Spiders Reportedly Heads for Liquidation, and Another Mid-Tier RPG Studio May Be Lost

Reports around 29 April indicate that French studio Spiders, known for GreedFall and Steelrising, is facing liquidation after parent company Nacon was unable to find a buyer.

For gamers, this is one of the sadder kinds of industry news because Spiders occupied an important space. The studio's games were not always as polished as giant AAA RPGs, but they had ambition, unusual worlds, and a clear desire to serve players who wanted story-driven role-playing without waiting years between massive blockbuster releases.

Mid-tier studios like this matter because they take risks that huge publishers often avoid while still making games larger than tiny indie projects. When they disappear, the industry becomes more polarized: enormous safe bets on one side, small survival projects on the other, and fewer studios in the middle.

The immediate impact is uncertainty for employees, future updates, and any ongoing projects. The broader impact is worse: another reminder that interesting RPG studios can build loyal audiences and still be financially fragile. Players lose variety when the middle collapses.