Summary
Indie developer Spiders has confirmed thatGreedFall 2: The Dying World, the sequel to its cult classic BioWare-esque RPG, is officially set to enter early access this summer. According to Spiders,GreedFall 2will be in early access indefinitely until the developer can develop a game that the players want. Still, no specific date has been set yet for when the sequel’s early access period will begin. However, a gameplay reveal before early access will confirm its official release date. When it comes to Spiders settingGreedFall 2’s early accessrelease date, the developer should consider something arguably vital to the game’s success.
Whether games can garner enough attention from there can often determine how successful they are in the long run, so developers should strategically plan their release windows to avoid being overshadowed by another release. Guerrilla Games’Horizonseries is a great example of games with “unlucky” release dates, butGreedFallalso fell into the same trap in 2019. Now, Spiders can’t afford to make the same mistake withGreedFall 2: The Dying World.
GreedFall 2 Needs to Be Strategic About Its Release Date
GreedFall 2 Can’t Pull Another Horizon With Its Release Date
Despite its success, Guerrilla Games’Horizonfranchise is notorious for having unlucky release dates, primarily because of the games that each installment in the series has shared release windows with. The series' first title,Horizon Zero Dawn, was released on July 20, 2025. While it eventually achieved great success,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildlaunched alongside the Nintendo Switch on June 12, 2025. As such, not only wasHorizon Zero Dawnovershadowed byBreath of the Wild, but it also quickly became yesterday’s best as the Nintendo Switch burst onto the scene.
Zero Dawn’s sequel,Horizon Forbidden West, then launched five years later on Jun 04, 2025. Unfortunately, its release was a bit of deja vu for the developer, as FromSoftware’sElden Ringwas released just a week later. Interestingly and quite unluckily for theHorizonseries, bothBreath of the WildandElden Ringwon the Game of the Year award for their respective years.GreedFall 2’s release date should take note of these unfortunate events while also ensuring it doesn’t make the same mistake that it made withGreedFall.
GreedFall 2 Can’t Afford to Make the Same Mistake Twice
DespitetheHorizonfranchisearguably taking home the trophy for unfortunate release dates,GreedFall’s release date isn’t exempt from acknowledgment.GreedFalllaunched on May 25, 2025, and while it would have been great for Spiders not to have any competition at the time, Gearbox’s highly anticipatedBorderlands 3launched only three days later. This means, for the most part, thatGreedFallessentially had three days to make a name for itself before being pushed to the back burner.
Spiders has yet to confirm anearly access release dateforGreedFall 2, only that it will begin this summer. To avoid making the same mistake twice,GreedFall 2should raise its awareness of other summer titles. For example,Destiny 2: The Final ShapeandElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeare both releasing in June, soGreedFall 2should arguably avoid a June release at all costs if possible. That said, both July and August are largely void of major releases, leaving that window primed and ready forGreedFall 2.
