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Can This Game Survive? · Survival Atlas

Which older games are still playable?

A reviewable database of what remains when a game's stores, logins or servers disappear.

50 selected games. Two published findings. No unreviewed verdicts.

50 selected games · 2 reviewed

The survival database

Every game has a dossier and an immediate outlook. Only two outlooks are evidence-complete; every other one remains an explicit, noindex research hypothesis.

Outlooks across the research corpusFor pending records, these outlooks are hypotheses, not findings.
50 games
GameYearResearch laneOutlookEvidenceRecord
Doom1993Offline baselineLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Quake1996Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Diablo1997Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Ultima Online1997Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Half-Life1998Offline baselineLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Starsiege: Tribes1998Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
EverQuest1999Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Quake III Arena1999Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Counter-Strike2000Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Diablo II2000Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Phantasy Star Online2000Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Anarchy Online2001Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Neverwinter Nights2002Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Battlefield 19422002Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Unreal Tournament 20042004Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
World of Warcraft2004Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Guild Wars2005Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Battlefield 22005Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
TrackMania Nations2006Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Test Drive Unlimited2006Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Hellgate: London2007Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Team Fortress 22007Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Burnout Paradise2008Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Left 4 Dead2008Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Demon's Souls2009Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
League of Legends2009Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Minecraft: Java Edition2011Community hostingLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Darkspore2011Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Star Wars: The Old Republic2011Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Diablo III2012Publisher accountMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
SimCity2013Offline patchLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn2013Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Grand Theft Auto Online2013Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Hearthstone2014Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Destiny2014Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Driveclub2014Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
The Crew2014Shutdown caseAt riskReviewed findingOpen
WildStar2014Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Evolve2015Offline patchLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Cities: Skylines2015Offline baselineLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain2015Local game + servicesMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege2015Publisher accountMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Rocket League2015DelistingMixed outlookProvisional hypothesisOpen
Battleborn2016Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Overwatch2016Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
LawBreakers2017Shutdown caseAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Fortnite2017Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen
Gran Turismo Sport2017Offline patchLooks resilientProvisional hypothesisOpen
The Crew 22018Offline patchLooks resilientReviewed findingOpen
Fallout 762018Server-only riskAt riskProvisional hypothesisOpen

Page model

One URL per game. One clear answer.

Every published record answers whether the game remains accessible, which dependency is critical and what survives a service failure. Search questions about offline mode, server shutdown and playability are answered together on the same canonical game page.

Read the methodology

Publication gate

How a candidate becomes a record

  1. 01

    Primary sources

    Shutdowns, patches, accounts and server states need a specific supporting source.

  2. 02

    Dependencies

    Installation, entitlement, login, servers, local saves and community infrastructure are recorded separately.

  3. 03

    Bounded finding

    Publisher documentation, direct testing, supported inference and unknowns remain visibly separate.

  4. 04

    Maintenance

    Every published case gets a review date, next review, source register and change history.