Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller are thrilled to announce Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, the sequel to Citizen Sleeper, one of 2022’s most acclaimed indies.
Citizen Sleeper released in May 2022 and wowed players and critics alike with its tale of a corporate-owned android on the run, washed up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Created by mostly solo developer Gareth Damian Martin, Citizen Sleeper has connected with nearly half a million players since launch and has become one of the most revered indies of recent years.
Using Tabletop RPG inspired systems, Citizen Sleeper creates a unique player-led experience, for which it won plaudits alongside the captivating characters and evocative art from renowned comic book artist Guillaume Singelin, and the haunting, atmospheric soundtrack by celebrated composer, Amos Roddy.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector reunites the very same core development team, and will take you to a new location, put you in the declining body of a new Sleeper, and once again ask you to build a life for yourself among the stars. But this time you have a ramshackle ship and a crew you’ve recruited, both of which need you to steer them through a system-wide crisis.
Citizen Sleeper‘s acclaimed Tabletop RPG-inspired gameplay will also return in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector alongside all new systems and mechanics that will offer more depth, complexity and challenge.
Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller revealed the game today at the PC Gaming Show with a gorgeous animated narrative reveal trailer, created in partnership with animation house Studio Yuzu.
| You are a Sleeper, an android built by Essen-Arp for whatever purpose your corporate owners dictate. After a daring escape, you’ve made it all the way out to the Starward Belt, a remote asteroid cluster at the edge of the Helion System, only to have swapped one form of control for another. You’re now under the thumb of Laine, a notorious gang leader who provides you with Stabilizer – the drug your android body needs to survive – and uses it to exert control over you. It’s a miserable existence for you and Serafin, your colleague in servitude. Together, you hatch a plan to escape. After a desperate attempt to free yourself by rewriting the very code that governs your system, you are on the run with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. The first thing you did was steal a ship. Keep it running, maintain it, even upgrade it, and maybe it will eventually carry you away from all this. But you can’t run it alone. You’ll need a crew, and while the Belt is full of those looking for work, it’s also full of trouble. Can you hold the ship together through this crisis? Can you build a refuge here, among the stars? Meanwhile, there is a crisis unfolding in the Helion System. Two vast corporate entities are fighting a bitter, covert war that is touching everything, even the Starward Belt. Waves of refugees, shattered hulks of warring ships, strange new technologies, all of this and more is now washing up on the shore of the Belt. Navigate this shifting territory, take on contracts, get paid, and survive to see the next cycle. |
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| This announcement only scratches the surface. We’ll be revealing more details on the game throughout the year. In the interim, those eager to dive deeper into the Citizen Sleeper universe can do so via the Helion Dispatches, a series of narrative transmissions from the refugee ship, the Pilgrim Seed. The Helion Dispatches will be released for free via the Jump Over the Age Substack, with the first scheduled to arrive later this week. To stay up to date with information on Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, visit the Citizen Sleeper website, sign up to the Jump Over the Age Substack, check out the developer website or follow Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller on Twitter. Citizen Sleeper is available now for PC & Mac, PlayStation consoles, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox including Xbox Game Pass. The game is also currently on sale on PC and Nintendo Switch. |
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