Pudgy Penguins is pulling the plug on Pudgy Party, the mobile battle royale game that launched globally in August 2025 and racked up over 1 million downloads. The team is redirecting all resources toward Pudgy World, a browser-based game that went live in March 2026.
What happened and why it matters
Pudgy Party was developed in partnership with Mythical Games and featured customizable characters alongside various mini-games. Over a million downloads in under a year is respectable for any mobile title, let alone one tied to an NFT brand.
The shutdown announcement, made via the project’s official Twitter account around June 12, landed with community backlash. The backlash has centered on what happens to in-game purchases, whether any assets will migrate to Pudgy World, and whether refunds are on the table.
Pudgy World is a free-to-play, no-download browser game set in an environment called “The Berg,” featuring multiple towns, narrative-driven quests, and what the team describes as hidden crypto elements. The design philosophy is aimed at people who don’t know what a seed phrase is and don’t want to learn.
