Citizen Sleeper 2 features the same compelling sci-fi setting as its predecessor, but some of the new mechanics might be tricky for beginners.

Starward Vector is a cozy game, but it isn't a ‘cozy game’. Each time I load it up, I find the aesthetics, the UI, the audio, and the writing lulling me into a false sense of security. It starts the moment you reach the title screen,

In Citizen Sleeper 2, players take on the role of a Sleeper, which is essentially an android, as they attempt from a crime lord named Laine. Along the way, they’re joined by a bunch of interesting and eclectic characters to help them navigate an area known as The Belt and earn their freedom once and for all.

Citizen Sleeper 2 tells an engrossing sci-fi story determined by choices and dice.

The game wants you to adapt and push through a failed roll, not reload a save and keep trying until you succeed.

Starward Vector sparks constant reflection on the way we interact with others and the philosophies we choose as our driving force. Much like with its predecessor, the team at Jump Over the Age explores themes around precarity,

Citizen Sleeper 2 understands that you don't get to choose how your body grows. You can decide on some things if you're one of the lucky ones, sure, but eventually everything bends and falls apart. The solution for your character, an android 'Sleeper', is to start stapling bits of yourself back together with spare parts.

Wake up, sleeper; it's time to pick your starting class. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is the follow-on to the outstanding dice-based indie from 2022, which places you in the shoes of yet another rogue sleeper on the run, and as the case was before, a roll of a die could determine whether you earn your freedom, or end up on the scrap line.

Starward Vector is a new chapter in the critically acclaimed sci-fi adventure from developer Jump Over The Ages.

One of the best indie titles of recent years hits new heights with an excellent sequel that becomes the first must-play video game of 2025.