Instead, Daedalic Entertainment will focus their efforts on publishing.
The project, seemingly in development since mid-2022, was targeting a late 2024 release.
Daedalicapologisedin the days after launch and pledged to fix bugs and technical issues.

In 2022, they were acquired by Nacon.
Recently announced survival spin-off Surviving Deponia is apparently still in development from an external studio, with Daedalic publishing.
