The End. Shutting down on 15th of January — Helios News

It is with very heavy hearts that Rareden and I have decided to suspend work on Helios indefinitely. This is a decision that we have agonized over for the better part of a year.

This project has taken a massive toll on us both and we've come to the conclusion that it's just too much for one developer to handle. Especially as both of us have had to maintain full time jobs throughout development. With no hope of substantial outside funding and the constant hoops, hurdles and roadblocks from Epic and Steam, we feel it is better to end things now as dragging this out any further would likely alienate all the new friends we've made who have stuck with us these last 4 years.

As of 10am UTC on the 15th of January, the game will be removed from the Steam store.

The Helios Discord will stay up for as long as we feel the message still needs to get out. Feel free to hang out or leave as you please. We may try to turn it into an Unreal Engine community. Time will tell.

Any content uploaded will stay on mod.io unless you remove it.

Please accept our sincere apology for not being able to live up to everyone's expectations. We knew this was a gamble to begin with and suspect the majority of the community understood it too. That didn't stop so many of you from giving your support over the years in the form of time, knowledge, money, and morale. We were truly inspired by it all and it kept us going in the tough times.

Unfortunately, we have to face the reality that this just isn't going to work.

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