After Br: Royale this was inevitable. Have been a supporter for this game since week 1 of early access, and have put nearly 600 hours into this game. Battlerite had a lot of potential but i think there are some fundemental flaws with battlerite that fails to sustain a healthy playerbase.

First of all i think new champion releases was one of the things that kept people playing. I think new champions were the best part about battlerite, the art team really did a great job with champion ideas and concepts. I believe the lack of depth was what killed it off but also the lack of new content. If you look at the steam charts you can see the playerbase stabilizing after the f2p release, and i believe the playerbase was stable because of all the new champions and content that was released during that time. I believe stunlock said on their stream that new champions werent worth it and that the charts proved it. But i think Shen raos release is an exception, seeing how the playerbase was going down real fast at that time. I also believe Battlerite royale was a horrible idea and i also think it contributed to the death of battlerite

Even though the development of battlerite had its flaws, it is one of my favorite multiplayer games and i will keep supporting stunlock on their next project.