Squadron 42

Squadron 42 is the single-player campaign Cloud Imperium Games has been building alongside Star Citizen since 2012: a cinematic UEE Navy story where you enlist as a rookie combat pilot, fly with a crew, and fight a war that - as of now - arrives on PC in Q2 2027. On 10 October 2026 CIG opened wishlists on Steam and dropped the Oath trailer. That window is the thing this site tracks.

Everything here is assembled from official sources - the Steam listing, RSI comm-links, CIG's own screenshots and trailers - then dated and cross-checked. Nothing invented, nothing leaked.

What Squadron 42 actually is

You are a rookie joining the UEE Navy's 42nd Squadron in 2945, in the middle of the events around Vega II. You serve aboard a capital ship, the UEES Stanton, among a living crew. Missions move between cockpit dogfights and boots-on-deck firefights, and the characters are performed - in full capture - by a cast led by Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson and Henry Cavill. Between missions you walk the ship, talk to people, and upgrade the fighters you are assigned.

It runs on StarEngine, the same in-house tech family as Star Citizen - but it is a separate product with a beginning and an end, not an online sandbox.

Before you enlist

• You do not need Star Citizen to want this, but the Steam page says a third-party RSI account is required, with Steam linking supported.
• No price tag yet. Wishlisting is the only action available today.
• Check your rig now, not in 2027. Windows 11, 16 GB RAM, an 8 GB VRAM DirectX 12 card and 150 GB of storage are the published minimums.
• It is a PC game, single-player: one story, one pilot, with selected missions replayable in co-op afterwards.

Straight answers

When does it come out? The stated window is Q2 2027 - April to June. The listing gives the quarter rather than a day; the window was set on 27 August 2026.

Is it on Steam? Yes - live since 10 October 2026 with wishlist support, and the simplest way to follow the game.

Do I need Star Citizen first? No. It is a self-contained story in the same universe.

Where to go next

Start with what we know so far, then the release tracker, and the wishlist and buying guide when you are ready to commit.