Love Live Mobile Game Link Like Love Live Shutting Down in 2026

Every gacha pull you have left in Link! Like! Love Live! has a hard expiration date. Developer ODD No. Inc. announced on April 6, 2026 that the game will end service permanently on June 30, 2026, citing operational costs that exceeded expectations. Three years after its April 15, 2023 launch, the Hasu no Sora school idol experience is done.

The shutdown timeline is already moving. In-app purchases closed at midnight JST on April 6, the same day the announcement dropped, meaning there is no longer any way to buy paid currency. Players sitting on unspent paid gems are not entirely out of options: ODD No. has confirmed a refund window running from June 30 through September 30, 2026, so anyone holding unused purchased currency should act before that September deadline closes.

Between now and June 30, roughly 84 days remain to do everything the game offers. That means clearing any unread card stories and event narratives, since all of that content disappears with the servers. Four recorded WithxSTATION broadcasts are still scheduled to air before shutdown, giving players some final lore content to catch. Treat June 29 as your real deadline; server closures on the announced date can move fast.

What is not ending is the broader Hasu no Sora franchise. The animated film Love Live! Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party hits Japanese cinemas on May 8, 2026, and a full TV anime adaptation remains on course for January 2027. Both projects are proceeding unaffected by the game's closure, which means the characters and story will continue well past the final login screen.

The closure lands harder in context. Love Live! has built a reputation for mobile titles that launch with enthusiasm and fold before the five-year mark. Link! Like! Love Live! sits in that same line, and fans tracking the franchise's app history will recognize the pattern immediately. TV Tropes has flagged a possible bankruptcy at ODD No. as the underlying cause, which would explain why the in-app purchase shutdown came the same day as the announcement rather than following a wind-down period.

The studio's financials aside, what the June 30 date actually means for players is straightforward: story content is gone, card collections are gone, ranked event records are gone. The refund process for paid currency is the one concrete action still available, and the September 30 deadline for claiming it is the next date worth circling on the calendar.