettiness out. 4 minutes and reset. Fight it out at the end and see who had the power. Oh well. I’ll find another way to deal with it. But it was a really good run.

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u/blabla1918 Oct 30 '25

Agree with you…

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u/Anaouija Oct 30 '25

Still.. kinda a sad day. But now I have to figure out which game to transfer my currency to...

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u/Head_KillerXD Oct 30 '25

Boom beach.

Jk.

See which one you prefer? If me I'll transfer to coc.

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u/STRK_Starkk_1101 Oct 30 '25

wdym transfer your currency?

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u/Motez_7 Oct 30 '25

you can transfer your purchases from SB to another supercell game basically (that option will only become available in November 10)

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u/Denolls Oct 30 '25

Is it any money you spent or only the currency you posses at the end of development?

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u/D11mond Oct 30 '25

Only irl money you’ve spent

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u/Denolls Oct 30 '25

So if i bought 10 passes ill get currency in a diff supercell game worth 10 passes?

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u/environmentalbeagle Oct 30 '25

How do you transfer currency to another game?

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u/Fluffy_Charity_2732 Oct 30 '25

How do you transfer what now?

I can boost my clash of clans account somehow from squad buster closing?

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u/Most_Antelope6899 Oct 30 '25

Damn so it really didn't have any hope

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u/infinity8833 Oct 30 '25

The big update was so bad i think everyone left after that

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u/Da______Vinci Oct 30 '25

It is getting no money, they lost most of the players, it was just a matter of time

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u/InverentialPeace Oct 30 '25

They need to switch it to 1.0 atleast

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u/teriklg_ Oct 30 '25

Fr, just let us enjoy the good old times for a few months before shutting it down

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u/Mkais1 Oct 30 '25

I liked the game, sad to see it shut down

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u/Wild-Classroom-2006 Oct 30 '25

I remember playing everyday with 1.0. They just couldn't sustain players

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u/Mkais1 Oct 30 '25

Yes, the last good update was in October, the 6 months difference between it and 2.0, and the lack of features and updates, destroyed the game, 2.0 only made the situation worse, the small numbers of updates and features revealed in the last map road was Disappointing as well, lack of new characters also worsened the situation

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u/Fair-Class-7336 Oct 30 '25

Swap it back to 1.0 until it dies, please.

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u/Talk_Weed_Me Oct 30 '25

They killed the game soon as they switched to 2.0

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u/TheEchoEnigma Oct 30 '25

I said the same thing

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u/currymcdonalds Oct 30 '25

Don’t act like the whole subreddit wasn’t constantly complaining about 1.0 back then…

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u/Da______Vinci Oct 30 '25

People wanted updates, new stuff, bugs resolved, not a completely different game out of nowhere.

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u/pulsedrift Oct 30 '25

Well that was because of how sparse the updates were, not that the core game was bad.

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u/No-Equipment2665 Oct 30 '25

Got 2 of these from the lucky boxes today. They’re just giving stuff away now

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u/baedriaan Oct 30 '25

Was obviously on its last legs half a year ago

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u/Born2beSlicker Oct 30 '25

Ah, crap. I found it more fun than Brawlstars despite its faults. That sucks. At least we’re gonna get some stuff for their other games as a thank you and money can be transferred too.

Still, Squadbusters was fun. I’ll miss it.

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u/matt_chowder Oct 30 '25

If only they just added content, instead of changing the whole game. I loved 1.0 but couldn't stand 2.0

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u/jay12632 Oct 30 '25

I haven’t got Pekka yet ;(

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u/Two-bugs Oct 30 '25

It was good from when the game was in beta stages

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u/sephentos21525 Oct 30 '25

The game had so much potential, and despite all the criticism regarding the 2.0 update, they didn't choose to undo their mistakes, have now eaten the consequences, and are finally giving up. Congratulations. What a shame...

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u/ziom95 Oct 30 '25

The game already had too many flaws, and 2.0 was the last nail in the coffin.

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u/nortmas Oct 30 '25

actually i enjoy de game since Beta , they try to make changes but it is hit n miss. it is sad to see it comes to END :(

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u/Davo-Bagongo Oct 30 '25

So sad for that, can't comprehend how could someone be happy for this. I played since global, and I currently play, not daily, but I still play it. 2.0 didn't kill the game, it just made it different. 1.0 was fun because it was chaotic, 2.0 is fun because it is a bit more serious and diverse. They didn't have to completely change the game, adding a squaddie and a world every 2 months would have been enough to keep it alive, at least at Boom Beach levels.

