Clover Games bankruptcy forces shutdown of three mobile RPGs at once

Clover Games’ bankruptcy has put three mobile RPGs on the same shutdown clock, with Lord of Heroes, HEAVENHELLS: Anime Squad RPG, and Ayakashi Rise: AFK Demon Hunt all scheduled to end service beginning May 9, 2026. In-app purchases were reportedly disabled on April 6, and Clover Games warned that servers could go offline even earlier if outside providers drop support, leaving players with a shrinking window to spend remaining premium currency, finish event goals, and make a final login before the lights go out.

The company filed for corporate bankruptcy on April 9, 2026 after saying it could no longer sustain operations. In its own notice, Clover Games said executives and employees joined cost-cutting efforts and that CEO Yun Seong-kuk personally invested “every available personal asset” in an attempt to keep the games running. Even so, the studio said continued support was no longer viable and formally took the case to court.

The scale of the collapse makes this shutdown stand out in mobile gaming. Lord of Heroes is the oldest of the three, first launching in South Korea on March 26, 2020 before going global on September 7, 2020. HEAVENHELLS was barely off the runway, launching in Korea on February 4, 2026 and worldwide on March 5, 2026. Ayakashi Rise was also part of Clover Games’ current mobile lineup, meaning the bankruptcy wipes out the studio’s live-service roster in one move rather than retiring a single title.

Clover Games’ official site lists the company as the developer behind Heaven Hells, Lord of Heroes, and Ayakashi Rise, and describes it as a Seoul-based studio in Seocho-gu. Founded in 2017, the company had spent eight years building its mobile portfolio before the financial collapse ended its current slate. The shutdown is also landing with particularly bad timing for players who had only just started investing in HEAVENHELLS and Ayakashi Rise, while long-time Lord of Heroes fans now face the end of a game they have supported for years.

Post-filing reaction was overwhelmingly negative, with players angered by the loss of games they had put time and money into. The bigger warning for the mobile RPG scene is simple: even live-service titles with active communities can vanish fast when the studio behind them runs out of road, and Clover Games’ three-game shutdown is now a blunt example of how fragile that trust can be.