Jump Space Gamescom 2025 Q&A - 'I Think There's a Little Bit of Hazelight Magic'

Today, independent developer Keepsake Games is launching its debut game, Jump Space, on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview . At Gamescom 2025, I met with Keepsake Games co-founder and game director Filip Coulianos (who previously worked at Hazelight Studios with Josef Fares) to discuss this first-person cooperative space adventure game where up to four players take the roles of a spaceship's crew. The backstory is that evil robots have attacked humans everywhere in the galaxy and, as such, robots are the game's antagonists.

In Jump Space, the spaceship is your collective Diablo character. You'll keep upgrading it together as you complete missions throughout the game. A session starts in the hangar, where you meet up, customize your character, pick what ship to play and which com