The Day Before refund leak shows over 45% return rate for the bait and switch balls-up as Fntastic flees

The Day Before, which was once on top of the Steam global wishlist, has been pulled from the store. After receiving a barrage of negative responses from gamers, buyers, and streamers alike, the end for The Day Before has come swifter than any could have foreseen – the game managed to exist for barely five days. Well-crafted teasers and trailers, along with gameplay combining survival horror and the promise of immersive MMO, helped Fntastic to initially shift 201,076 units according to a leaked report (see image below). But it didn’t take the savviest gamers long to realize they had been duped, with a massive 91,964 units (45.7%) being returned in quick time.

But that still leaves over 100,000 gamers without a refund, and it leaves potentially more than $4 million in somebody’s pocket. Fntastic, in a somewhat dramatic post on X, has attempted to gain sympathy by claiming five years of hard toil were put into The Day Before development, while a separate post states that the studio “received $0” from sales. The publisher, Mytona, has been a little quieter about the financial angle but has said there is ongoing work with Steam to make refunds available to those gamers who feel they were cheated. Which is likely going to be most, if not all, of them. Not only did The Day Before fail to deliver in regard to expected gameplay and visuals, but it also morphed into an extraction shooter-type game, turning survival genre fans off.

Gamers looking for a The Day Before refund should contact Steam’s help service and try a Battlefield 2042 refund system that was shared on Reddit, even if they have played for more than two hours. “The game didn't match the videos and screenshots” should be selected as the reason for a refund, and fortunately there is a great clip on X that shows just how poor The Day Before really was. This was shared by Paul Tassi of Forbes, who wrote a scathing report on the game demonstrating its apparent scam status. While Fntastic and Mytona and other actors may start falling out about whose fault it was and who benefited from this execrable The Day Before bait and switch, it’s important to remember that there are still millions of dollars out there heading to Fntastic’s “partners”.

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