The Day Before was a multiplayer survival horror extraction shooter video game developed by Fntastic and published by Mytona.

Set in the future, players controlled a character who must traverse and survive in the fictional, post-apocalyptic 'New Fortune City', which has been overrun by zombies.

The game's lengthy development led to questions of its legitimacy, and it drew early criticism for its perceived status as a scam.

Four days later, it was removed from sale—with its servers remaining open until the following month—and Fntastic was closed due to its poor sales performance.

A gameplay trailer was released the following month in February, with Fntastic calling the game "a real breakthrough for the MMO survival genre".

[9] However, the studio's founders later told IGN that the delay had already been planned prior to them learning of the trademark disputes, and was to be announced via a new ten-minute gameplay trailer.

They also denied claims that the game was a "scam", stating that they were being backed by Mytona and being evaluated on their progress regularly, and that "we didn't take a penny from people: no crowdfunding, no pre-orders, no donations".

[14] By this time, the aforementioned multiple delays, trademark disputes, Fntastic's soliciting unpaid labour, as well as allegations of plagiarism through asset-flipping led to some calling the game overly ambitious and mismanaged.

[28] Ed Nightingale of Eurogamer wrote that the "frame rate is appalling and pop-in is extensive, even with the city feeling soulless" and summarised "it's clear this is an incredibly basic game with little to it".

"[29] The Day Before received "overwhelmingly negative" reviews on Steam, with players criticising its lack of melee combat, artificial intelligence, world design and scale, and technical issues.

[38] On October 23, 2024, Fntastic canceled the Kickstarter for Escape Factory due to lackluster interest but immediately announced a new game titled Items, an action-horror prop-hunt experience.