DiscontinuedBlockchain gaming (social deduction party game)Polygon, then Immutable zkEVM2022–2025

The Mystery Society

Club Penguin's former boss tried Among Us with NFTs; it lasted a year

A browser-based social deduction party game, likened by its makers to Among Us crossed with Clue, with tradeable NFT cosmetics, built by the US studio Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.

Recorded studio backing: Recorded announced studio backing; allocation to this game and cash actually received were not disclosed.

Funding

Round	Date	Announced	Investors
Seed round	2024		Shima CapitalLead Sfermion GSR Arca Lyrik Ventures Flying Falcon Press Start Capital 32-Bit Ventures

Announced is what was said at the time. Cash actually received is rarely disclosed and is not assumed to match.

People

Name	Role	Period	Now	Last checked
Chris Heatherly		—	Not established	Oct 2026

Promises vs reality

Promised

Outcome

Target

Put on indefinite hold when development was suspended, with the studio saying it would look for a way to reward its community if another web3 partner appeared.

Target

Coverage of the suspension describes the game only as web-based, and no source found here reports a mobile release before development stopped.

A missed promise is a missed promise. It is not evidence of fraud, and this page does not treat it as any.

Timeline

21 October 2022
The earliest dated public trace of the game found here. The studio's founding date was not published; its chief executive said in early 2024 that the work had gone on for a couple of years and that he had funded the prototype himself.
9 February 2024
Beta players received a free NFT when the browser game opened.
6 June 2024
NFT holders could migrate their items to Immutable's zkEVM by logging in. BlockchainGamer.biz later attributed the move to Polygon ceasing to support games.
24 February 2025
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We are very sad to announce that The Mystery Society unfortunately will be suspending development. We built an S-tier team, shipped and live operated an actually fun game with promising metrics, and built a passionate community, but unfortunately, the state of web3 gaming is just too challenged right now and despite all our efforts, we have been unable to secure the funds to keep building. We will keep the game live for as long as we can while we look for a new home. We are considering a relaunch without the web3 elements on Steam. And we are open to shifting the game to a publisher - either in web2 or web3 - if there are any willing to take it forward. However, this does mean our plans for the $MYSTRY token are on indefinite hold. If we find another web3 partner, we will seek to find a way to reward our community for their loyalty to the game. We will also be refunding all the customers who purchased gems. We want to thank our community who have been amazing and truly the best part of this journey. The most heartbreaking aspect of this is that we will not get to keep building and playing the game we had envisioned with you. Our final Game Night will be this Thursday at 3 pm PST. Please stop by to say farewell (for now at least) to The Mystery Society and our great team, before we head to our next adventures. Thank you for all the mystery, mayhem...and memories! - The Mystery Society team
27 February 2025
Billed as a farewell to the team, "for now". It is the last post on the game's account.
THE FINALE OF MYSTERY SOCIETY IS LIVE NOW Please don't miss this chance to celebrate and say goodbye (for now)

How it ended

Ran out of money

On 24 February 2025, a year after its $3 million seed round and public beta, the studio announced it was suspending development because it had been unable to secure the funds to keep building. It said it would keep the game live as long as it could, put its planned token on indefinite hold, promised refunds to everyone who had bought in-game gems, and held a final game night three days later. A web2 relaunch on Steam or a move to a publisher were named as possibilities.

What happened next

Aftermath27 February 2025
Three days after the suspension Chris Heatherly posted that several parties had offered support, and told Decrypt he was considering tokenising the game's intellectual property among other paths. No later relaunch or transfer was found.

Still alive

Open spot