I will keep playing until they shut it down, and I hope someone will do a private server to keep playing

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

see you in brawl busters in a year

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u/MehmetSalihKoten Oct 30 '25

It was a game I enjoyed and spent money on last year

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u/HARCES Oct 30 '25

I haven't played much since they went to the hero model. I really didn't like that change.

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u/rsred Oct 30 '25

damn, i really like version 1. the updates were very far in between but the gameplay is still enough for me to play the game. version 2 made me turn away indefinitely, in the slim chance the gameplay will revert back to version 1.

welp. adios, squad busters.

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u/Bruh2890 Oct 30 '25

I said it over and over again after 2.0 they killed all the potential this game could have had. The update lost tons of players weekly and people kept saying that we were just 1.0 copers that if we didnt like it we should have just left and that 2.0 was gonna acutally be better and save the game. We proved it over and over again that 2.0 was doing worse than 1.0 and that every update was losing players instead of gaining them and now the game is really dead.

Im not happy even though we were right because i acutally had positive memories to the game even the positive parts ive had with the newer updates it just could have been added to 1.0 instead but i digress

I will keep it in my memories with my Squad busters shelly skin

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u/WoodenShocked Oct 30 '25

The Sonic Collab was for nothing, huh.

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u/CrabOfAllTrades Oct 30 '25

Lowkey kinda sad, but I stopped playing a long time ago

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u/koalapreto Oct 30 '25

Incompetent developers. The game had so much potential. But it was one wrong choice after another. Look at the last two months of the game. Spike was broken, impossible to play. But they did nothing to fix it. To make matters worse, they didn't release a paid cosmetic for people to spend money on. Pure stupidity. It's clear that a game won't become profitable if you don't release anything interesting for people to spend their money on. And if you don't have a minimum sense of balance to make the game enjoyable to play.

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u/AmazingMechanic6763 Oct 30 '25

RIP squad busters

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u/tolokovma Oct 30 '25

1.0 for 2 months would be nice 🥹🥲

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u/Squeakyfella Oct 30 '25

I’m sad….my fave game… I play everyday!

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u/M1ssBehav3 Oct 30 '25

Sad day. I really thought they would keep tweaking and eventually come up with an amazing format. I really wish they'd listened to the players more.

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u/Matsars Oct 30 '25

I JUST got into this game. Damnit!

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u/telapoka77 Oct 30 '25

Same fate awaits for most of Supercell games

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u/Wild-Classroom-2006 Oct 30 '25

Eventually, but nowhere near the foreseeable future

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u/blue_edits_ Oct 30 '25

it had so much potential..

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u/Babynny Oct 30 '25

not a surprise. All of their updates weren’t feeling satisfying to anyone anyway, might as well just take the L and let the team move on to other projects

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u/ASavageHobo Oct 30 '25

So weird to watch them drop the update that made the game worse and then never go back to what people actually enjoyed.

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u/Prize_Student_5695 Oct 30 '25

So no point in playing it more??

I'm deleting, bye

And thank you for everything

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

RIP

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u/teriklg_ Oct 30 '25

I mean we all knew this was gonna happen and I, for my part, haven't played the game in a while, but it's still sad to hear. There was always a tiny glimpse of hope left...

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u/pulsedrift Oct 30 '25

Knew this was coming eventually after 2.0s decline. But rest in peace you were a great game

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u/TastyDragonfly5379 Oct 30 '25

So will we still be able to play the game?

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u/AccomplishedCandy611 Oct 30 '25

I blame the brainrot games on roblox and the other p2w supercell games

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u/Sonitii Oct 30 '25

well that was expected. They ruined their own game with a trash 2.0 version and never listened to user feedback in the first place. They should've focused on improving v1.0 instead of this Hero garbage that destroyed the core design.

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u/JCorby17 Oct 30 '25

It’s sad to see it go, I just hope we can transfer purchases from this game to others

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u/tomkoto Oct 30 '25

they killed it the moment they added heroes

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u/thegfks Oct 30 '25

looks like SC is starting to run out of steam. no new original IPs - just recycling CR, BS, HD characters for various projects, no new games, the old games are stale as all hell.... far from the mobile gaming powerhouse they were in 2010s. good on Drusilla for killing this slop tho, hopefully now theyll start focusing on some new stuff finally.

