I can't back it up with numbers but I've just watched a couple of those pseudo-e3 presentations (Bethesda/Microsoft and pc gaming show) and like every other game announced is set in space.
I prefer sci-fi to medieval fantasy but a lot of those space games seem to go for mighty generic aesthetics.
A big one that I know of would be Callisto Protocol by some of former Dead Space people. As someone already pointed out space seems to have become a smart choice of setting for indie devs.
Maybe it's a cycle thing, a lot of devs coming up and making projects might've first played games like Elite or Star Wars games, watched TV like star trek TNG and DS9, movies like Star Wars (prequels too). So that's what they want to make, and then Kerbal and Elite: Dangerous came around and demonstrated a substantial market segment that wants to play space games after space games kinda disappeared in the 00s and early 10s.
Is there a sudden deluge? Space and sci-fi games have always been popular.
I can't back it up with numbers but I've just watched a couple of those pseudo-e3 presentations (Bethesda/Microsoft and pc gaming show) and like every other game announced is set in space.
I prefer sci-fi to medieval fantasy but a lot of those space games seem to go for mighty generic aesthetics.
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A big one that I know of would be Callisto Protocol by some of former Dead Space people. As someone already pointed out space seems to have become a smart choice of setting for indie devs.
Maybe it's a cycle thing, a lot of devs coming up and making projects might've first played games like Elite or Star Wars games, watched TV like star trek TNG and DS9, movies like Star Wars (prequels too). So that's what they want to make, and then Kerbal and Elite: Dangerous came around and demonstrated a substantial market segment that wants to play space games after space games kinda disappeared in the 00s and early 10s.