The servers are staying on. That's the headline worth holding onto here.
Midnight Murder Club, the hide-and-seek horror party game from Velan Studios, has received its final planned update. Patch 2.0.008, which is live now on Steam, fixes a controller-rumble issue that had been affecting PC players. It's a small fix, but it carries a big footnote: Velan Studios has confirmed this is the last update the game will receive.
What the end of updates actually means for players
Here's the thing: "final update" doesn't mean "shutting down." Velan was explicit about that. Public and private matches remain available, and the studio says it will return to patch the game if anything ever breaks in a way that stops players from accessing it the way they can today. That's a meaningful commitment, not just a vague promise.
The studio's track record backs this up. When Knockout City, Velan's dodgeball brawler, reached the end of its supported life, it didn't just vanish. The team released a "Private Server Edition" that kept the game playable long after official support wrapped. Midnight Murder Club is getting the same philosophy applied to it, even if the delivery looks a little different.
A short but complete run
Midnight Murder Club launched into early access in March 2025 and hit its full release in August 2025 across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. At $10, it carved out a niche as a genuinely fun, darkly comedic twist on hide-and-seek with a horror skin over it. The full release cycle, from early access to final patch, ran less than 18 months.
That's a short runway for any live game. What most players miss in situations like this is that a game reaching end-of-updates isn't always a failure story. For a $10 party game built around a specific multiplayer format, reaching a stable, feature-complete state and keeping the servers live is a reasonable outcome.
Where Velan goes from here
The studio isn't going dark either. Velan Studios developed the new Star Fox game for Nintendo Switch 2, which launches June 25. That's a significant shift in scope for a team that built its reputation on multiplayer originals, and it signals the studio is moving its full attention toward that release.
For players who picked up Midnight Murder Club and want to keep playing, the game is still there. The matchmaking works, the modes are intact, and the final patch makes the Steam version a cleaner experience for controller users. If you want to brush up on strategies before jumping back in, the Midnight Murder Club guides collection has resources worth checking out before queuing up.
Game preservation is a topic the industry handles inconsistently, and Velan keeping both Knockout City and Midnight Murder Club playable after support ends puts them ahead of most studios on that front. For anyone building a backlog of multiplayer games worth revisiting, both titles are now in a stable, indefinite state. Check out the broader gaming guides hub if you're looking for more games to add to the rotation.
