Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is getting delisted next year, even though there’s an offline mode

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance will be delisted from online stores in February 2025, and its servers will shut down. However, those who own the game can still play it offline.

The news of its delisting wasn’t exactly broadcast very loudly. It was shared as a short blurb in the description section of online store pages.

“We will be shutting down (shut down) the Dark Alliance servers on 2/24/2025, and it will no longer be available to purchase starting that day,” the short announcement reads. “The base game and all DLC are still available to play in offline single player by anyone who currently owns it.”

Dark Alliance gets delisted next year, even though you can play it offline

Admittedly, Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance getting its multiplayer servers shut off isn’t much of a shocker. The online co-op game was negatively received by critics and players, with complaints ranging from bugs to general tedium. I attempted to play the game when it launched in 2021, but my experience didn’t last long.

In our impressions of the game, we noted issues like wonky AI, lackluster combat, and a dull story.

“I’m just not digging Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance right now,” Zoey Handley wrote. “It feels rickety at best and annoying at worst. Monotonous, bland, uninteresting.”

It wasn’t great, no. Regardless, it does feel a bit off for the game to get delisted when you can play it offline. Okay, I can see the justification of the servers if no one is playing it. Still, it’s becoming a worrying trend to see content get delisted, sometimes without any discernable reason. One could speculate that it has something to do with licensing, but the developer (under the new name Invoke Studios) is still working with Wizards of the Coast on a new unannounced D&D project.

If you want to give the game a shot and don’t mind slogging through its issues, you can pick it up now for $29.99 on Steam. But it’s probably worth using that money on its spiritual predecessor Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance. It’s older and locked to couch co-op, but it’s a much, much better game.