Cloud Imperium Games has said that its single-player Squadron 42 is set to launch during 2026. 

That's according to IGN, who quotes the studio's boss Chris Roberts as saying that the game will be out in two years time. That came in the wake of the development veteran showing off a live demo of Squadron 42 on-stage. 

For context, back in 2023, Squadron 42 was described as being "feature complete" and only needed polish.  

"We have 30 to 40 hours of gameplay," Roberts said. "We feel confident we can bring the quality of the game up to the level we've just shown and more, without crashes. Both the team and I are confident of giving you this game in 2026. Obviously you can see it’s not going to be tomorrow, because you saw a few crashes there.

“Thank you for supporting us and allowing us to build such an ambitious game. Crashes aside, there’s probably not another game that has a prologue that has that much action. Mostly there aren’t movies that have that much action in there. Gladiator has three minutes of battle and eight minutes of prologue. This was an hour of crazy stuff.

“But thank you for allowing us to build something so amazing, and I can’t wait for you all to be able to play it in the moderate future.”

Star Citizen as a whole has raised over $729 million since its 2012 debut.