John Wick Hex is being faraway from Steam (and all different platforms) this week, in response to an announcement launched by the sport’s writer, Massive Fan Video games.
“John Wick Hex shall be faraway from sale on all platforms starting July seventeenth, 2025,” the assertion shared on the sport’s Steam web page reads. “After July seventeenth, 2025, present house owners of John Wick Hex will nonetheless have the ability to entry the sport through their digital libraries (PC/Console) and/or bodily copies (Console), nevertheless new purchases of John Wick Hex is not going to be potential, no matter platform or storefront.”
Developed by Bithell Video games and launched in 2020, John Wick Hex is a cel-shaded tactical technique recreation during which gamers tackle the position of the king of revenge himself. The sport performs a bit like a board recreation, and its fight is time-based, not turn-based, so along with managing well being and ammo, gamers should additionally handle probably the most invaluable useful resource of all: time. Every motion eats up a few of that point, from a fraction of a second to reload, to a number of seconds to bandage up wounds. Run out of time, and also you fail the mission.
Massive Fan Video games’ assertion didn’t element the rationale for the sport’s impending removing, however given the truth that the writer is principally recognized for publishing licensed video games, it’s potential the writer’s license to make use of the John Wick IP has expired and never been renewed. John Wick Hex is presently the one official John Wick recreation in the marketplace.
Polygon has reached out to Bithell Video games for remark and can replace when the corporate responds.
