to add to this, most big studios want something they can polish, market, and hand to casual players without needing a wiki, a coach, and a month of practice. Toribash is the opposite of that. It’s a game you have to commit to before it even stops feeling awkward.

companies don’t see easy money in it, they don’t see simple onboarding, and they definitely don’t see a mass-market hit. That’s why buying the game or taking over development isn’t really on anyone’s radar. It’s just too niche for the people who normally throw money around.

Which leaves us exactly where we are now: a small community keeping a weird, complicated game alive with duct tape and nostalgia. The charm is part of the problem, but also part of why the game lasted this long in the first place.

Unless they somehow revive TBNext and turn it into something new players can actually get into, there isn’t much of a future for it. The only people who understood how TBN worked were the ones already committed to classic Toribash, and that’s not enough to build a real playerbase. If they can’t fix that, then ditching the whole project might be the only realistic outcome. Otherwise they’re just throwing money at a game that doesn’t grow no matter how many updates they push.

Honestly it’s a shame, because this really is a community-run game at this point, and that’s not even an insult. The community is the only reason Toribash has lasted 20 years. But eventually Nabi’s going to have to make a call. If the numbers don’t pick up and there’s no real profit coming in, they won’t be able to justify keeping everything online forever. Without a change in players or revenue, there’s a limit to how long they can keep it going.

wasn't nicotine buying toribash?

No I am. Still no one outbid by $20 offer.

Unfortunately I have barely enough money just to buy toribash, but not enough to keep it alive. Still talking with few people who might be interested in sponsoring this huge purchase, but I can't say for sure. I do want to buy it and keep updating it, but I'm not a billionaire to do it just by my own.

Yeah I get what you mean, and fair play for even trying to make something happen. The problem is most investors aren’t going to jump into a game like Toribash unless there’s a clear way to make the money back. Buying it is one cost, but keeping it alive with proper updates, servers, and a real dev team ends up being the expensive part.

Toribash is niche, it’s got a massive learning curve, and the playerbase isn’t exactly growing, so from a business point of view it’s a tough sell. Investors want guaranteed returns, not passion projects.

Would be sick to see you take it over, but realistically you’d need people willing to fund it out of interest rather than profit, because the numbers alone won’t convince anyone big.

Instead of buying Toribash why don’t you just host the servers. Use all the buying power to purchase pcs to run the servers.

it's kind of easy to just make a clone idk i'm not worried about it. do think they should give us like a year or 6 months heads up though

Did you ever hear about copyright

if toribash shuts down im ending it

Can someone link the ebay listing for Toribash? I have a few bucks I wouldn't mind throwing at it.