One of the best indies of 2022 is getting a sequel, and its day one on Xbox Game Pass

What you need to know

• Citizen Sleeper, developed by Jump Over the Age and published by Fellow Traveler, launched Day One to Xbox Game Pass when it released in 2022.
• The tabletop RPG inspired title was nominated for the Games For Impact award at 2022’s The Game Awards.
• A sequel, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, was recently announced.
• During Gamescom 2023, Xbox and Fellow Traveler announced that Citizen Sleeper would remain available in Xbox Game Pass and that Citizen Sleeper 2 would join the service as a Day One addition.

In 2022, an indie tabletop narrative RPG developed by Jump Over the Age and published by Fellow Traveler, became a sleeper hit even garnering enough attention to get a nomination from The Game Awards in the Games for Impact category. By the time our very own Zachary Boddy got around to playing Citizen Sleeper it had only been played by 500,000 fellow gamers. 

Among those who had played and experienced the dystopian space future as an escaped robot fell in love with Citizen Sleeper, and it’s hard to deny that it is one of the best games on Xbox Game Pass. With all the overwhelming praise it should come as no surprise that a sequel was in the works. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector was formally announced by Gareth Damian Martin, the lone developer responsible for the series, in June 2023.