Supercell calls time on Squad Busters less than 18 months after launch

Supercell has announced it’s ending active development on Squad Busters.

Squad Busters launched in May 2024 and will go offline in 2026, “not before the middle of the year.”

In-app purchases have already been suspended, and players who have made a purchase at any point in 2025 can apply to have the “transfer of their value” moved to another Supercell game, such as Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Clash of Clans, Hay Day, or Boom Beach.

“At Supercell, we celebrate what we learn from our failures, and Squad Busters was an opportunity to apply some of those lessons, especially from previous games with long beta periods,” the company said. “We wanted to move faster, take bold risks, and learn directly from a global audience instead of waiting years in a limited release.

“What we learned was that we had got it wrong. The game did not meet the high expectations that both you, our players, and we at Supercell have for our games, and by early 2025, we faced a true crossroads, either accept that Squad Busters might never grow into the kind of global phenomenon we dreamed of, or take a big creative swing. We chose the latter.

“The introduction of Heroes was the boldest game change of this scale in Supercell’s live game history, an attempt to redefine what Squad Busters could be. But despite the team’s best efforts and your continued support, we were not able to find a lasting solution to its core problems.”

There will be one final update in December, after which active development will end. The development team will be “shifting their energy to both new games and existing live games.”

Supercell is also providing free bundles to players as a “thank you for [their] time, passion, and for being part of this journey.”