# Rec Room Rec Room UPDATE - the “School’s Out” edition

- Product: Rec Room (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rec-room)
- Vendor: Rec Room
- Date: 2026-03-30
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/471710/view/542260396903367418
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rec-room/releases/2026-03-30-rec-room-update-the-school-s-out-edition

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- **removed** — Ability to create new accounts
- **removed** — Ability to add someone as a friend
- **removed** — Ability to sign up for Rec Room+
- **changed** — Active Rec Room+ memberships are extended to June 1st
- **changed** — Rec Room+ requirement removed from Partnered Creator, allowing anyone with sufficient tokens to cash them out
- **removed** — Token rewards from activities such as Rec Room Originals
- **removed** — Ability to create new monetized user-generated content including room inventory items, offers, keys, consumables, currencies, and avatar items
- **removed** — Room Rewards program has ended with March payouts in early April
- **removed** — Ability to purchase or receive new Roomie Energy
- **changed** — First party content in all stores discounted by 80%
- **changed** — Some Rec Room+ only features including avatar items, custom emoji, auras, and body paint no longer require Rec Room+ membership

Rec Room will be closing down on June 1st at noon Pacific time.

##### On June 1st:

- You will no longer be able to login to and play Rec Room

- The [rec.net](https://rec.net) website will go offline.

- Online services related to Rec Room Studio will no longer be available.

##### In preparation for the impending shutdown, as of this update the following things are changing:

1. You can no longer create new accounts

2. You can no longer add someone as a friend

3. You can no longer sign up for Rec Room+ (RR+)

4. If you have an active RR+ membership, that membership is extended to June 1st.

5. We have removed the RR+ requirement from Partnered Creator. Anyone with sufficient tokens can choose to cash them out.

6. New registrations for Partnered Creator will be halted on May 1st.

7. You will no longer receive token rewards (e.g., at the end of an RRO)

8. You can no longer create new monetized UGC content, including:

   1. Room inventory items and offers

   2. Room keys, consumables, and currencies

   3. Avatar items (in-game and Avatar Studio)

9. The Room Rewards program has ended. March Room Rewards will be paid out in early April.

10. You can no longer purchase or receive new Roomie Energy

##### As a thank you to our players, as of this update:

1. We are discounting first party content in all stores by 80%

2. Some RR+ only features (e.g., avatar items, custom emoji, auras, body paint) will no longer require RR+

For more information, [read the full blog post here][(https://blog.recroom.com/posts/schools-out-for-rec-room)](https://(https://blog.recroom.com/posts/schools-out-for-rec-room))