In 2010, Star Citizen – a project that received a lot of attention when the ambition to become a space simulation game, exploring distant galaxies combined with first-person combat began. conceived, planned by Imperium Games. At that time, this developer was still dreaming, expecting to create a new basic platform called Persistent Universe – where everything around the Star Citizen universe will be fully developed with multiplayer games. form, many layers of meaning, content, and game mechanics overlap. An extremely ambitious project, and will certainly take a lot of time and money.
Indeed, Star Citizen promised to spend a lot for developers, so at that time, no publisher dared to confidently invest in the project. So Imperium Games decided to raise capital from the community. In 2012, after the first fundraising phase, it was quite a surprise when Imperium Games grossed $ 6.2 million, and this number increased to $ 15 million just a year later. And then in 2014, the Guinness record recognized Star Citizen as the game project that received the largest amount of money from the community donation, with a total amount of more than 39.6 million USD. Even today, the number has increased to more than 580 million dollars from 4,096,856 users. However, the release date of the game is still a mystery. In other words, after 13 years, Star Citizen still has not shown any signs of formation despite having invested a huge amount. Remember, the development budget for hit blockbusters like Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V also ranges from 130-170 million USD.
Up to now, Star Citizen has only appeared in the form of Early Access, early experience and of course, it is far from being able to complete the features as expected by Imperium Games. According to the latest sources, it is likely that the game will be able to launch in 2027, but even this is uncertain. Even, there have been many times when this developer had problems because of the wave of protests from the community, in order to reclaim the money they had previously supported.
Up to now, the future of Star Citizen is still a big question mark. Whether this game will be released in 2027, or can be released, perhaps only Imperium Games can answer.