Category: Graveyard

Battle Breakers

Battle Breakers blended tactical, grid-based battles with a playful mashup of fantasy and sci-fi. You built a roster of heroes and pushed back a kingdom-wide invasion of alien monsters, relying on smart positioning, elemental tricks, and over-the-top abilities rather than pure stat checks.

Publisher: Epic Games
Type: Tactics RPG
Release Date: November 13, 2019
Shut Down: December 30, 2022
Pros: +Bright, memorable art direction. +Built with Unreal Engine 4. +Fun fantasy and sci-fi crossover theme.
Cons: -Stiff-looking animations. -Interface can feel awkward to navigate.

Battle Breakers Shut Down on December 30, 2022

CrushMon

CrushMon is a mobile fantasy action RPG that leans into a bright, chibi presentation while still offering the familiar loop of clearing stages, improving your build, and testing it against other players. You pick one of four preset heroes, then grow stronger through levels, gear, runes, and pets, with progress aimed at both PvE stages and asynchronous PvP matchups.

Publisher: Nexon
Type: Mobile ARPG
Release Date: canceled
Pros: +Four charming heroes with distinct weapons. +Deep loadout tuning through runes, pets, and equipment. +Includes co-op play plus asynchronous PvP. +Western launch was announced during development.
Cons: -Details are sparse due to cancellation. -Never reached a full Western release.

Kanpani Girls

Kanpani Girls is a free-to-play browser adventure RPG that casts you as the CEO of a mercenary “company” staffed entirely by combat-ready heroines. Your job is to recruit employees, build squads, and guide them through quests for money, reputation, and a route back home, while the battles largely play out on their own.

Publisher: SuperHippo
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Browser RPG
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Shut Down Date: July 12, 2021
Pros: +Large roster of hires with different roles. +Story-driven progression with a distinct premise. +Bright anime presentation and character art.
Cons: -Monetization can feel pay-to-win. -Combat is mostly hands-off and automated. -No PvP option.

Dragon Nest 2 Legend

Dragon Nest 2 Legend was a mobile fantasy ARPG that brought Dragon Nest style action combat to phones for a short-lived run. Players picked from four preset characters, leveled up through a steady stream of quests, and chased better equipment to raise their overall power. Alongside PvE progression, the game also leaned on multiple PvP formats and real-time co-op content to keep the routine moving.

Publisher: Nexon
Type: Mobile ARPG
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Shut Down: December 29, 2017
Pros: +Four playable character choices. +Multiple PvP rule sets. +Lots of quest lines and achievement targets. +Supports real-time multiplayer.
Cons: -Feels formulaic in moment-to-moment play. -Contains pay-to-win pressure points.

Blade and Soul Mobile

Blade and Soul Mobile adapts the Blade and Soul universe into a fantasy-themed mobile TCG, focusing on building a compact five-card deck and taking it into quick battles. Players collect hundreds of cards, then push their power higher by improving stats through upgrades and by slotting in gear like weapons, armor, and accessories.

Publisher: Tencent Games
Type: Mobile TCG
Release Date: March 10, 2016 (China only)
Shut Down: 2022
Pros: +Huge card pool with lots to chase. +Battles mix auto actions with timed inputs. +Multiple progression layers, including upgrades and gear.
Cons: -Hard to research in detail due to scarce coverage. -Never received an announced Western release.

Blade and Soul Mobile Shut Down in 2022

Decksplash

Decksplash is a fast, 3v3 arena arcade title where you pilot a riderless skateboard and “ink” the ground in your team’s color. The twist is that scoring is tied to movement skill, keep tricks and grinds linked together to build multipliers and leave a thicker trail as you maintain momentum.

Publisher: Bossa Studios
Type: Arena Arcade
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Shut Down Date: November 10, 2017
Pros: +Trick system built around direct control of a riderless board. +Clever territory control and multiplier-driven scoring. +Different board looks and a variety of arenas to learn.
Cons: -Limited information available.

The Cleansing

The Cleansing is a real-time strategy game with hero-based combat, base construction, and territory control, set in a bleak, feudal-tinged post-apocalyptic setting where each side fights to break the other team’s stronghold.

Publisher: Grindstone Interactive
Type: RTS
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Shut Down: January 09, 2018
Pros: +Distinct hero roles with upgrades and abilities. +Includes both solo play and PvP formats. +Territory capture paired with economy and base management.
Cons: -Very little documented information remains.

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Impulse of War

Impulse of War is a free-to-play vehicular arcade shooter built around fast PvP matches where you pilot unmanned machines, ranging from buggies and tanks to hovercrafts, ships, and towering robots. It leans into classic arena objectives like Death Match and Capture the Flag, with a few twists such as Capture the Train, all set on sci-fi battlefields with light base building and customization.

Publisher: Dmitry Medvedev
Type: Vehicular Arcade Shooter
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Shut Down Date: February 28, 2017
Pros: +Multiple PvP modes with different objectives. +Several weapon categories to experiment with. +Sci-fi maps that include base building elements.
Cons: -Dropped by the developer after only 4 days. -Very small community. -Not much content depth.

Spellsouls

Spellsouls was a free-to-play mobile PvP game that tried to fuse two familiar formulas, the lane pressure and tower pushing of a MOBA with the card collecting and deck construction of a CCG. You picked a Spellcaster, built a deck of summons and spells, then jumped into short matches where smart timing and efficient trades mattered as much as raw upgrades.

Publisher: Nordeus
Type: Mobile Strategy/Action
Release Date: Mid-2017
Shut Down: August 10, 2018
Pros: +An interesting hybrid of MOBA-style pushing and CCG deckbuilding. +Polished visuals with strong spell effects and animation work. +Fast matches that reward quick planning.
Cons: -Released and tested in limited regions before wider availability. -Progression and power could lean into pay-to-win.

Pokémon Duel

Pokémon Duel blends the Pokémon brand with a turn-based board game ruleset built for mobile play. You assemble a squad of six Pokémon figures, maneuver them across a node-based board, and try to slip a single figure into the opponent’s goal before they do the same to you, all while collecting new pieces and upgrading their battle wheels.

Publisher: Nintendo
Type: Mobile Board Game
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Shut Down: October 31, 2019
Pros: +A clever board game spin on the Pokémon license. +Large variety of collectible figures to build teams. +Upgrades that improve wheel consistency (accuracy and damage).
Cons: -Frequent technical issues and bugs. -PvP matchmaking could be slow. -Monetization created pay-to-win pressure.

Pokemon Duel Shut Down on October 31, 2019