Pudgy Penguins Pulls the Plug on Its NFT Game 'Pudgy Party' Within a Year of Launch After Losing Millions The Pudgy Penguins brand has abruptly shut down its mobile battle royale game Pudgy Party less than a year after launch, redirecting its energy toward its other title, Pudgy World. CEO Luca Netz says the company lost millions trying to keep the project alive. The crypto-native brand Pudgy Penguins has abruptly closed down its mobile game Pudgy Party, a battle royale party title that did not even survive a full year. As of Friday, the game can no longer be downloaded on either iOS or Android. Why the game was shut down A post on the game's official X account explained the reasoning: the company wants to throw its full weight behind its other active title, Pudgy World, rather than splitting attention between two products. "Pudgy World continues to grow rapidly, delivers one of the most fun and novel web experiences out there, and being wholly ours, has everything we need to make it the flagship gaming product of the Pudgy Penguins universe," the team wrote. What Pudgy Party offered Pudgy Party was co-developed with Mythical Games, the studio behind FIFA Rivals and NFL Rivals. It rolled out worldwide last August, borrowing the multiplayer party-game formula popularized by Fall Guys and tasking players with racing through chaotic obstacle courses faster than their opponents. Although the core idea felt familiar, the game added a crypto twist by allowing players to mint and trade tokenized in-game items as NFTs. Thanks to its lively competitive gameplay, approachable design, and that optional NFT layer, Pudgy Party was crowned the 2025 Game of the Year by TrendKia's GG. Millions in losses behind the decision Even though Pudgy Penguins maintained that the game had piled up millions of downloads and was gaining traction, CEO Luca Netz told community members on Friday that the company had bled millions of dollars trying to keep the project afloat. That detail emerged from an X thread posted by someone who was on the call, and a Pudgy Penguins spokesperson confirmed its accuracy to TrendKia. Inside Pudgy World Pudgy World, which its developers call the "coziest place on the internet," is an online playground and hangout space that has often been compared to the classic Club Penguin. The difference is that user-owned items here are tokenized as NFTs on Abstract, an Ethereum layer-2 network launched by Pudgy Penguins' parent company. TrendKia reached out to Mythical Games for comment on the closure of Pudgy Party but did not immediately receive a response. The effect on the PENGU token The Pudgy Penguins token PENGU was up more than 10% on the day, recently trading at $0.0072 amid a broader market rebound, though it remains down nearly 15% over the past month. A wider crisis in crypto gaming Pudgy Party now joins a growing list of prominent blockchain-powered games that have shut down or halted development across 2025 and into 2026, including titles such as Deadrop, Nyan Heroes, and MetalCore. Many developers have pointed to dwindling player interest and an inability to secure further funding to keep building. On Sunday, the team behind another well-known crypto game, Fishing Frenzy on the Ethereum gaming network Ronin, announced it too would shut down and stop development. That game is set to go offline on June 25. "Despite our best efforts, we were ultimately unable to prove our thesis on crypto gaming and could not find product-market-business fit," the Fishing Frenzy developers wrote on X. "We spent a lot of time in the past year testing multiple directions and audiences, but the results did not give us enough conviction in a viable path forward." What this means for you If you are a crypto gamer or investor, here is what this means for you: • With Pudgy Party now offline, your spending, progress, and tokenized NFT items tied to the game could lose their usefulness. • PENGU holders should stay cautious, because despite the 10% daily jump the token is still down nearly 15% over the past month. • The steady stream of crypto game closures is a reminder to check a title's long-term viability before investing real time or money in it. Questions & Answers 1. Why was Pudgy Party shut down? The company wants to focus on its other game, Pudgy World, and according to CEO Luca Netz it had lost millions of dollars trying to support the project. 2. Can Pudgy Party still be downloaded? No, as of Friday the game is no longer available for download on either iOS or Android. 3. What is the current price of the PENGU token? PENGU was recently trading at $0.0072, up more than 10% on the day, though it has fallen nearly 15% over the past month. 4. Which other crypto games are closing down? Deadrop, Nyan Heroes, and MetalCore have already shut down, and Fishing Frenzy on Ronin is set to go offline on June 25. https://trendkia.com/en/business/eka-sala-bhi-nahin-chala-pudgy-penguins-ka-nft-gema-pudgy-party-achanaka-bnda-kn-1097 TrendKia — Har trend, sabse pehle.