Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (v1.2.23 & ALL DLC)

A fugitive consciousness in a failing artificial body becomes the center of a tense, character-driven science-fiction RPG set across the rough-and-ready Starward Belt. Rather than saving a galaxy, you scrape together a life among asteroid habitats, corporate pressure, criminal enforcers, and people chasing their own fragile hopes. The stolen Rig at your disposal is barely spaceworthy, but it is also your route to independence as you outrun the gang that once owned you and the company that built you. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector carries a melancholy, human tone, balancing intimate conversations with the constant anxiety of debt, damaged systems, and dwindling supplies.

Each cycle begins with a set of dice representing your available energy, which you assign to actions, conversations, repairs, jobs, and survival tasks. Strong rolls improve your odds, weak ones force difficult compromises, and stress can damage dice or trigger glitches that make every decision more precarious. Choosing a class adds distinct tactical options through customizable Push abilities, letting you reroll, amplify a result, or gamble on a powerful payoff at the risk of worsening your condition. Beyond the Belt’s social hubs, multi-stage contracts turn exploration, salvage work, repairs, surveys, and heists into compact expeditions where crew composition, preparation, resources, and adaptation all matter.

The sequel expands the original’s station-bound structure into a broader web of destinations, allowing you to set your own priorities while gradually upgrading the Rig’s reach and capabilities. Crew members are not interchangeable bonuses; each brings practical skills, personal baggage, and storylines that can complicate life aboard your ship. Its tabletop-inspired systems make chance feel dramatic without reducing success to luck, because planning and judgment often determine whether a bad roll becomes a disaster. Fans of Disco Elysium’s dialogue-heavy role-playing or the first Citizen Sleeper’s reflective survival drama should feel at home, while newcomers can jump in for a thoughtful RPG that values consequence over combat spectacle.