Tokyo Beast Shuts Down After Just One Month, Vows to Compensate Players

By José Oramas July 25, 2025 In Blockchain, Gaming

Tokyo Beast, a US$20M mobile brawler launched just 76 days ago on Immutable zkEVM, will cease operations on August 24 due to unsustainable costs.
The game’s token, TGT, has crashed 96% from its peak to US$0.006, despite initial promises of a US$1M tournament.
BEAST NFT holders will receive US$203-$597 in USDC (more than mint price), and staked TGT holders will get USDC refunds

Well, that was quite fast, even for a blockchain game.

That’s Tokyo Beast, the US$20M (AU$30.3M) mobile brawler built on Immutable’s zkEVM that will go dark on 24 August, just 76 days after its worldwide debut on 9 June.

The game launched with promises of a US$1M (AU$1.53M) tournament funded by Tokyo Game Token (TGT), but the token collapsed almost immediately. Issued in late May, TGT now trades at US$0.006 (AU$0.0091) after a further 16% drop on the shutdown announcement, 96 % below its peak. The chart basically looks like this:

In a Medium post, the Producer Naoki Motohashi described the decision as “unexpected news”, citing unsustainable operating costs despite “extensive discussions with our stakeholders”, and apologised to players for the abrupt end.

With the desire to respond as carefully as possible to all users who have supported ‘TOKYO BEAST,’ we have decided to provide compensation based on USDC. We will conduct the compensation with the maximum amount we can allocate from the management at this point.

Naoki Motohashi

Compensation to Range Between USD 203 and USD 597

That’s essentially a compensation pool in USDC, with BEAST NFT receiving between $203 (AU$307) and $597(AU$905), more than the original US$200 (AU$303) mint price (depending on rarity).

Other NFT payouts vary by asset class and scarcity, while TGT stakers will be reimbursed according to the length of their lock-ups. Unstaked token holders are not eligible.

Refund claims open 25 August and close 30 September, when the app will be delisted. Tokyo Beast’s rapid rise and fall adds to 2025’s growing list of Web3 game casualties. This is probably the fastest pivot from launch hype to shutdown so far this year.