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Press release:
New Zealand – May 13.
The New Zealand-based indie games publisher and game developer Balancing Monkey Games, in partnership with independent games label and developer, Team17, are today super excited and happy to announce that their civilization-building game “Before We Leave” is now available for PC via Steam.

Set in a world rebuilding after an apocalypse and ripe for exploring and recivilizing, Before We Leave launches on Steam with brand-new content, including scenarios and weather that affects fatigue, crop growth, and movement speed; in-game performance updates; as well as the multiple waves of content first released on Epic Games Store during the past year when it was exclusive to the platform.

The new scenarios and weather update are also available to players on Epic Games Store.

The game’s Steam launch comes with a slew of incredible content updates that have been added to the game since it first launched a year ago. This includes

The Kraken Comes: An update bringing submarines, trading ships, the Kraken guardian, and underground shelters.
Over & Under: An update rolling out new overlays for better experiences, new UI and UX, new languages, and more.
Paving the Way: A visual upgrade, new roads, new resources, new type of Warehouse, new effects, and more.
Biomes & Beasties: Three new island biomes, new visuals, inclusion of animals, discoverable secrets, and more.

Before We Leave is available to purchase on Steam and the Epic Games Store for $19.99/€17.99/£15.99.

About Balancing Monkey Games
New Zealand based game developer Balancing Monkey Games launched its debut title Before We Leave, a non-violent city builder game, in May 2020 and was met with overwhelming success. The title is now available for download on the Epic Game Store and Steam.

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About Team17 Group plc
Founded in 1990, Team17 Group plc is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Floated on AIM in 2018, Team17, with its extensive portfolio of over 100 titles, embodies the spirit of independent games. In addition to the award-winning Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and the iconic Worms, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020, Team17 has helped bring critically acclaimed titles including Hell Let Loose, Moving Out, Golf With Your Friends, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Blasphemous, and The Escapists to gamers everywhere. Visit www.team17.com for more info.