Everspace 2 alpha out now

Rockfish Games’ space-’em-up has launched on Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development, featuring two “extensive” star systems and over 20 hours of gameplay.

Funded on Kickstarter in 2019, Everspace 2 is “a fast-paced single-player space shooter with deep exploration, tons of loot, classic RPG elements” and is in development for PC and consoles.

“Experience a thrilling story set in a vivid, handcrafted open-world full of secrets and perils on your journey as a former clone space pilot to become human after all.”

According to the game’s website and Steam Early Access announcement, players can expect quarterly content updates over the next 12-18 months, including:

• More star systems, locations, enemies, activities etc. (8 star systems planned for v1.0)

• More player ship subclasses and tiers (9 subclasses with 4 tiers each planned for v1.0)

• More ship customization options

• More player levels (max player level 30 planned for v1.0)

• More items and resources incl. Legendary gear

• More player perks (6 x 3 perk upgrade options planned for v1.0)

• More companion characters incl. perks to upgrade (6 companions planned for v1.0)

• More challenges

• More main and side mission story content (30+ hours of story content planned for v1.0)

• More situational commentary from Adam and Hive

• More interesting jobs and factions

• More alien creatures

• Natural phenomena like lightning fields, black holes, solar storms, etc.

• Fast Travel system

• Different Outlaw factions with different tech

• Better trading opportunities, price tracking, trade routes

• Quest inventory

• Codex

• Game difficulty setting

• Worthwhile endgame content and activities

• Achievements

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