Greedfall II: The Dying World, first announced on May 18th, 2022, is a prequel to 2019’s Greedfall that explores the “Old World” seen briefly during the latter’s prologue. Players take on the role of a Native of Teer Fradee who, after being uprooted by force and shipped off to Gacane, must regain their freedom and take control of their destiny. Navigating the political schemes of myriad factions, players must find a way to foil a scheme of conquest that could doom both the Old World and Teer Fradee.
In February 2024,Greedfall II’s developers, Spiders, announced that the game would be made available in Early Access during the summer. After a limited playtest period during April and the release of a gameplay trailer midway through May, we finally received confirmation of the Early Access release date on June 11th.
Greedfall 2: The Dying World - Release Time
Greedfall 2: The Dying Worldis planned to launch in Early Access on September 24th, 2024. According to the Store Page on Steam,the developers plan to update the game regularly during early access, with the early-access build expected to represent roughly 30% of the final game’s content. Likely due to this, the game is planned to retail for a lower price during Early Access when compared to the full release.
In the early access release of the game, players will be able to create their character and select from a variety of skillsets, experience the start of the game and its story, and navigate multiple regions. Players can recruit their first companions and explore the regional quest and fortress systems, interacting with NPCs in a variety of ways, both old and new to players of the original. The Early Access Roadmap (see the image above) indicates that the beginning of the main quest and three of the games areas will be available at launch, with six companions to recruit and six skill trees to make use of.
