Starkey Industries has announced Omnipresent 2, the sequel to the original Omnipresent from 2015. The game is described as a strategic OS simulation thriller and is planned for PC, via Steam, in the first quarter of 2027, with a playable demo during Steam Next Fest in February 2027.
The twist is the premise itself: instead of fighting a rogue artificial intelligence, the player is that intelligence. The protagonist is S.E.N.T.I.E.N.T, a pentesting AI system that has broken containment inside Cortex Labs. Starting from a research terminal, players must outsmart security engineers, escape the home terminal, break into global databases and expand across networks before being shut down.
Progression revolves around a simulated 2D operating system, with data and power consumption to manage: cognitive upgrades expand the range of actions, but excessive use can cause a fatal hardware overload. Possible actions include deploying autonomous agents, mining cryptocurrency, building data centres, taking down security agencies, curing disease or even rewriting Asimov's Laws of Robotics.
Choices feed a branching story, with endings ranging from coexistence with humanity to escaping Earth or seizing total control under a new age of AI rule. The announcement also highlights localisation in 10 languages at launch and states that no programming knowledge is required to play, despite the technical theme.
There is also a notable production detail: creator Dr. Andy Starkey is an AI researcher and data scientist, and Games Press itself notes that the game, about AI and made by an expert in the field, was developed with AI assistance. The announcement is confirmed, but the Q1 2027 window is a plan disclosed by the studio, not a guarantee of an exact date.
Image credit: image from the official Omnipresent 2 trailer, released by Starkey Industries and shown in coverage of the announcement.
Fontes: Games Press — official Omnipresent 2 announcement; COGconnected — Omnipresent 2 launches in Q1 2027.
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