That date is August 8th, by the way, and the answer is: yes it is!
It’s a robot pirate game, in other words.
It also makes you ponder the fragility of being a Steambot.

You are powered by water, but also water may destroy you.
Ah, what is life??
That’s sort of the only place to be in a seafaring situation, afer all.

SteamWorld Heist 2 is onSteamnow, and releases on August 8th.
Kat Baileyat IGNhas some more details from an interview with producer Petter Magnusson.