Peter Cartwright wrote the scenario for EV Override and the Australian company ATMOS created the scenario of EV Nova both originated as plug-ins for the preceding games before being picked up by Ambrosia as sequels. Early test versions of the game went by the name 'Merc' (short for ' mercenary'). Ambrosia Software, headed by Andrew Welch, managed marketing, registration, and distribution, as well as providing several external libraries used by the games. He also devised and created the scenario for the first game. Matt Burch programmed all three games in their entirety except for the registration system and various libraries.

The series was created as a joint effort between several people and groups. In addition there is a trading card game available based on the storyline of the EV Nova universe. Two other similar games based on the original, EV Override and EV Nova, followed in 19 respectively, the latter of which is also available on Microsoft Windows. Escape Velocity is a single-player role-playing space trading and combat video game series first introduced in 1996 by Ambrosia Software for the Apple Macintosh.

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