Former Bethesda lead systems designer Kurt Kuhlmann says he would be “very surprised” if Starfield 2 ever happens, the first game was not successful enough to justify a sequel. “I don’t think Starfield was anywhere near successful enough to do a Starfield 2,” Despite reaching over 15 million players and scoring “good” on Metacritic, Starfield has faced backlash from many Bethesda fans who expected more after Skyrim and Fallout 4. Kuhlmann believes a sequel could have come much closer to Todd Howard’s original vision: “With the lessons learned on Starfield, a Starfield 2 could have been much closer to the game that Todd Howard had in mind.”