Second Dinner is trying to calm Marvel Snap players after recent layoffs raised new questions about the future of the digital card battler.
Co-founder Ben Brode told players in the game's Discord that the studio is "still here, still building" and that its previously announced roadmap has not changed, according to comments quoted by Kotaku. The statement followed the departure of several staff members, including former community manager Griffin Bennett.
"For those of you concerned about Snap, we're still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you. The roadmap we shared in March remains the same. This is us making hard decisions to make sure we can keep going, not a sign that we're winding down."
Brode also confirmed that Second Dinner had "said goodbye to a few members" of the team, including its community manager. He said the decisions were painful and "say nothing about the quality of the people leaving."
The reassurance lands at a sensitive time for Marvel Snap. In March, Second Dinner published a 2026 roadmap update that framed this year as a foundation-building stretch for the game, with work planned on stability, responsiveness, technical debt, card acquisition and future modes. The studio said then that monthly seasons, new cards and rotating limited-time modes would continue through the year.
That same roadmap also acknowledged a rough transition after Marvel Snap's U.S. outage in 2025. The game was temporarily pulled offline and from app stores in the country because of its connection to ByteDance-owned publisher Nuverse during the U.S. TikTok ban disruption. Second Dinner said in March that taking on more publishing responsibility forced it to build out support, marketing, distribution and web shop operations itself.
Those details explain why the latest cuts have worried parts of the community. Marvel Snap depends on a regular live-service rhythm, and any sign of shrinking support can quickly become a bigger concern for players who are still spending time or money in the game.
For the moment, Second Dinner's message is that the cuts are about keeping the studio going, not preparing to wind Marvel Snap down. The studio has not announced any change to the game's 2026 plans.