Everspace 2

WHILE ELITE: DANGEROUS

has its charms, we can’t put our finger on a space shooter that’s really got under our skin since Freelancer—and that was an embarrassingly long time ago.

And while the first Everspace was a fairly simple affair, in which you fought battles to accumulate credits and ship parts, but lost all except the cash if you died, this sequel has made the excellent decision to explore third-person open-world RPG territory, having Kickstartered itself into orbit.

It’s also in Early Access, which means the game is not finished, and the expected completion date