Stop Killing Games hits 1M signatures after endorsements from PewDiePie & Asmongold

The Stop Killing Games initiative has successfully reached 1 million signatures following endorsement from major figures like PewDiePie, Jacksepticeye, Asmongold and even Elon Musk.

Stop Killing Games is a consumer-led movement that was first introduced by YouTuber Accursed Farms in April 2024. Its goal is to stop developers from ‘killing’ online games once official support has ended. In essence, Stop Killing Games wants companies to keep these games alive so people can play together even after they’ve been sunset.

Stop Killing games has filed several petitions throughout Europe to protect online games, and is currently working to get one million signatures for the European Citizens’ Initiative. As per the official website, there’s a “very strong chance” the European Commission will pass a law to ensure that online games are preserved if the signature threshold is met.

Stop Killing Games petition finally reaches 1M signatures

Over a year later, the movement has officially reached one million signatures, as revealed by Accursed Farms in a celebratory tweet on July 3, 2025 — and while it’s certainly worth recognition, he noted that some of these signatures could be spoofed from people not in the EU.

“The site says we have cleared 1 million signatures!” he wrote. “I hate being like this, but there’s a chance a significant number of them aren’t real. That means we have to keep signing in overdrive mode to make up for them! I’ll have a video on this later today.”

In fact, the website had so much traffic that it actually went down for a short period of time as users poured in to sign the petition.

PewDiePie, Jacksepticeye & Asmongold support Stop Killing Games

This news comes after major figures in the online gaming space spoke out about the movement, including content creators like PewDiePie, Jacksepticeye and Asmongold.

PewDiePie encouraged his 110 million viewers to sign the petition in a YouTube community post on July 1, saying he “100% supports this movement.”

YouTube: PewDiePie

Jacksepticeye also uploaded a video about Stop Killing Games on his secondary YouTube channel, urging his viewers in Europe to sign the form.

“I see this as an absolute win,” he said. “…At least gamers will make their voices heard, as cringe as that might sound to people who are not really in the space.”

Asmongold also rallied his community to spread the word, saying in a tweet, “If you’re from the EU and care about game preservation and consumer rights, consider signing this petition.”

Even Elon Musk chimed in, retweeting Asmongold’s post to his 222 million followers on X.

While there’s still a chance that a chunk of those signatures could be spoofed, reaching the 1M mark comes as a major win for those aiming to protect online games, especially in the wake of debate regarding the movement from YouTuber and game developer Pirate Software.

Pirate Software spoke out against Stop Killing Games shortly after the initiative was announced in April 2024 and has continued to double down since then, arguing that it is too vague, unfeasible and sets a bad “precedent” for the gaming space.

Several high-profile creators, including MoistCritikal and SomeOrdinaryGamers, have directly challenged Pirate Software’s line of thinking on the subject, criticizing him for casting doubt on the movement and potentially harming something that could ultimately help preserve games.

Now that the European Citizens’ Initiative has reached 1M signatures, Pirate Software has stepped back from his role at Offbrand Games after the backlash against him resulted in the publisher’s titles getting review bombed. He has not made any further statements about Stop Killing Games since then.