Age of Darkness: Final Stand is one of the most ambitious indie RTS games of the last decade. Its SwarmTech engine, dark fantasy setting, and deep survival mechanics created a genuinely unique experience that thousands of players fell in love with.

But development has gone silent.

No patch notes. No roadmap updates. No communication. The community that supported this game through three years of Early Access and celebrated its 1.0 launch has been left in the dark — literally.

We are not here to attack PlaySide. We understand studios move on to new projects. We understand resources are finite. What we are asking for is simple, costs nothing, and has a proven track record of success:

Open source Age of Darkness: Final Stand, or release an official Mod SDK.

Here is what the community would build immediately:

3-player and 4-player co-op support

Balance patches and quality of life fixes

New maps, difficulty modes, and game modifiers

Long term bug fixes the current build still needs

Games like Quake, Doom, Morrowind, and countless others became legendary partly because their source was eventually released to the community. Those games are still being played and expanded today — decades later. Age of Darkness deserves that same future.

The passion is here. The talent is here. The community is here.

We are simply asking PlaySide to open the door.

Sign this petition if you want to see Age of Darkness: Final Stand live on.