Crash Bandicoot: On The Run is going offline permanently in 2023, less than two years after the mobile spinoff’s initial release date.
“Crash fans, it’s with a heavy heart that we inform you on Feb. 16, 2023 we will terminate service for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run,” reads publisher King’s statement on Facebook. “It has meant so much to bring your favorite Crash characters to life and we’ve sincerely loved making this game. Thank you for spending your time with us and we hope you will join us in one of our many other games.”
As of Dec. 19, 2023, all in-app purchases for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run are shutting down on both the App and Play storefronts. It’ll still be playable to the aforementioned server shutdown, though.
Crash Bandicoot: On The Run, an ‘endless runner’ full of characters from across the franchise, came out back in March 2021 to a somewhat mixed reception. On reviews aggregate Metacritic, it garnered a lukewarm Metascore of 59 on iOS. Most of the critique stemmed from a lack of key features that, to this day, never made it into the game – and seemingly never will, either.
Given how many brilliant mobile titles there are now (especially sports games), stumbling near launch is tough to recover from – many console classics are playable on phones too.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