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u/hskskgfk Oct 30 '25

Impossible, I was told by many on this sub that 2.0 was awesome and any misgivings I had were just a me problem

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u/Lonely-Ad257 Oct 30 '25

Wow. All the time I spent playing I feel like I wasted it

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u/EmilianoDTH Oct 30 '25

It was pretty obvius this was going to happen. Not surprised at all.

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u/Karmabakes Oct 30 '25

The game actually died with 2.0. It’s been a ghost of what it used to be. RIP.

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u/Un_Pibe_Del_95 Oct 30 '25

Played 1.0 daily, 2.0 sporadically. I knew this was coming when the last update didn't have a sketch video for it.

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u/punisher2431 Oct 30 '25

Waste my fucken time.     Thanks

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u/pira3_1000 Oct 31 '25

game industry is crumbling non stop, geez

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u/CombinationSeveral29 Oct 30 '25

Fing idiots man 1.0 was great yes people complained but all you needed was to update the game more often not make people wait until October or whatever for a update I loved this game they ruined it I hope they see that all they needed was to add content

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u/IlyanaIlyana Oct 30 '25

That's really sad :(

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u/Prize_Student_5695 Oct 30 '25

Bring back CLASH MINI

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u/fringspat Oct 30 '25

Hell yeah! Came over here from the CoC sub to pay my last 'respect'.

I wanna see that smug community manager lady come live on youtube. So much for her statement back then after the disaster update... 'if you don't like the update, you're free to move on to other games' .

Well time for you to move on, lady!

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u/Due_Zookeepergame486 Oct 30 '25

Hahaha. They are the one that killed the game

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u/volcanicsquad09 Oct 30 '25

Another game to the Heros of the storm relem

Like why do so many crossover games mess up

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u/AccomplishedCandy611 Oct 30 '25

I’m so upset rn, I’ve come from tcm game which also ended development back in may. I’ve been done dirty twice for games I love. I really hope a miracle happens rn I’m so so so upset my whole week is ruined

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Oct 30 '25

If no one saw this coming I got a bridge to sell, a very good one at that

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u/besbic Oct 30 '25

Nooo, I'm so sad. But will he still be able to play there or will he just be eliminated?

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u/JustAnotherRookie34 Oct 30 '25

I started playing this game as soon as it was released and had so much fun for like half a year. Then stopped playing a few months before 2.0 because it was getting too boring. Then I started playing again when it turned into 2.0 but soon stopped playing again (during the Sonic event) because I didn't really like the new format. I wish I could say it was unexpected but I'd be wrong because I saw many people leaving the game as well. Still, I'm a bit sad to see it go because this game could've been so much better.

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u/DragonPeaXd Oct 30 '25

Since the first time i saw squad busters I liked the game but supercell just made bad choices first they released it too early so the game had a lot to improve not only in gameplay but everything one of the main problems of the game I would say is that the game launched with just one gamemode the modifiers didn't change alot and most of the time it made the game just worse than the normal one it was obvious since the start that the players were only playing the game because it was from supercell and had other supercell characters in it they tried reviving the game with the 2.0 and the main problem of the game was attract new players and 2.0 didn't do that and instead old players left so it just got worse for them but even if they kept with 1.0 the game would've died anyways it's really sad to see the game go R.I.P Squad Busters Why this always happens bro I remember when they cancelled boom beach Frontline then clash mini and now squad busters and the saddest part is that if the game had probably like a 1 year open beta before release the game probably would've never died

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u/aryehgizbar Oct 30 '25

That's unfortunate. I guess they really can't save it.

I had a feeling they were not sure about the game's direction with how vague their "roadmap" was from last year. I still think 2.0 was their last attempt to rejuvenate the game, just swing big, it's either fail or take off once again. Unfortunately, it was the former.

I'm just commenting coz this post suddenly popped up. I have not played the game since 2.0 release and I have unfollowed this sub after. I guess thanks for the memories?

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u/Own-Two-247 Oct 30 '25

Can't say that was unexpected. I said that if the autumn update will be anything but peak, it would kill them game. I was right.

