With the conclusion of Steam Next Fest and the extended demo of Jump Ship, the Keepsake Games team reveals data from players with over 500,000 downloads. Let’s discover the new updates!

Find out everything you need to know about Jump Ship!

Jump Ship (JS) is the space exploration game in coop developed by Keepsake Games. An indie Swedish development team formed by various ex-members of Coffee Stain, Dice, Hazelight, and Mojang. The project has been in development since 2021 and is scheduled for release in 2025.

Offering a mission-based space adventure in PvE coop style. With missions in space, aboard your own spaceship or landing on planets. The first demo was available during the Summer 2025 Steam Next Fest, receiving huge success. Add Jump Ship to your Wishlist and set an Alert to get the best prices at launch!

 

Jump Ship: Success from Steam Next Fest

With the conclusion of the extended demo of Jump Ship at Steam Next Fest, the Keepsake Games team finally reveals the game data. Confirming a huge success for the team’s debut game demo, with the space coop mission game JS reaching 530,000 downloads.

Propelling the game to 3rd place in the Most Played Demos during Steam Next Fest. Receiving a great deal of interest and feedback from players, with the game reaching 950,000 Wishlist entries on Steam. The team thanks players and hopes you had fun, hoping to hit the 1 Million Wishlist mark before launch.

Today we close the demo, we hope you’ve had a great time!

We posted a LONG news post talking about your feedback and how we’re improving the full game (there’s a YT video too!)https://t.co/0FIvrTPVLF pic.twitter.com/sDSEpJPAGW

— Jump Ship (@KeepsakeGames) June 23, 2025

 

Jump Ship: Most Requested Feedback and Features FAQ

Additionally, from the demo many players have shared their feedback and opinions about the game. The team has actively reviewed feedback, especially on Discord. Promising to address the most urgent issues, like bugs and fixes, before launch.

In particular, we have a special Q&A with co-founder Filip Coulianos and Community Manager Groove. They address about 20 community questions. Notably, we can confirm the team will be adding a mission-end credit system for loot collected, while maintaining the roguelike system. Improvements for BuddyBot for solo players, the upcoming Lobby Browser in Early Access, and much more shared on the official post and a dedicated video.

Official Q&A Post on Steam

 

In Conclusion

Jump Ship has achieved an unexpected success for the Keepsake Games team. With an incredible positive feedback from players during the Steam Next Fest demo. Now it’s up to the team, as confirmed by CEO Daniel Kaplan, to capitalize on the feedback received ahead of Early Access.

The team will soon announce the date and the Year 1 roadmap contents, and much more ahead of the 2025 launch. Have you had a chance to try out the Jump Ship demo? Let us know in the comments!

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