Apex Legends Mobile Shuts Down: Here's Why And Here Are Popular Alternatives

Apex Legends Mobile has shut down. Even after receiving the best mobile game of 2022 award, the insanely popular battle-royale title's developers decided to shutter the game within just a year of its launch.

The Apex Legends Mobile servers went offline this morning, May 2, 2023, at 5:30 AM IST (1 May 2023 at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST). Let's see why the rising star in the otherwise crowded category went down so abruptly and check out some of its popular alternatives.

Why Did Apex Legends Mobile Shut Down?

Apex Legends was originally a PC and console game launched in February 2019. It quickly rose in popularity to become one of the best games ever on PC and consoles.

Considering the insane popularity of the game, Respawn Entertainment, EA soon announced the mobile version of the game. Apex Legends Mobile was rolled out on 17 May 2022 and shut down before its first anniversary.

According to the developer, Apex Legends Mobile shut down because the game's content production has been inadequate in terms of "quality, quantity, and release frequency."

The developers indicated the creators couldn't tailor the game well for the mobile gaming ecosystem. Additionally, the battle-royale mobile gaming industry is already quite crowded.

Apex Legends for PC and console is an immersive, challenging, and sophisticated game. It has several Legends, arsenals, and maps to manage.

Needless to say, developers had to make several modifications to the game's core. In other words, the game's engine and infrastructure had to be altered significantly to ensure the game worked on mobile devices.

Despite the changes, Apex Legends for Mobile remained a resource-hungry and resource-heavy game. It demanded a powerful chipset that offered a high amount of processing power.

Several mobile devices could not offer sustained gameplay at acceptable framerates. Hence Apex Legends for Mobile suffered from lags and poor performance on many smartphones.

Some gamers have suggested Apex Legends for Mobile was way more difficult and complex than anticipated, while a few indicated the game lacked player interaction.

Popular Alternatives To Apex Legends Mobile

Apex Legends Mobile was undoubtedly an engaging and immersive mobile game. Its absence will surely disappoint many mobile gamers. However, there are quite a few alternatives to Apex Legends Mobile.

Besides the popular game titles such as PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, Fortnite, and Free Fire, there are some other equally good or even better games such as T3 Arena, New State Mobile from PUBG Studios, Farlight 84, and others.