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Introducing…
Launch into a new adventure in the Pact Worlds with the first-ever Starfinder CRPG from our partners at EpicTellers Entertainment! Starfinder Afterlight is coming soon to Kickstarter!
About the game
Gather your crew and venture into the Pact Worlds in a tale of unlikely heroes, cosmic wonders, and the bonds that define us.
The galaxy faces annihilation, your captain has vanished, and doomsday looms. Assemble a crew of misfits from across the stars and become the legends in this single player party-based RPG.
Build Your Legendary Crew
Find 6 unique companions scattered across the stars—from android assassins to mystic prophets. Each brings personal stories and moral dilemmas. The bonds you forge through triumph and loss will determine their destinies—and whether the galaxy survives.
Starfinder 2e Tactical Combat
Experience turn-based tactical combat with Starfinder's classes—soldier, envoy, operative, mystic, solarian and witchwarper. Three actions per turn fuel endless strategies. Level up and collect alien gear while battling everything from Hellknights to holographic viruses.
No Wrong Answers
Experience a story-driven narrative where choices matter. Nothing is forbidden—everything has consequences. Choose salvation or profit, mercy or vengeance. Factions remember your deeds, companions judge your heart, and branching storylines ensure no two adventures are alike.
Welcome to the Pact Worlds
From neon stations to undead worlds, from digital gods to cosmic dragons. Explore the Pact Worlds across 40-60 hours of adventure where magic and technology unite. In this universe, anything is possible—and probably trying to kill you.
Featuring
Stellar voice cast directed by Neil Newbon [voice of Astarion in BG3]
Multiple difficulty settings from story-focused to tactical nightmare
Original soundtrack by Eduardo de la Iglesia
Mod support and community tools (PC)
The stars are calling. Your crew awaits.
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I was already excited, but finding out my favorite space fish's voice actor is heading the cast?! The Kickstarter can't come fast enough!
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Hang on a sec, is that space station in the trailer Outpost Zed? It certainly looks to be a very similar shape... maybe it's another Azlanti station?
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specially after Moondrift Memories burned a lot of people.
That was not an official project backed by Paizo. This one is.
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Really looking forward to finding out more about the project and team! I hope they don't make the mistake of launching the Kickstarter without building up to it on the youtube/reddit interview circuit.
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So EXCITED for this, can't come soon enough, 2 years til release you guys are thinking, with a good Kickstarter Launch?
Tom
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This being the team's first game is a little worrying.
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This being the team's first game is a little worrying.
Kingmaker was Owlcat's first game, and they followed it up by getting Wrath of the Righteous solidly into the top ten CRPGs on Steam. So, I'm not gonna worry too much about it being this studio's first game. It worked out pretty well last time, and I think SF2 will involve... less wrangling of the system than PF1, let's say?
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And yet weird that Paizo haven’t mentioned anything about this…once.
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And yet weird that Paizo haven’t mentioned anything about this…once.
They did. It was announced at both the physical panel and the pre-recorded panel that went up on YouTube for GenCon. They also shared Epictellers Entertainment's announcement across their various social media platforms.
So they did mention this. More than once.
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This being the team's first game is a little worrying.Kingmaker was Owlcat's first game, and they followed it up by getting Wrath of the Righteous solidly into the top ten CRPGs on Steam. So, I'm not gonna worry too much about it being this studio's first game. It worked out pretty well last time, and I think SF2 will involve... less wrangling of the system than PF1, let's say?I do not think it is impolite or incorrect to say that Starfinder 2e feels HEAVILY made to be a video game, while Pathfinder 1e is a loose collection of agreements between people to pretend that there's a functioning game.
I'm kinda surprised more people aren't like, heads over heels excited about this. This means a level of trust and confidence in keeping Starfinder 2e around for many years. This means a whole new onboarding process for new players to enjoy Starfinder 2e. This means that new players to the 2efinder system will start with the funny and friendly Starfinder 2e as their first!
I think that's a GREAT business move from Paizo- at this point, Pathfinder 2e is really daunting for a new player. Several DOZENS of classes, trying to understand Pre-Master vs Remaster, and 5 years of changing design principles makes the game just kind of... unfriendly.
I've had SO much more luck pitching Starfinder 2e to my friends. Look, it's funny! It's got personality and a sense of humor! And by the way, it's new, so you don't have a lot of stuff to learn or filter through!
I suspect that this new CRPG will achieve something similar for a wider gaming audience. I can't wait, and I wish the team the best of luck!
Oh, I'm absolutely head-over-heels excited for this- I'm planning on getting my friend a copy, since they played through Wrath of the Righteous a bunch despite not knowing PF1. I'll be streaming my own playthrough for them- hoping to be able to play some approximation of my deadly undead gameshow host for it.
I'm expecting the three-action system to mean a very satisfying play experience in combat.
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Ooo is this gonna be a console release too? I'm dragging my feet on updating my rig but this could spur me to do it.
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And yet weird that Paizo haven’t mentioned anything about this…once.
25 websites that cover game news covered it all on the same day during Gen Con. Paizo talked about it at Gen Con. Paizo nornally dosen't post blog anouncments on week ends. Also the the person who would make the bolg post was proabbly at Gen Con.
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And yet weird that Paizo haven’t mentioned anything about this…once.
These forums are basically vestigial from a Paizo PR perspective. 99% of the traffic is on Reddit and Discord. Most of the Starfinder developer team posts on one of the SF discords, some daily, and you see James Jacobs and Erik Mona regularly engage on PF2 subreddits. Almost no Paizo devs post here anymore as the volume, quality, and mental health of participants has declined precipitiously since the peak PF1 heydey.
But even those other forums aren't used to promote things. Twitch and to a lesser extent Youtube are the focus.
Is it possible to have an iconic Starfinder as a companion in the future? It was tradition to have one for the Owlcat games.
I backed this. I like the art style and want to encourage more SF2 stuff. And given how fully this thing was backed looks like there is a fair amount of demand for it.
Is it possible to have an iconic Starfinder as a companion in the future? It was tradition to have one for the Owlcat games.
Cameos for the Iconics were not ruled out in an AMA, but I don't know that adding one as a DLC companion would work. It also differentiates the Starfinder games from Pathfinder to some extent, which is to both systems' benefit, honestly.