Steam users have spotted the controversial early-access titleThe Day Beforein the “Coming Soon” section of the Steam store, raising questions as to why the game is being advertised. The infamously short-lived survival extraction shooter has not been available for purchase on the store since August 01, 2025, whenThe Day Beforewas pulled from Steam’s marketplace just four days post-launch.
The Day Beforehad its fair share of skeptics well before its swift demise, with questions surrounding developer Fntastic’s credibility surfacing as early as the game’s announcement in January 2021. Leading up to its launch in early access, Fntastic andThe Day Beforesuffered multiple delays, accusations of unpaid labor, and an alleged trademark dispute that saw the title briefly pulled from Steam. When Fntastic’s game finally released on June 02, 2025, it didn’t take long before skeptics were vindicated, as Steam began processingrefunds for anyone who purchasedThe Day Beforeand pulled the game from its storefront less than a week later.
A Reddit user who goes by Thadgarcy recently posted a screenshot of the MMO category of the Steam store’s “Coming Soon” tab, which surprisingly listsThe Day Beforeas an upcoming title. While the listing could be interpreted as anothercomeback attempt byThe Day Beforedeveloper Fntastic, the game’s appearance on the Steam store is likely a simple error. AlthoughThe Day Beforeis not available for purchase, it is still searchable on Steam and listed as an early access game.
Steam Store Lists The Day Before as ‘Coming Soon’
This isn’t the first timeThe Day Beforehas suddenly threatened to return to Steam’s shelves. According to Steam forumdiscussion postsdating back as far as November 2024,The Day Beforehas sporadically reappeared in players' wishlists, only to eventually disappear again. Considering theservers forThe Day Beforehave long since been shut down, it is unlikely that the game’s reappearance for some players is little more than a store glitch.
Despite the controversial early access launch forThe Day Beforeand its aftermath, Fntastic is continuing to develop new games. The developer’s upcoming game,ITEMS, is being advertised as a prop hunt game, which has already begun to drawcriticisms and comparisons toThe Day Beforefor hosting a competition for players to develop its maps. Winners were promised a free copy of the game rather than a monetary prize, which critics compared to earlier accusations that Fntastic had solicited unpaid labor to developThe Day Before.
