Rather than just the bombast of dizzying intergalactic battles, modern science fiction tales are imagining futures shaped by pervasive inequality and technological conquest. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a roleplaying game by Gareth Damian Martin and one-person studio Jump Over the Age, is a science fiction tale of that pedigree.

Starward Vector gives both a familiar and a new glimpse at the warmth you can find, even when all hope seems lost.

A sci-fi adventure that combines TTRPG gameplay elements with intense, real world distress.

Thanks to Citizen Sleeper's success, a sequel is on the way and looks to be making some meaningful additions to the first game's formula.

It tells a rich and poignant story about the complex nature of control on one’s self when that self is a machine that can be rebooted and hacked, finding and enriching community in the face of overwhelming odds,