Dragon Quest Tact will end service on February 29, 2024, according to an announcement from Square Enix today. Developed with Aiming Inc., the gacha-style tactical RPG features the monsters of the Dragon Quest series that can be recruited into a party and battled a turn-based fashion with tactical grid-based combat. Released on smartphones globally in 2021, the game only recently released its Version 4.0 update and an in-game collaboration with Dragon Quest V.

Square Enix has halted the sale of in-game currency effective today, as well as sale of the season passport and the ability to automatically renew it.The closure of Dragon Quest Tact is the latest in a culling of smartphone gacha-style games, including Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier, Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai A Hero’s Bonds, and more.

Dragon Quest Tact’s developer Aiming Inc. was also the subject of an investigation into insider trading charges against two Square Enix employees including the indictment of Balan Wonderworld developer Yuji Naka, who bought shares in Aiming and other Square Enix partners when he learned of their collaborations with Square Enix to develop games. A judge found Naka and Taisuke Sazaki guilty of these charges and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison (suspended for four years) and a 172.5 million dollar fine that includes the amount of his original stock purchase.