Rec Room’s final day: Fans say goodbye as social gaming platform comes to an end

The Seattle-based social gaming platform Rec Room is shutting down today (Rec Room Image) It’s the last day of school for Rec Room, and there’s no next year. The social gaming platform, set on a virtual college campus where 150 million players built worlds and friendships over the past decade, shuts down at noon Pacific today. The Seattle startup, founded in 2016 by former Microsoft engineers, raised $294 million and hit a $3.5 billion valuation at its peak in 2021.