The developers of Rec Room have announced that the game will be shutting down this year. While Rec Room had a good amount of popularity, its run will come to an end a decade after it got its start.

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Social VR platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, announced earlier this week that it will be shutting down in June. The studio says it never quite figured out how to turn a profit, though top ...

“Despite this popularity, we never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business,” the company said in a statement. “Our costs always ended up overwhelming the revenue we ...

Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s laying off around half of its staff, citing low-level content which has flooded the platform from users on mobile and console. Founded in 2016, the studio ...

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It's the end of an era for those gamers who loved to hang out in the virtual reality multiplayer game Rec Room. On March 30, 2026, developers posted an update on blog.recroom.com announcing that the ...

The D-Day is here for Rec Room fans! The widely loved video game Rec Room is finally set to shut down after announcing earlier on March 30 that it would shutter after failing to find sustained ...

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