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New Participant
October 21, 2026
Question

URGENT: Game released and is still stuck as a Pre-Order. Reported 5 days ago. Nothing done

Running Scared released on Friday. But it didn’t! The Pre-order clock hit zero and stayed there. It’s been in that state for 5 days. Nobody who pre-ordered got the game. Anybody that buys the game doesn’t get it as it is still being counted as a pre-order. The game’s metrics are tanking. Meta support said they were busy and will get back to me. It’s now 5 days since the store broke. Nothing has been done but Meta is cashing the pre-orders that people can’t download.

I got a lot of creators to make content for launch, ran competitions with Facebook groups and I have built a Halloween event - all now looking like a waste of time.

Has anybody had a similar experience? How can you get Meta support to do anything? It’s a store problem and my game aside, it’s affecting their customers - you would think they would be trying to fix it.

2 replies

steve40
Honored Contributor
October 23, 2026

The only thing I can suggest is to message the Community Manager ​@htaylor  and ask if he can get your support ticket escalated.

raya565Author
New Participant
October 23, 2026

Thanks - I have tried that and am waiting for a response. I also tried to join the Start program yesterday but that was broken as well and I got a 403 error - the force is definitely not with me!