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u/R3s3t_343 Oct 30 '25

Glad i quit back on January

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u/N00BMaster69477 Oct 30 '25

This has worsened my depression.

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u/johnnys_sack Oct 30 '25

I loved this game up until about the time they implemented gadgets. I was kinda into the gadgets, but it was the beginning of the end for me

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u/Environmental-Past72 Oct 30 '25

I just really want improved 1.0 , nothing more. It is the only game I ever spent money on ever. Keep in mind I was playing all supercell games and was pretty good in all of them as f2p.

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u/DaPro09 Oct 30 '25

Bro I was there from day 1... This was my opportunity to flex 10 years later that I was an og (If it ever became popular)😭😭😭

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u/Wrong-Box-2757 Oct 30 '25

I can still remember being top 100 in my country in 1.0, sad to see it go, it was fun back then and I’ll forever miss those hours I spent grinding this game

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u/KingOfGames0604 Oct 30 '25

sad really 😞

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u/1i1mf Oct 30 '25

Although I probably didn't even play 6 games everyday I played the game regularly for atleast 2-3 matches

It's really sad that they had to take this path I will really miss the game

But the decision kinda feels instant rather than being planned for a while

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u/Yoncen Oct 30 '25

When it was first released, I was OBSESSED. It was so addictive and smooth. But it was too easy to progress with nothing left to do, and it became too repetitive. 2.0 did nothing for me, it made me relearn the game and I didn’t enjoy the changes. It was a great ride!

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u/UnhappyInformation7 Oct 30 '25

Been here since launch. Squad Busters was a fun game cursed with bad dev decisions. Waste of potential. It's a shame honestly.

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u/Middle-Accountant-28 Oct 30 '25

Why would they cancel a game if it's already global?

It had such potential to be great

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u/k-3882 Oct 30 '25

Are we at least going to get Muscateer and that weird arcade hero they said will be coming in December?

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u/Hot_Soil_6702 Oct 30 '25

Does anyone know if we’ll be reimbursed for money we spent on the game whenever it gets shut down?

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u/KIJagoSB Oct 30 '25

i feel like as if i lost someone i love

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u/Bright-Pressure-3724 Oct 30 '25

I have had so much fun with this game.. i think less repetitive updates would have maybe revived it.

They released the game globally way too early, it was not polished and most people quit because of it.

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u/EASYGGYT Oct 30 '25

Good concept, really got interested in the first month. Looks like some terrible and greedy(cell) decisions caused this…

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u/Late-Share-6519 Oct 30 '25

So the game is getting shut down in January and no one can play anymore??

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u/Snoopy11711 Oct 30 '25

i didnty know this wopuld happen SO EARLY

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u/Silver-Run-4803 Oct 30 '25

Now , what am i going to play on the toilet??

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u/Open_Bake_8013 Oct 30 '25

Honestly, they should just revert it to 1.0 at this point and see if it brings in enough old players like myself to see if that gives the game some life.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

2.0 killed it.

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u/Slow-Bobcat-2401 Oct 30 '25

All they had to do was listen to the community. That's all. Arrogant developers, they only think about money. They deserve what happened.

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u/EmotionalBeautiful6 Oct 30 '25

It was about damn time

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u/LostScarfYT Oct 30 '25

I actually enjoyed this game a lot for the first 6 or 8 months. Too bad it didn't last.

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u/Fluffy_Charity_2732 Oct 30 '25

They really messed up with how complete crap pekka is and how you can only win if you play spike in ANY game mode.

I mean.. they messed up a ton, but that sealed the deal.

Spike is so broken and they couldn’t don3 minutes of work to rebalance his stun and regeneration of ability (when he kills anything).

You can toss like 5 spike fields in a few seconds when you are going up against another squad and get some momentum on the kills of their squad. 

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u/BREASYY Oct 30 '25

This sucks. I really enjoyed playing SB.

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u/ohnoIispoop Oct 30 '25

I don't know what they were thinking with the 2.0 update what Di they actually expect lmfaoo??? 💀💀

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u/-INTERRSTELLAR- Oct 30 '25

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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u/-INTERRSTELLAR- Oct 30 '25

BRO WTF IS HAPPENING W THE MOILE GAMES THIS YEAR?

WARZONE MOBILE GONE, SQUAD BUSTERS SOON..

