Another one bites the dust in 2025’s wave of Web3 game shutdowns. Raini Studios announced it will sunset its Avalanche-based NFT card game Raini: The Lords of Light on July 21.

🪙 Final Payouts:
2M RST tokens (~$3,340) will be distributed for June and July before the servers go dark.

About the Game:
A fantasy card-battler in the spirit of Hearthstone and Gods Unchained, Lords of Light featured crypto-themed cards referencing Dogecoin, Satoshi, and even SBF. It launched on Ethereum in 2021 before migrating to Avalanche.

Why It's Ending:
Despite paying out over $1M in rewards, the player base dwindled. According to Raini, maintaining the game no longer makes financial sense — both for the studio and RST holders.

️ What’s Next:
Raini will now focus on new action games: Lucha Throwdown and Uncaged: The Jon Jones Brawler.
They’re also overhauling RST with deflationary tokenomics, including token burns via revenue and transaction taxes.

RST Update:
Price rose 14% to $0.0016 — still down 99% from its March 2024 peak. Market cap: under $1M.