Popular Battle Royale Game Rules of Survival Removed From Steam

The Battle Royale genre is getting more and more crowded every day, as companies look for a way to break into the action. We’ve already seen competitors to long standing titles like H1Z1, PUBG, and Fortnite come and go, but more and more seem to pop up each day. Some of these titles start out as console games, or even Mobile titles, though the inevitable cross-over to PC to try and secure more players seems to happen sooner or later as well, though one popular Mobile title that made the leap seems to have gone missing, and fans are starting to wonder why.

Rules of Survival is a Mobile Battle Royale game that launched in late 2017, featuring 120 players being dropped onto an island and left to find weapons and fend for themselves until just one winner stands. Nothing too groundbreaking there all things considering, though the game looked surprisingly good for a Mobile title, comparable to larger PC games like PUBG. The game made the leap to PC in May of this year, with players able to play for free by downloading the game from the official website, or pay for the game through Steam to secure “Special Gifts” to justify the purchase price. Unfortunately for developer NetEase, the game has been removed from the Steam store with little reasoning as to why.

The dev team reached out to players on the Steam forums to try and assuage concerns about the removal, stating:

There has been much speculation about the sudden removal of RoS from Steam today, we would like to clear up some of the information that has been spreading.

1. The Steam Store page has been archived and is unavailable to new survivors at this point. We are currently working with Steam to get it back up ASAP.

2. We would like to reassure survivors that if you have already purchased the game, your game data is safe and you can still continue to play the game now, without any interruption.

We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused and wish to thank the RoS Community for their understanding and support.

The game is still missing on Steam, however fans who purchased the game can still play the game from their Steam libraries. It seems the only problem right now is the inability for new players to jump in and try it out, though as yet there has been no reason given for the games removal. We’ll continue to update this article if new information comes in. For more news from the world of Battle Royale games, check out the fashion choices for New York Knicks player Kevin Knox at the NBA Draft.