Pokémon Unite Is Shutting Down in March 2027

Pokémon Unite is heading for the end of the line. The Pokémon Company has confirmed that service for the team-based MOBA will end on Tuesday, March 23, 2027, at 00:00 UTC, giving players about five months to get in their last matches.

The game launched in 2021 and built a large following on Nintendo Switch and mobile. Its five-on-five matches pit teams of Pokémon against each other as they score points and take down rival objectives. It was developed by Tencent's TiMi Studio Group, and the shutdown notice is the first firm date the game has been given.

The announcement is short on specifics. Its headline says players will still be able to use the game after the servers close, but the official text available so far doesn't explain what that access looks like, whether it's an offline mode, a limited build, or something else. Anyone planning to keep playing should wait for the full notice from The Pokémon Company before assuming what will still work.

Until the cutoff, the servers stay up as normal. Players who want to make the most of their remaining time, or spend leftover in-game currency, have until late March to do it.