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Online extraction shooter

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier was an extraction shooter set on a hostile alien planet, where players scavenged loot and fought both AI creatures and rival player squads across short instanced raids rather than a persistent shared world. It has since closed.

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Status
Closed (September 27, 2023)
Business model
Not yet verified
Genre
Online extraction shooter
Release
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MMO DNA

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PvECombat focusPvP

PvE scavenging is the primary focus, with a signature PvPvE extraction loop

SoloPlay styleGroup

Solo drops are viable; squads help with harder factions and PvP

StructuredWorld structureSandbox

Structured extraction maps are the stronger catalog signal

TargetedCombat feelAction

Real-time PvPvE extraction-shooter combat is recorded

HousingNot recordedCraftingRecordedTradingRecordedControllerNot recordedPvERecordedPvPRecorded
Player fit

Why you might like it

  • A sci-fi extraction shooter from developer Yager that combined PvPvE looting, questing and gear progression on the alien planet Fortuna III, in the same broad genre as Escape From Tarkov but with a distinct sci-fi setting.
  • Notable for its accessible free-to-play structure at a time when extraction shooters were often seen as a niche, hardcore genre, aiming to lower the barrier to entry for newcomers.
  • Worth knowing about as a case study in the challenges of launching and sustaining extraction shooters — a genre that saw several high-profile launches and shutdowns in the early 2020s.
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Things to consider

  • The game is permanently unavailable — Yager announced the shutdown on June 28, 2023, citing insufficient player numbers to remain financially viable, and closed the servers on September 27, 2023.
  • Despite a strong launch (peaking at over 40,000 concurrent players in June 2022), the population fell to under 2,000 average concurrent players within about a year — a cautionary tale about how quickly live-service games can lose momentum.
  • No notable fan revival or private server exists for this title — it's unplayable today outside of archived footage.
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Research record

Last checked
2026-08-28
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Source note
Discovered in MMORPG.com / MMO game directories; deeper fields pending verification
No direct official link verified in the current record.
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What MMOFinder has checked

6/6documented areas
  • Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
  • Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
  • Source trail1 linked source is recorded for review.Verified
  • Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 28, 2026.Verified

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Combat matchZulaBoth cataloged with Not yet verifiedGenre & setting/TG/MUDAlternative profile where no exact genre match is recordedShared featuresZezenia OnlineCatalog features have since divergedBusiness modelZentia OnlineBoth recorded as Not yet verified

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The Cycle: Frontier timeline

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  2. Current
    Catalog status

    Closed

  3. 2026-08-16
    Research checked

    Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.

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The Cycle: Frontier screenshots & gameplay

Two verified gameplay images and a gameplay video for a quick look at the game in action.

Source: Verified YouTube gameplay video

Gameplay, availability and research notes

The Cycle: Frontier is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Online extraction shooter. Its recorded status is Closed, while the business model is listed as Not yet verified. MMOFinder records its release year as —. Current platform data lists Not yet verified. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.

Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as Real-time PvPvE extraction-shooter combat on a hostile alien planet (service discontinued 2023). Discovery tags on the record include Online Game, Catalog. The developer field lists Not yet verified, and the publisher field lists Not yet verified. Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.

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