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The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Extinct · servers off 24.01.2025

The official servers for The Simpsons: Tapped Out were switched off on 24 January 2025.

What happened

Free-to-play mobile city builder, closed after 12 years. It was removed from app stores in October 2024.

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Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
2012
Servers off
24 January 2025
Platform
Mobile
How it was sold
Free-to-play

What still works

Nothing playable. Nothing still works: the game needed the official servers.

If you own it

  • If the game needed the official servers to start, it can no longer be played.
  • Check the summary above for any refund, offline mode or fan-run server.
  • Keep your receipt or proof of purchase in case a refund or claim opens later.

General guidance, not legal advice. The publisher's announcement has the details.

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