Everspace 2
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| ROCKFISH Games | |
| Engines | |
| Former | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Unreal Engine 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 6, 2023 |
| macOS (OS X) | October 2, 2023[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
| Microtransactions | Cosmetic |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat |
| Vehicles | Flight, Space flight |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Space, Sci-fi |
| Series | Everspace |
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| Everspace | |
|---|---|
| Everspace | 2017 |
| Everspace 2 | 2023 |
Everspace 2 is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, shooter and vehicle combat game in the Everspace series.
The game entered early access on January 18, 2021. The full release followed on April 6, 2023.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- Steam Community Discussions
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOG.com | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam | |
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
| Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cosmetic | The Supporter Pack includes several customization items. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Supporter Pack | Steam Only | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ES2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor |
| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ES2\Saved\Config\WinGDK |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1128920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ES2\Saved\SaveGames |
| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\ROCKFISHGames.EVERSPACE2_wm11qtfe9fmzj\SystemAppData\wgs |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Epic/ES2/Saved/SaveGames |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1128920/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Instructions on how to transfer save files between platforms/stores can be found here.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Letterboxed cutscenes. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling, centered HUD, and pillarboxed FMVs. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.0, DLSS 3.5, FSR 2.1, FSR 3.0, XeSS 1.2 Added with the Incursions Update[2][3] |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Software Lumen only. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Gameplay settings.
Display settings.
Quality settings.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Supports arbitrary input chording. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4, DualSense Added with the Incursions Update[3] |
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| PlayStation button prompts | Steam input is required for DualShock 4 and DualSense button prompts. Without it, the game will always display Xbox button prompts. | |
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Atmo, Voice, Video. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Some incidental dialogue is not subtitled; otherwise, all audio is subtitled, with no way to disable it. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | [4] | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
VR support
| Devices | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. | ||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11, 12 | |
| Shader Model support | 5, 6 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 2.9 GHz AMD FX 6300 @ 2.9 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1500X @ 3.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 6400 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
| Other | SSD recommended. | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Apple M2 Pro Intel Core i5-2500 |
Apple M2 Max Intel Core i7-4770 |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Apple M2 AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 4 GB of VRAM | Apple M2 Max |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1128920/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1128920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Steam :: EVERSPACE™ 2 :: Armed & Dangerous Update | macOS Support | Roadmap | Artbook & Soundtrack - last accessed on 2024-04-30
- ↑ Steam Community Announcement - The Ancient Rifts Update Is Out - last accessed on 2022-11-25
- "Added AMD FidelityFX™ v2.1.1 to the AI-Upscaling methods"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 EVERSPACE™ 2 - Incursions Update Out Now - Steam News - last accessed on 2024-04-30
- ↑ Steam Community Announcement - The Ancient Rifts Update Is Out - last accessed on 2022-11-25
- "Added option to keep audio playing when game is unfocused"