Foamstars’ bubble bursts as Square Enix makes it free-to-play

Concord isn’t the only cartoon-colored hero shooter to open to the sound of crickets. Square Enix’s Foamstars, which launched in February and whose player count plunged off a cliff two weeks after release, is going free-to-play.

Converting a premium live-service title to a free-to-play model is widely seen as throwing in the towel on a game. Foamstars, for PS4 and PS5, was $29.99 at launch and struggled out of the gate, although it was a free inclusion for PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers in its launch month.