tl;dr: The game will not be playable for an indefinite period of time.

Dear Minimum fans,

It is with a heavy heart that we here at Human Head Studios have to announce that, starting this evening, Minimum’s Mber servers and services will be going offline indefinitely. This will affect everyone who has purchased the game in the past as well as anyone who purchases the game after the shutdown occurs. We know that sounds unbelievable but let us be clear: we do not control the sales, pricing or servers for Minimum. These are all under the auspices of Atari, the game’s publisher, and we have had no communication from them regarding their plans going forward.

Minimum has been a rollercoaster project for everyone involved, not least of all us. From its originally inception at TimeGate to its cancellation during their bankruptcy, and then to its resurrection and transfer to us through the trials and tribulations of Early Access and live game patches. Everyone on the Minimum team poured our heart and souls into creating something under difficult constraints and with an eye toward focusing on our community and making something that was as much yours as it is ours.

Although the servers will go offline tonight, and there will be a significant interruption of service for Minimum, we at Human Head will do our best to get the game back into a state where it can be played by everyone who paid for it. We’re developing a strategy to remove Mber-related features and make it so that anyone who owns Minimum can run a public game server for it. We’ll be doing all of this on our own dime and of our own volition to show our appreciation and respect for all of you. It may take some time and we can’t give you a specific timeline yet, but we hope you’ll be patient with us as we try to figure out how to make this work.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Twitch streams, everyone who bought into Early Access and endured bugs and balance issues, everyone who bought the game once we launched and anyone who knows the joy and defeat of close Titan matches. We couldn’t have done this without the support of you, the fans, and we are forever grateful for all you’ve done for us.

This isn’t how we wanted it to end, but we hope that you’ve all created lasting gaming memories that will keep the spirit of Minimum around for years to come.

Yours in gaming,
Norman Nazaroff, the Minimum team, and Human Head Studios