Smithworks

Smithworks is a free-to-play cooperative blacksmithing game that launched on June 17, 2022. From the very first post, the developer (Tinfoil/Kenny) was upfront about the game's intended scope: the launch announcement noted the team did not expect to work on the game far into the future, and that after a few months of bug fixes and cosmetic additions, they would consider it complete. The team followed through quickly. A handful of updates shipped through July 2022 — adding a final level, achievements, hats, and bug fixes — and on July 8, 2022, the v1.04 patch notes explicitly stated it was "one of the final content updates" and that there were "no plans to adding any more unique features as the project was always intended to be a completed experience." After a long quiet period, the developer returned on June 20, 2025 with a small quality-of-life update (v1.05) adding Steam Cloud support, six more hats, and one new achievement, alongside an announcement that the team had moved on to a new game called Foodslingers. This update did not walk back the earlier completion declaration. On July 1, 2026, a news post appeared on Smithworks' store page, but it was entirely about a content update for Foodslingers — it contained no new content or announcements for Smithworks itself. The most recent update with any Smithworks content was June 20, 2025. The developer has consistently communicated this as a finished project, and nothing in the subsequent communications changes that conclusion.