'Moonlighter 2' Officially Leaves Early Access During the Busiest Time of the Year

And heads to Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 in the process After being released in early access last fall, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is set for a 1.0 launch this summer. The dungeon crawler/shopkeeping simulator hybrid will be released on Sept. 2, and developer Digital Sun and publisher 11 Bit Studios are celebrating by giving away the first game on Steam for a limited time. Moonlighter 2 is the isometric 3D sequel to 2018's pixel art Moonlighter. In The Endless Vault, you play as shopkeeper Will, who goes dungeon diving in search of new items to sell. Of course, those items don't come easy as Will has to fight his way through each dungeon. The 1.0 launch will add a conclusion to the game's story, new weapons, new armor, and the Bomb path ability, which makes enemies explode. Polygon's Johnny Yu enjoyed its early access launch, while acknowledging Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault had plenty of room to grow. "In its current state, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is not the perfect dungeon-to-shop simulator, but with developer Digital Sun running the register, it has the potential to be," he said in his review. As Moonlighter 2 has about 1,200 "Very Positive" player revi