Prey 2
Human Head version
A dazzling bounty-hunter demo turned Prey into an alien open world, but years of silence ended with Bethesda saying the game never reached its quality standard.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- public demo or preview
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A cancelled science-fiction action game developed by Human Head Studios as a sequel to Prey.
The announced game cast players as an amnesiac human bounty hunter pursuing targets across the vertical alien city Exodus.
Existence timeline
Human Head starts planning a sequel.
Bethesda reveals the bounty-hunter premise.
A polished vertical slice is shown at E3.
The planned launch window passes amid production conflict.
Bethesda keeps the title off release schedules.
Bethesda says the game did not meet expectations.
Why it ended
After a prolonged development dispute and missed milestones, Bethesda cancelled the Human Head project in 2014.
Last confirmed trace
E3 demonstrations, trailers, screenshots and later developer accounts document the playable vertical slice.
What it left behind
Arkane later reused the franchise name for a separate 2017 game rather than continuing this story.
Questions this archive answers
Why was Prey 2 cancelled?
After a prolonged development dispute and missed milestones, Bethesda cancelled the Human Head project in 2014.
Was Prey 2 close to being finished?
The strongest verified milestone maps to public_demo_or_preview under Arrival Score V1.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to public_demo_or_preview under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.