Squad Busters

Squad Busters Review: Good Game, Servers Ending in 2026

The Shutdown Comes First

Supercell announced that active development finished on 30 October 2025 with one final content update in December, and that servers would keep running until somewhere between the middle and the end of 2026 — no exact date given. The window to transfer in-game currency spent during 2025 into other Supercell games closed at the end of that year, so money put in now cannot be moved anywhere. Google Play still shows a live listing with 10 million installs and 4.2 stars from 728,000 reviews, and the last update recorded there is 8 December 2025. Everything below should be read against that.

Ten Players, One Timer, A Growing Squad

A match puts ten players in a shared arena with a countdown running in the corner and a placement shown beside it. Characters are recruited from chests as the match proceeds, and three of the same kind fuse into an evolved version with a new ability — the moment the game is built around. Squads become absurd quickly: a dozen barbarians, archers and chickens trailing behind you while another player tries to steal your gems. Battle mods rotate the rules between matches, so the same arena plays differently from one game to the next.

What It Cost and What It Costs Now

The install is 938.8 MB, Apple rates it 9+ for infrequent fantasy violence, and neither store carries an advertising badge. Ratings were good — 4.5 from 137,000 App Store ratings against 4.2 on Play — which makes the closure a business decision rather than a verdict from players: Supercell's own statement said the game did not reach the long-term quality bar the company holds itself to. Any purchase made now buys cosmetics and progress in a game with a stated end date and no transfer route left, which is the single reason for the monetisation score below.