After 12 years, on September 26, 2024, it was officially confirmed by EA that the “The Simpsons: Tapped Out” game would be ending in January 2025. It was revealed with an in-game message with the 252nd and final update of the game, the Taps content update.

As of this last update, in-app purchases have been disabled. The game will be found in app stores until October 31, 2024. Then, it will still be playable until January 25, 2025. Then the servers will be shutting down and the game won’t be accessible anymore. During the months previous to the shutdown, all previous game content will be made available in waves.

Tapped Out started on February 2012. The game centered around each player building its very own version of the town of Springfield, setting buildings and unlocking characters from the show. During 12 years, the game has delivered more than 250 content updates, more than 700 characters and more than 1000 questlines.