Executive Assault 2, the latest game in Hesketh Studio’s series of sci-fi RTS/FPS hybrids, is now available on Steam via Early Access.

Executive Assault 2 takes the franchise into space, and puts players in control of the private fleet of a massive corporation fighting for intergalactic dominance against rival companies. Like its predecessor, players can control the game from a traditional RTS perspective, or jump into direct control of a starship or combat drone within your fleet.

The game can be played online too, with one player controlling the CEO that oversees operations and battles, and the other player directly controlling units in your fleet. There will eventually be a protester role as well, representing saboteurs that can invade another person’s session and disrupt their operations. You can check out the trailer above.

The developers expect the game to be in Early Access for between six months and a year. Current features include skirmish, multiplayer, and a little over half of the planned researchable technology. The final version will include a full campaign mode.

Here’s a rundown of the game:

Executive Assault 2 is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter-hybrid set in space in which you can jump into the boots of individual units. Take the reigns as a CEO of your own corporation and dominate rival factions for wealth and tech in a galactic wild west of chaos and lawlessness.

Play Executive Assault 2 in multiple ways including:

• RTS mode – Command your fleet aboard the bridge of your space station from a top-down perspective. Mine resources on nearby asteroids to produce a wealth of goods to sell to passing traders and grow your armies; Be careful: rival corporations and rebellious protestors will do all they can to thwart your aspirations of intergalactic domination!
• FPS mode – Fed up of watching the action from above and want to dive in and blow stuff up yourself? Seamlessly switch from RTS to FPS mode for manic fast-paced combat; weather that’s playing as a footsoldier defending your base or in the cockpit of a starship under your control.
• Executron mode – Help friends run their company in multiplayer mode, with one player assuming the role of CEO and tactician and the other, a soldier or ship unit, with all the loot split straight down the middle.

Key Features:

• Unique combination of real-time unit command gameplay and fast-paced FPS action
• Customizable corporation, unit and product names and emblem designs
• Build your very own fully explorable space station
• Design and construct dozens of starship fleets
• Take starfighters out into space for epic dogfights
• Manufacture goods to sell to traders to make a profit and grow your armies
• Research over 60 technologies for more powerful units and better upgrades
• Invade other space stations for resources or show no mercy by blowing them up!
• Build multiple Super Weapons, including the system-destroying Monolith ship
• Random encounters.

Executive Assault 2 is now available on Windows PC and Mac via Steam Early Access for $24.99.