Set in a persistent open world, it is driven by a captivating sci-fi story that picks up shortly after the events of its predecessor, but instead of the previous roguelike game mechanics, the focus in EverSpace 2 will be on open world gameplay combined with classic RPG elements and extended storytelling. 

Thanks to the expanded perks and a brand new class-based player ship system with dozens of models, players can also fully customize their spaceship to their individual playing style with weapons, plating, and equipment, similar to classic RPG character development. Despite all the innovations, EverSpace 2 remains true to its space shooter core and presents fast-paced space action in the well-known EverSpace style.

The story of EverSpace 2 continues from its successful predecessor. As one of the surviving clone pilots, the player is faced with the remnants of his past: the cloning program has been canceled, the colonial authorities have placed a bounty on him, and now that dying means the ultimate death the search for the meaning of life suddenly takes on a whole new importance. Fate, however, has big plans and soon the player discovers what it means to evolve from a former military clone to a truly real person. EverSpace 2 not only creates a powerful gaming experience, but also one that is visually impressive in the beautiful infinity of space where breathtaking cinematic scenery invites - encourages - exploration.

To ensure the narrative quality of the 20+ hours campaign, with countless side missions, ROCKFISH Games is working with creative minds such as Joshua Rubin, who has been involved in AAA productions such as Destiny, Assassin's Creed II, and The Walking Dead. Streamline Studios and Volta will also be involved as external development partners. 

ROCKFISH Games' EverSpace 2 kickstarter campaign, has successfully reached its initial 450,000 EUR/$493,000 funding goal and is aiming for the first stretch goal.

With still a few hours left until 23:59 CET, the first Stretch Goal is well within reach. Of the required 500,000 EUR, there are now less than 20,000 EUR missing to unlock “The Ancient’s Rifts”. These cracks in space can be discovered while exploring the huge game world, leading to dangerous regions of unrelenting enemies.

Thanks to the funding and the ongoing sales of the predecessor, ROCKFISH Games can now develop their entire vision of EverSpace 2 in complete independence and go into Early Access on Steam in September 2020.

“We are deeply grateful to all our supporters and couldn’t be more happy about having reached our funding goal at pretty much the last minute. The campaign went much slower than expected, but it paid off that we never lost faith and kept going, releasing several high-quality vlogs as well as some smaller production updates. Together with our brilliant fans we kept pushing and spreading the word about our Kickstarter campaign and worked hard to earn back the trust that after a few recent incidents has understandably been lost by PC players towards game developers.“ says Michael Schade, CEO and co-founder of Rockfish Games. “Thanks to our successful campaign we can now develop our full vision of EVERSPACE™ 2 together with our community as a completely independent studio. This is also a clear signal towards other indies that despite the current circumstances success is still possible thanks to a convincing prototype as well as open and authentic communication with your fans.”

Backers of the Kickstarter campaign will receive the demo version of EverSpace 2 via Steam later this year.

As with the successful campaign of its predecessor in 2015, the EverSpace community will thus be involved in the development process as early as possible. On the other hand, the financial independence of the studio will be further secured in order to ensure full creative control at all times during production and, if successful, to even increase the scope of the game by activating stretch goals.

EverSpace 2 will clearly outperform its predecessor in terms of both audiovisual quality and scope, which is reflected in the significantly higher development budget.

Early access of EverSpace 2 on Steam is currently scheduled for September 2020, with the full version for PC, PS4 and Xbox One scheduled for release in the second half of 2021.