SteamWorld Build Review - The Final Verdict

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Published 2023-11-27
Image and Form Games' SteamWorld series is best known for its sci-fi settings with lovable robots and for branching out into different genres. Its latest title, SteamWorld Build, is developed by The Station and delves into city-building with a dash of Dungeon Keeper.

It's a unique yet robust strategy experiment, as players expand their towns, cater to the needs of its citizens and delve further into the mines to search for Old Tech. Despite switching between multiple screens, the experience is paced well, with charming characters and excellent presentation.

Some things could be better, like item pricing and the lack of hotkeys for quickly accessing certain functions. However, SteamWorld Build is still a compelling experience, mixing familiar genres for a fun gameplay loop while retaining the series' quirky atmosphere.

All Comments (15)
  • @wolfwing1
    can i just say how much I love this series :> So creative, though quest I think is one of my favorites :>
  • @MattH-nd9qk
    Been looking forward to this but forgot about it amidst all the releases this year, the other games were great, couldnt finish the turn based one's final boss as it was too difficult lol
  • @LevelWithUs
    Nice to see you release your review at the same time as us! I'm in the same boat - Dig 2 is more my speed, but even though Build takes some time to get into, once you start it's hard to pull yourself away from it!
  • @iplz
    Cant wait for steamworld Football Manager
  • @TheFoodieCutie
    Gotta wait until Friday to play the game. I have it downloaded and ready to go.
  • @Shatterverse
    I tried the demo. It's fine I guess. The "level up your idiots" is pretty familiar from some other base builders. The mine part is okay, breaks up the above world core. I can't really recommend it though, it just seems to lack something. 5/10.
  • So it is only 3 kinds of workers in the overworld and not 4 like it was teased in some screenshots? A bit of a shame but if you have to do cutbacks to finish your product it can't be helped.
  • @kennymaster900
    finished in 6 or 7 hours, the game is clearly not finished , it miss 20 levels
  • ANOTHER BORING CITY BUILDER FOR NERDS. BRING US STEAMWORLD HEIST 2 OR FRIG OFF
  • @Leo-pd4fc
    SteamWorld Dig 1 and 2 are really NICE 2D platformer digging games DEFIENITILY I like SteamWorld 1 and I have BOTH on NINTENEO 3DS. It's so AWESOME SteamWorld got it's own City building game SteamWorld build and this gameplay looks surprisilly FUN but which is BEST platform for this, i'm more EXCITED and INTERESTED of buying and trying playing SteamWorld Built on Nintendo Switch as Switch Gamer but I believe this is better on Pc because this looks more Pc game than console game so i'm gonna buying and playing this SteamWorld Build on Pc. I remember a school quest when our class have to planning your own imagined city and playing this game I can make dreams of my own harbour and space city come true. πŸŒŽπŸŒπŸŒπŸŒ‡πŸŒπŸžπŸœπŸ›€πŸš‚πŸ—πŸ—ΌπŸ―β›©οΈπŸ˜πŸ›–πŸ«πŸ›•πŸ•Œβ›ͺ️πŸ₯🏦πŸͺπŸ­πŸŒŠπŸš’β›²οΈπŸ›πŸ°πŸŸπŸš€