Endzone 2 combines elements of survival and city building/colony sims in order to create a new and unique twist on these familiar genres. Players are able to freely choose their starting point and venture into a variety of different locations that are hiding valuable and unique resources and loot. They will also be able to create and manage multiple settlements and fight against the unforgiving and ever-changing environment.

When players aren’t exploring, they’ll need to build, develop and expand their settlements and secure economic progress by researching buildings, and technologies, and refining resources to create optimized production lines in order to keep up with the size of their growing community. Players will also be tasked with establishing trade routes between habitable grounds and traders. 

Gentlymad Studios strives to bring the supportive community from Endzone - A World Apart over to Endzone 2 in order to develop the sequel in line with player expectations. Players familiar with Endzone - A World Apart can now enjoy the challenge of creating and managing multiple settlements and using vehicles to establish trade routes, barter with traders and go on expeditions. Additionally, Endzone 2 includes a complete overhaul of the rendering system bringing players a more detailed and visually appealing environment along with new animations to immerse players like never before. 

A gentle mission with a mad vision comes to an end: Gentlymad Studios will close at the end of September 2025.

"For over ten years this team was more than a studio—friends, collaborators, dreamers. From In Between to Pizza Connection 3 and the Endzone series, they poured heart and humor into everything they made.

Endzone 2’s Early Access was hard: low sales, mixed reviews, tough talks. As Stephan Wirth said, “When criticism rolled in, we didn’t retreat.” The team listened, improved, and fought to the end. It still wasn’t enough to sustain the studio. It’s heartbreaking for the team, the players, and for me personally.

Thank you to everyone who worked at Gentlymad, and to everyone who played—whether in a wasteland or a pizza empire. I’m proud to have stood beside these people:

Daniel Denne, Matthias Guntrum, Stephan Wirth, Wolfgang Reichardt, Anselm Kegel, Benedict Wolf, Constantin Blum, Etienne Miller, Jonas Albrecht, Kai Mergener, Markus Pohl, Sebastian Louven, Simone Rus-Denne, Stefan Treffeisen, Thomas Trocha, Tim Johannsen, Yannick Edler von Hößle, Alexandra Rossinskaya, Alina Sommer, Dario Falcke, Jana Mößner, Tessa Benz, Timo Eberl, Vanessa Voge.

Thank you.

Stefan Marcinek, CEO & Founder of Assemble and Gentlymad Studios

Dear survivors,

Gentlymad Studios is closing. Since 2014 we created In Between, Pizza Connection 3, and Endzone – A World Apart. With Endzone 2 we dreamed bigger. It didn’t start as we hoped, but with your feedback we worked tirelessly and reached a place we’re proud of. In recent months more players began to see the vision; not taking it further hurts, but we’re proud of how far it came.

Through all the ups and downs, you—our players—made the journey meaningful. Every comment and survival tale kept us going. You weren’t just our audience; you were part of the team.

From the bottom of our hearts: thank you. Though Gentlymad Studios ends, the worlds we built will live on through you.

The Gentlymad Studios Team

Key Features

• Survive amidst a relentless and ever-changing environment in a world of constant threat.
• It's your turn to freely choose your starting point by taking direct control of your settlement bus.
• Venture into the treacherous badlands, a terrain riddled with ancient ruins, hidden loot, and daring missions.
• Explore habitable zones full of unique resources and daunting challenges, giving rise to multiple settlements under your command.
• Build, develop, and expand your settlements, forging a remarkable landmark with many buildings and upgrades.
• Secure your economic progress by researching new buildings, technologies, refined resources, and maintain optimized production lines.
• Master your trade skills as you establish and manage trade routes between your zones and traders that are essential for your survival.
• A Year of Major Updates – From electricity and education to traders, bulletin boards, and hunting systems, the game has grown massively since launch.

Endzone 2 is available for to PC (Steam / GOG).