Fortune’s Run is a sci-fi immersive sim about surviving the industrial wreckage of Earth after humanity has escaped to the stars. The shooter RPG blew some critics away when they tried the demo back in 2023. Now the early access game’s future has been plunged into uncertainty after its developer revealed she’s going to prison.

The developer of well-received Steam Early Access first-person shooter Fortune's Run has ceased work on the game after receiving a three-year prison sentence. In a shock announcement on the Fortune’s Run Steam page,

The sole developer of a Steam first-person shooter announces work on the game will pause for an extended time while they serve a prison sentence.

Retr immersive-sim Fortune's Run is indefinitely on hold after solo developer Dizzie was sentenced to three years in prison.

In case you've not heard of it, Fortune's Run is a first-person shooter with immersive sim elements and an aesthetic not too dissimilar to Doom. Due to its "large scope," the game was released on Steam in early access in September 2023.

The Fortune's Run developer known only as Dizzie has revealed that development on the game will end...because they're going to prison.

Announced originally during the Realms Deep event in 2021, and later released into Early Access on Steam in 2023, Fortune's Run is a highly rated immersive-sim FPS but now its future is uncertain.

Dizzie, the creator of Fortune’s Run, a well-known first-person shooter, has announced that she’s stopping the development after receiving a three-year prison sentence. The announcement was shared on Fortune’s Steam page.

The usual indie development business is hard enough, but Dizzie of Team Fortune has some bigger problems to worry about. In a Steam update, the lead developer of Fortune's Run shared that he will have to pause the development of Fortune's Run to serve a 3-year prison sentence.