Does anyone know what happened to the developer DreamSky? All of their apps on the Google Play Store are completely missing and they don't seem to be responding to support emails.

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About a week ago, I tried to download one of their games but for some reason, every single game/app they ever released is completely missing from the Google Play Store. I can't even download them through my library. I tried sending them an email but they never responded. Both their social media and their website seem to be abandoned and mention nothing about their sudden disappearance. I don't think I've ever seen a developer just completely disappear like that, does anyone know what happened to them?

Also, because it's relevant to a recent movement* and I feel like mentioning it, the game I was trying to download was Lophis Roguelike:Card RPG game. I bought this game a few years ago but it didn't work on my tablet, so I added it to my backlog of android games, thinking that I could eventually try it on a different device. Seeing that this game is no longer officially available, this is a game that I payed for but never got to actually play.

*The movement I'm referring to is stopkillinggames.

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Last update 2020. I think the playstore delete games that don't get any updates for some time. Just get the apk from an alternative store if you know what I mean.

I know I can do that, but that's not the problem here. I've seen developers remove old games before but I've never seen an entire developer completely disappear.

Also, I've had no problem in the past with downloading old apps from the Google Play Store. For example, about a month ago, I downloaded a game that was last updated in 2016. The Google Play Store usually allows you to download old apps from your library, but as I stated in my post, their apps are completely missing from my library.

Maybe they closed down and had to remove everything due to copyright problems/sales weren't worth having to do costumer services or something like that.

I bet it's not that uncommon either. Just yesterday, I remembered a game I saw years ago called 'green project' that was in early access at the time and wanted to check it out. so I went to look for it but it was gone despite the game still being sold on steam and being on version 1.4.2, but the last update was on 2022.

I mean, if that was the case, why didn't they mention that anywhere and wouldn't their website also be shut down as well?

why didn't they mention that anywhere

Perhaps it Happened too fast to react, or maybe they didn't really care. It's Likely the latter.

wouldn't their website also be shut down as well?

Not really. Hosting a website cost pennies and they probably want to keep the domain name.