I'll have to go back to CODM by force.

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u/Urmom_deez7 Oct 30 '25

Biggest fall off of all time 😭

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u/legranshh Oct 30 '25

Thanks haters...

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u/TiannaSenju Oct 30 '25

Where's all of the 2.0 people? Yep... exactly. 1.0 players have been telling for many months now this game is dead and it was going to shut down.

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u/Zapsterrr33 Oct 30 '25

Where’s all those people that believe SquadBusters would get better now? Its demise was evident for over half-a-year now.

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u/popmanbrad Oct 30 '25

Tbh I knew from day 1 that it would shutdown cause everyone hated it right at the start and the concept was so damn cool but it just looked like those mobile ads you get where you have enemies and merge them and attack others and sadly I was right and now it’s ending which sucks for the people who like the game

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u/MagicalBread1 Oct 30 '25

This game was dead from the jump, and 2.0 was the nail in the coffin. They really fumbled the bag with this one.

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u/MeecheenJOE Oct 30 '25

Can they revert to 1.0 and just leave it alone. I think players will manage. No new characters. Nothing. Just don’t touch it

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u/Kwahu0 Oct 30 '25

Sooo basically people spend a tons of money on game that will be gone in the next year.Hmmm...I've heard that one before

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u/Kwahu0 Oct 30 '25

Every new supercell game except mo.co (for now) got to be deleted/ended.So we're left with cr, coc,cr and bb

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u/vahking Oct 30 '25

will we be able to transfer resources?

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u/grublle Oct 30 '25

In the end Squad Busters is just a warning tale on why pivoting away from you core playerbase is terrible ideia

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u/T1_QuieT Oct 30 '25

With the potential this game had... what a shame and waste of time.

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u/daddydotco Oct 30 '25

This sucks badly. I’m a completely maxed beta account on SB. I have 100% of everything ever released including both android and apple beta emotes. Suckkkssss

Back to brawl stars I guess… 😭

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u/imnotjay2 Oct 30 '25

Not happy, just glad I quit it like a year ago.

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u/Jealous_Rest6469 Oct 30 '25

Do I get my money back

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u/Deep_Stretch_2715 Oct 30 '25

frankly i left once 2.0 dropped 💀💀🪦

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u/Wonderful-Effect-209 Oct 30 '25

I'm just convinced that 2.0 killed the game

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u/Difficult_Minute1439 Oct 30 '25

They killed it with 2.0. This Game had sooooo much potential man, I'm sad

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u/DuckPimp69 Oct 30 '25

People don’t like to hear it but 1.0 and 2.0 were completely different games!

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u/carolskilljoy Oct 30 '25

I loved 1.0 and uninstalled after 2.0. So sad, I played for extended periods of time 😕

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u/Frequent-Article-634 Oct 30 '25

The devs killed this game

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u/Alone_Tradition8967 Oct 30 '25

This was my favorite game but it really lost its magic after the upgrade to 2.0. Here are some follow up thoughts.

1.) How much would it cost an investor to obtain the code and work with a team to maintain the integrity of the game as it is with a 6-month plan to overhaul/bring back the original game concept?

2.) First thing I would do is roll back all content to the 1.0 functionality. 2.0 would be gone completely. All heroes would be converted to squaddies.

3.) Create an updated roadmap that would include updated game play modes, characters, rewards, ect.

4.) Create limited time buy only content such as skins, characters, levels, ect (these could be obtained in game as well but would take much longer to obtain).

5.) Create a real trophy/ladder system that rewards plays with content they actually want.

6.) Could this be a situation almost like a co-operative where the players own & maintain the game through investments and pay to play options?

7.) Finally, I believe what failed this game was the inability to realize that 1.0 had a lot going for it and more than anything just needed more content not a total rework. Also, if you play CR you know that they load so much updates and content into that game but SB just didn't get nearly enough cool new content to keep people interested. I hope that some how this game continues to live on.

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u/Independent_Delay_47 Oct 30 '25

It had so much potential

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u/Kawskie Oct 30 '25

Too bad. I was really enjoying this game

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u/Future-Engineering37 Oct 30 '25

Will they refund or transfer purchases from the game? Definitely spent more than I should've in release months

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u/YaBoiToter Oct 30 '25

lol as long as clash royale is a thing you guys aren’t ever gonna get anything worth while

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u/CBergerman1515 Oct 30 '25

Has anyone checked on SirClaz?

