Wednesday, June 24th 2026 Memories in Orbit Game Studio Closes Down After Lackluster Launch by Cpt.Jank Today, 16:38 Discuss (1 ) Memories in Orbit (MIO) launched in January 2026 to a relatively positive critical reception, but it seems as though its commercial success has not met expectations. According to a recent report by French outlet, Le Figaro, Douze Dixièmes will be closing down following a buyout deal by Douze Dixièmes co-founders that would allow them to regain control of the company from Focus Entertainment and close things out on their terms. While Memories in Orbit received high praise at launch, at its height, it failed to even break 3,000 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB. At the time of writing, the game has a 24-hour peak concurrent player count of 201 players, and ownership estimates put the $19.99 indie Metroidvania's sales at around 67,000-112,500 units, which was seemingly not even enough to sustain the small team of around 10 people at Douze Dixièmes and support the game's future development. Douze Dixièmes has not yet publicly acknowledged the closure. Source: Le Figaro Related Tags: buyout closure Focus Entertainment French Layoffs Memories in Orbit Metroidvania PC shutdown Steam Studio Apr 13th 2026 Epic Games Store Employees: People Only Came for Free Games, Then Returned to Steam (91) May 26th 2026 NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers 610.47 WHQL Drops Control Panel Support (143) Apr 17th 2026 Pragmata Launch: Glowing Reviews and Chart-Topping Sales but Mediocre Player Counts (62) Oct 3rd 2025 AMD Gains CPU Share as Intel Hits Record Low on Steam September Hardware Survey (94) Apr 27th 2026 Windows 11 Updates Can Now Be Skipped and Even Paused Indefinitely (61) May 23rd 2026 Forza Horizon 6 Nears 5 Million Sales, 42% on Xbox (30) May 23rd 2026 Helldivers 2 Gets FSR 4, DLSS 4.5, and XeSS 3.0 Upscaling and Performance Optimizations in Upcoming Update (9) Nov 3rd 2025 Windows 11 Finally Fixes Update and Shut Down Functionality After a Decade (32) Apr 13th 2026 Shipment Manifest Tips Steam Controller Launch Soon (6) Jun 11th 2026 Ubisoft Lays Off Hundreds of Staff Across Multiple Studios (57) Add your own 1 on Memories in Orbit Game Studio Closes Down After Lackluster Launch #1 Inferna Who ?Cpt.Jankreceived high praise at launch, at its height, it failed to even break 3,000 concurrent players on SteamPraise can be bought and don't pay the salary of employees.
