Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming company once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down its platform on June 1, leaving the future of the company and its employees unclear. The company made ...

“Despite this popularity, we never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business,” the company said in a statement. “Our costs always ended up overwhelming the revenue we ...

It's the end of an era for those gamers who loved to hang out in the virtual reality multiplayer game Rec Room. On March 30, 2026, developers posted an update on blog.recroom.com announcing that the ...

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SEATTLE — Rec Room, the social gaming platform that drew more than 150 million players over a decade of operation, announced Monday it will permanently shut down on June 1. The company said it could ...

The Roblox-like VR title Rec Room is shutting down after operating for a decade. The free-to-play social game is closing its doors because the developers "never quite figured out" how to make it ...

The despair among Rec Room players is real. Users of the popular social gaming platform expressed their disbelief and sadness over the demise of the Seattle-based company, which announced Monday that ...

Social VR gaming platform Rec Room has announced its closure on June 1, 2026. In a blog post, developer Rec Room Inc. said that despite the platform's success, it "never quite figured out how to make ...

School is out for Rec Room. The social gaming platform announced on Monday that it will be shutting down this June, in spite of “reaching over 150 million players and creators along the way” since its ...

Rec Room, once hailed as a promising giant in the social gaming world, announced Monday it would be shutting down its platform on June 1. If you’re a fan of the platform or have ever spent time ...

The developers of Rec Room have announced that the game will be shutting down this year. While Rec Room had a good amount of popularity, its run will come to an end a decade after it got its start.