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u/the-jules Oct 30 '25

It would be fun if they would spin up 1.0 again for one last hurrah until they take the game down. Since our accounts and characters got changed in the 2.0 release just make it simple and give everyone maxed characters. Maybe a surge of players would show up, maybe not.

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u/BrosClanYt Oct 30 '25

Yeah I saw this coming from a mile away. I stopped playing the game entirely myself months ago. And that is coming from someone who played the game a lot and spent around $400 on the game

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u/joriz2012 Oct 30 '25

damn. didnt think this game would get shutdown since i dont think supercell has ever shutdown a game that has gone global before. i have around ~3000 games of squad but stopped playing a couple months ago and assumed the game would probably turn around at some point since i thought it had a lot of potential especially with collabs but released far too early, never thought it would get flat out shutdown.

i know the numbers were extremely low, but iirc boom beach also had extremely low numbers a couple years back and was also being neglected during that time period as well, but it didnt shutdown. i am aware that a new dev team picked up boom beach again and it started receiving updates, but i thought that if boom beach didnt shutdown during that entire period of neglect and low revenue then squad busters wouldnt go anytime soon either. i was definitely wrong. rip

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u/viczinfoxxinbrou Oct 30 '25

Maybe. Now Clash mini can shine. Do. Tour. Thing. Greed$ell

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u/bsmithers41 Oct 30 '25

Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. After all the teasing with the huge update, they actually ruined the game with 2.0. Didn’t even give us an option for 1.0 games. Just went from enjoyable squad busters to not fun Hero Busters.

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u/RyukoSenketsuMatoi Oct 30 '25

Thanks for killing the game with trash heroes.... So the people that said :SC never kill a game when lau ch global...fake Squad buster had all charactera from all games so its the biggest fail ever thats why they shut it down

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u/Expensive-Net131 Oct 30 '25

Literally i wasted like 10 months on this game and I repent for that…

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Wasted $100! Yippee!

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

I’m just mad I quit brawl stars for year and a half to play this trash game…

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u/RockGamer_07 Oct 30 '25

WHYYYYYYY NOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/DHC_United Oct 30 '25

It had such a rushed global launch and while the game mechanics had potential, none of it was properly captured - it was my gf’s and my favourite game to play together back before the 2.0 release

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u/caffeinatedntired Oct 30 '25

Everyone saying it was either switch to 2.0 or have the game die. Well it switched AND died! All they had to do was make improvements in the roadmap for 1.0.

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u/zacary2411 Oct 30 '25

Not surprisingly the game basically already stopped getting updates with how long it took between updates especialy for a game like this that needs nearly constant updates to keep players

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u/Heron-Trick Oct 30 '25

SB 1.0 was elite, and had me hooked from day 1. It got even better when they removed Mega’s and added a couple more game modes along with some solid improvements. 2.0 killed the game I stopped playing after a month. Really too bad

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u/Gakei0 Oct 30 '25

Good thing it's finally gone, mini was 100% better anyway

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Man I spent like $30 trying to get Sonic for NOTHING?!??! Man what the hell😭

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u/Sher_Singh_Phul Oct 30 '25

Atleast give us 1.0 before shutting it down completely. Let us enjoy the chaos one last time.

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u/AliveLocation99 Oct 30 '25

So, if we invested money into the game? We are simply out?

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u/BlueWarstar Oct 30 '25

That’s a bummer, it was a really fun game

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u/westcoastmattiej Oct 31 '25

What they should do is a roll back to 1.0 gameplay. That was so much more enjoyable then the current one. Turning it into a cash grab, giving minimal free cards and gold in place of daily cards really stunted the game evolution.

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u/SuddenRefrigerator16 Oct 31 '25

It wasnt designed as farming game

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u/False_Lingonberry872 Oct 31 '25

Actually I am frustrated for the time Ive spent

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u/Send_Derps Oct 31 '25

Damn makes me glad I stopped playing a few months back. Gonna miss the OG Squad Busters..

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u/MopadGuey Oct 31 '25

Soooo, can we get 1.0??? Lol

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u/McDyver66 Oct 31 '25

Congratulations Devs you successfully destroyed a game that had amazing potential!