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.

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

"With its innovative concept of rapid space battles with rogue-like elements and exciting storytelling, EverSpace was able to excite over a million PC and console players, but many of our fans and space game enthusiasts were still longing for an open-world space shooter with classic RPG elements in the EverSpace universe," says Michael Schade, CEO and co-founder of ROCKFISH Games. "With EverSpace 2, we are making a big leap towards an open-world space shooter, but will still remain true to our DNA and offer exactly what our fans love: A beautiful fantastic sci-fi world paired with uncompromising space action that gets down to business right away".

Space game enthusiasts can get a first taste of quality, gameplay and open-world feeling at the ROCKFISH stand at the Indie Arena Booth in Hall 10.2, where a polished prototype will already be playable.

ROCKFISH Games plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign on September 9, 2019 with a funding goal of €450,000 for EverSpace 2. 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.

After the world premiere at gamescom, ROCKFISH Games will present EverSpace 2 at Pax West in Seattle from August 29 to September 2 and at TwitchCon in San Diego from September 27 to 29.

EverSpace 2 will be launching on Steam Early Access in the second half of 2020, with the full version for PC, PS 4 and Xbox One scheduled for the end of 2021.