Fez II
Polytron revealed a sequel to its perspective-bending indie hit and cancelled it five weeks later after its creator publicly left game development.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- officially announced
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A cancelled sequel to the independent puzzle-platform game Fez.
The brief announcement promised another game in the two-dimensional world that rotates into three dimensions, but disclosed no platform or release plan.
Existence timeline
Polytron reveals Fez II with a short teaser at Horizon.
The project exists publicly without gameplay or a production roadmap.
Polytron states that Fez II has been cancelled.
Phil Fish says he is leaving game development.
Polytron never returns the announced sequel to production.
Why it ended
Designer Phil Fish cancelled Fez II in July 2013 during a public dispute and said he was leaving the games industry.
Last confirmed trace
The announcement teaser, Polytron's cancellation post and later interviews are the principal surviving record.
What it left behind
Its five-week public life became inseparable from debates about visibility, pressure and personality in independent game culture.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to officially_announced under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.