TL DR: The servers were officially shut down but Atari purchased the rights to the game and brought the servers back online as of June 17th 2025



Slightly long story, Awesomenauts means a lot to me, played it since release on xbox/xbone and I followed every patch of the game eagerly awaiting who'd they add next and I loved the game's characters and gameplay loop, made many friends, many memories, many cherished moments of my childhood are attached to this game. The past few years may have been incredibly hard for this game (left in a state where it was not getting updated and arguably was at its most unbalanced) but I still loved it and still put another 300 hours into the game on this account just to relive some childhood memories. There's just no game like Awesomenauts, I HATE mobas but this game's mixture of platforming and simplified moba qualities blended together to create a super fun take on the genre and the characters are so lovable, the music rocks, and I deeply enjoyed every moment in its hayday and still to this very day.

Now for the slight elephant in the room to Atari bringing the game back yes, I do think the change from f2p to paid is pretty sus especially considering it's $20 which is a pretty steep price for a game with a small playerbase, grab it on a sale with some friends and get to a discord. However I do like the change to all the characters being unlocked from the get-go and no more need to level them up for unlocks.

Check it out, grab some friends, have some laughs, prepare for a very broken and unbalanced (yet still very fun) game.