When a game goes into beta, it's great, because developers can stress test their games during these events, allowing them more time to fix issues that may arise. This, in turn, makes the game more complete and makes it more enjoyable for players since it's not broken. For bigger games, this is important, because there are more complexities and more moving parts that could cause a negative chain reaction, and beta testing could help make everything less of an issue. However, even during the beta stage when the game is all but complete, developers may cancel the whole project.
This could be for many reasons, like feedback from the players, or the game itself isn't becoming what they want it to be. When this happens, it's rather depressing, because the developers have worked long hours just for their game to be thrown out of the window. But at the same time, this gives them better ideas for the future. Not every game that goes into a beta gets completed, and sadly players aren't able to play them after.
5 Rush Wars
Made by developers SuperCell, a name that players may know from games like Clash of Clans or Castle Royal, Rush Wars was a mobile strategy game played a lot like most other Supercell games, where players would develop things around a gold mine, maintain it and upgrade their base. Like all Supercell games, there's multiplayer, which had players raiding other players' mines to get more resources, and the best part is that the attacker or defender didn't need to be online to react.
If players set up their defenses right, the AI would take care of itself and this allowed them to focus on other things to make them stronger, which in turn allowed them to unlock more things. While Rush Wars played a lot like some great tower defense games on Steam, it was short-lived. During the middle of early access, Supercell decided to shut it down in late 2019 because it was repetitive, however, they did try to fix those issues, but sadly could not do enough to keep Rush Wars alive.
4 Blood And Heroes
For fans of games like For Honor, Blood And Heroes could have been a great addition to the genre. During the beta of Blood And Heroes, there were tons of things for players to do, buy, and be a part of. If they played For Honor, jumping into Blood And Heroes had a familiar feel to it, which allowed players to adjust easily. However, Blood And Heroes brought its own flair to the mix by making the combat style a more defensive one.
Where For Honor would focus on countering, Blood And Heroes was more defensive and borrowed a lot of elements from Dark Souls, this would make the combat harder, and more immersive than For Honor. However, unlike For Honor, Blood And Heroes didn't have the large player base of its competition, and a steeper learning curve, making it a game that dedicated players would jump into. Due to the small, but committed player base Blood And Heroes couldn't manage to stay afloat from a business perspective and was shut down in May 2022 during its closed beta.
3 Titanfall: Frontline
Titanfall's existence is a great one, because the game gave new life to the first-person shooter genre by having free-running and these titans that changed the flow of the match. Depending on the titan, any player could dominate the game if they really wanted to. It's unfortunate that Titanfall hasn't become more iconic, because of how much more fun it is than Call Of Duty. However, Titanfall: Frontline played a lot differently from the mainline games rather than being a first-person shooter, it was a card battle game.
Players would collect pilots, titans, and burn cards from the first Titanfall game to battle other players via mobile. While, Titanfall: Frontline had the same meta as the mainline games where if players combined a pilot and titan, they would do more damage, the game was still built for a niche audience. Because of that, development for the card battler was shut down due to its small player base during the beta access.
2 Crucible
Third-person-coop-shooters are a fan favorite because players can enjoy these games with their friends, all with unique play styles which in turn makes everyone important. Games like Destiny have honed in and showcased how fun these types of games can be. Crucible which was in development under Amazon felt like it had everything, like the hero shooter elements of Overwatch, this allowed Crucible to be immersive, much like other coop shooters.
The issues with this game were diverse, from the looming pandemic that forced game makers to work remotely, to the market being oversaturated with co-op hero shooters. This forced further support for Crucible to shut down in October 2020, with matchmaking and the servers going offline at the end of 2020. It was quite sad because it gave players another free-to-play option in the hero shooter genre.
1 Lego Star Wars Battles
The Star Wars version of the Lego games is very well-liked, because of how immersive they are. Players can get lost in these stories, which makes all the Star Wars Lego games rather fun to play. And the best part, most, if not all, of the Star Wars Lego games are fun to play for all ages, even kids as well. Lego Star Wars Battles fits perfectly in the mold created by other games. This tower defense game had it all, easy to jump into the gameplay and in an immersive world all in the player's hands.
Playing solely PVP, players would build up bases, and attack other players all while being their favorite Star Wars character. This made Lego Star Wars Battle fun to play for all sorts of players. However, for unknown reasons the game was shut down in 2021. This is a shame, because it played well for mobile, and each battle was dynamic, forcing them to fight in different ways.