20 Announced Video Games That Are NEVER Coming Out

Sometimes you can have everything going right for you and still for some reason never get to the finish line. That was the case with Star Citizen. The colossal space simulation multiplayer was announced in 2012 and quickly generated over two million on Kickstarter. Led by Chris Roberts and his Cloud Imperium Games, the game’s development continued with a steady drip of released content, including an early release in 2017. But here we are in 2026, and around $800 million worth of crowdfunding later, there is still no full release. 

Perhaps the scale of its ambitions has become Star Citizen’s greatest hurdle. The roots of this project date back to the early 2000s when Roberts was working on Freelancer. This open world space trading and combat game brought Roberts vision to life, although he himself would depart before it reached completion after the developer got acquired my Microsoft. As a result his eventual goal of creating a massive online multiplayer version never came to fruition. 

Fast-forward to 2012 and it seemed Roberts would finally get his wish with Star Citizen. Following the announcement and over $2 million raised in crowdfunding, the project had well and truly lift off. As time passed and Cloud Imperium continued to release modules giving players an early taste of what to expect, it seemed things were on track. 

Over the years, we got to see the game’s ships, planetary surfaces, megacities, and mining mechanics. But as the work progressed, the setbacks continued to accumulate. The continually increasing scope, seemingly endless feature creep, and perhaps even the playable alpha model reducing some of the commercial pressure, have meant the final released product remains as distant as the stars in its gameplay.