Fortune’s Run is a sci-fi immersive sim about surviving the industrial wreckage of Earth after humanity has escaped to the stars. The shooter RPG blew some critics away when they tried the demo back in 2023. Now the early access game’s future has been plunged into uncertainty after its developer revealed she’s going to prison.

The developer of well-received Steam Early Access first-person shooter Fortune's Run has ceased work on the game after receiving a three-year prison sentence. In a shock announcement on the Fortune’s Run Steam page,

The sole developer of a Steam first-person shooter announces work on the game will pause for an extended time while they serve a prison sentence.

Retr immersive-sim Fortune's Run is indefinitely on hold after solo developer Dizzie was sentenced to three years in prison.

Dizzie, the creator of Fortune’s Run, a well-known first-person shooter, has announced that she’s stopping the development after receiving a three-year prison sentence. The announcement was shared on Fortune’s Steam page.

A developer has put further development of their Steam Early Access game on hold because they’re going to jail for three years. Fortune’s Run was released on Early Access in September 2023 and has since earned a ‘Very Positive’ rating among its reviewers.

Announced originally during the Realms Deep event in 2021, and later released into Early Access on Steam in 2023, Fortune's Run is a highly rated immersive-sim FPS but now its future is uncertain.