Playdom’s Market Street closes up shop

Yet another Facebook game has been shut down for good, this time it’s Playdom’s department store sim Market Street.

As spotted by Games.com, if you attempt to play the game you’ll be greeted with the following message:

No reason for the closure is given in the message, but instead it attempts to direct players towards newer Playdom titles such as Gardens of Time and Deep Realms.

Before shutting down Market Street had around 460,000 monthly active users, which isn’t bad, but it’s a far cry from its peak at just over nine million.

Of course, this isn’t the first Playdom game to be shut down. In the past the developer has closed several games that weren’t performing to expectations, including Fanglies, Treetopia, and Tiki Farm. Market Street follows other recent facebook game closures such as Diner Dash and Camelot: The Game.

Andrew Webster