The Day Before was a multiplayer survival horror extraction shooter video game developed by Fntastic and published by Mytona. The development was marred by legal disputes involving Fntastic, as well as accusations of plagiarism and soliciting unpaid labour; Fntastic denied accusations of scamming and...
The Day Before was a multiplayer survival horror extraction shooter video game developed by Fntastic and published by Mytona. The development was marred by legal disputes involving Fntastic, as well as accusations of plagiarism and soliciting unpaid labour; Fntastic denied accusations of scamming and plagiarism. Four days later, it was removed from sale—with its servers remaining open until the following month—and Fntastic was closed due to its poor sales performance. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic United States. They join other survivors in a colony to rebuild society. The Day Before was first revealed in January 2021 with a gameplay trailer that showed the basic mechanics of the game. However, the studio's founders later told IGN that the delay had already been planned prior to them learning of the trademark disputes, and was to be announced via a new ten-minute gameplay trailer. Fntastic later claimed that it was being targeted by the developer of a calendar app named "TheDayBefore". In August 2023, it was reported that Mytona and Fntastic had filed a trademark registration for the new title Dayworld. By this time, the aforementioned multiple delays, trademark disputes, Fntastic's soliciting unpaid labour, as well as allegations of plagiarism through asset-flipping led to some calling the game overly ambitious and mismanaged. On 4 December 2023, Fntastic posted a statement on X , reiterating that they had not scammed anyone as they had not solicited funding, and denied accusations of asset-flipping. On 11 December, four days after The Day Before launched to widespread criticism, Fntastic announced their closure, stating that as their game had "failed financially" they could not afford to continue operating.The Day Before was removed from sale on Steam later that day.