https://wccftech.com/everspace-2-steam-first-broken-promises/

It seems almost no publisher is immune to the lure of the Epic Games Store exclusivity deal (those big cash advances are hard to turn down), but Everspace 2 developer Rockfish Games are vowing to hold out. The space shooter sequel is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign, and then, assuming it’s successfully funded, it will launch via Steam Early Access. The game will eventually come to the Epic Games Store and other PC storefronts, but only once it leaves Early Access. In an update for Kickstarter backers, Rockfish had some rather frank things to say about publishers “breaking promises” by springing Epic exclusivity on fans, particularly when crowdfunding is involved…

Finally, we have noticed that since our last Kickstarter, things have changed quite a bit. Due to broken promises from indie devs all the way to AAA publishers, it is probably no exaggeration to say that trust in developers is at an all-time low, especially in regards to Epic Games Store exclusives of titles that were originally (co)funded on Kickstarter. Ironically, one of the main reasons why we are doing another Kickstarter is to double-down on our promise that Everspace 2 will launch on Steam first, no matter what.