CD Projekt Red

CD Projekt Red suffered the most dramatic fall from grace in modern gaming, with Cyberpunk 2077's 2020 launch erasing nearly a decade of goodwill. The game sold 13 million copies in its first month, but only after a catastrophic launch that forced Sony to remove it from the PlayStation Store for six months. The studio's stock dropped 57% in two months, and the ensuing class-action lawsuits cost $1.85 million to settle, making it the costliest mismanagement case on this list.