There are a lot of studios and games out there claiming to be spiritual successors to Disco Elysium and the original iteration of ZA/UM. This is partially because the team behind Disco Elysium scattered following a contentious period for ZA/UM, and partially because we all have a Disco-sized hole in our hearts that several studios are rushing to fill.
It's notable that even though we've seen several ex-ZA/UM employees announce successor titles, we haven't seen anything from Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov's new venture Red Info. Kurvitz is responsible for creating the setting of Disco Elysium in his novel Sacred and Terrible Air and writing much of the game, while Rostov pioneered the game's watercolour art style. These two aren't involved with any of the studios directly claiming successorship over Disco Elysium, and they've now endorsed a game that isn't related to ZA/UM at all.
Kurvitz and Rostov, along with Disco Elysium writer Helen Hindpere, recently endorsed Emotion Spark Studio's upcoming narrative RPG Rue Valley. If you know of Rue Valley, you'll likely also have heard the comparisons between it and Disco Elysium. They're both narrative RPGs, both utilise an isometric camera and both deal with complex emotional...
