“SteamWorld Build” is now available for PC & consoles

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Press release:
Gothenburg, Sweden – December 1st, 2023.
The Gothenburg-based (Sweden) indie games publisher Thunderful and it’s internal development studio The Station, are today very glad and proud to announce that their strategy/city-builder/sim “SteamWorld Build”, is now available for PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) via digital stores at a price of €/$26.99 thanks to a 10% launch discount and available on Xbox Game Pass.

On top of the launch discount, if fans already own everything in the franchise they will get an additional 22% discount of the deluxe edition and will only pay €/$28.79 for SteamWorld Build and the OST. Fans of SteamWorld games can now get their hands on extra discounts on Steam in a new SteamWorld Complete Bundle where the discount grows depending on how many games are already owned.

Welding the city-building genre to Dungeon Keeper-like underground mining and oiling the cogs with that unique SteamWorld secret sauce, SteamWorld Build offers a never before seen take on the city-builder genre from developer The Station. The soundtrack for SteamWorld Build is also now available via Steam, Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal through Distrokid.

What critics are saying:

“A unique but refined take on the city builder genre” – TheGamer

“Fantastically moreish gameplay in a sandbox city-builder package” – Pocket Tactics

“Proof that the SteamWorld formula can be applied to almost any genre” – GamesRadar+

“SteamWorld had done it again” – 3DJuegos

As the architect of a SteamWorld mining town, break ground and raise houses for your steambot citizens, keep them fed and provide some rootin’-tootin’ entertainment. Venture into the abandoned mine sitting under your town, rumoured to be filled with ancient tech that holds the key to escaping impending doom. Using the natural resources above ground and the abundant ores buried below, expand your town, stimulate new residential tiers to join the quest to dig deeper, unearth untold riches and ultimately help them to hightail it off the planet!

SteamWorld Build has been developed for PC and console simultaneously to ensure that every aspect of the game works just as well with a controller in hand as it does with mouse and keyboard, bringing a traditionally PC-centric genre to console without compromise. In SteamWorld tradition, it’s a fantastic way in for newcomers to city builders, regardless of what platform they are on, while also offering a new twist on the genre that gives experienced players a refreshing new challenge infused with that patented SteamWorld charm.

“We are delighted to see SteamWorld Build receive such love from media in their reviews of the game and we’re very excited PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch players can now experience the game for themselves,” said SteamWorld Universe and Franchise Director, Brjánn Sigurgeirsson.

“We’re looking forward to being able to share more about the future plans for SteamWorld Build and the series as a whole!”

“We always placed a lot of pressure on ourselves when it came to meeting the high standards the series has set and making sure we get that all-important SteamWorld-feel right when it comes to SteamWorld Build,” said Adam Vassee, producer at The Station.

“Seeing the reception that game has been getting is really humbling in terms of showing that we delivered on that and I’m so happy that players can have fun building now that the game is finally out!”

For more on SteamWorld Build, visit the SteamWorld website.

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About Thunderful
Thunderful Group is a group of companies that develops, publishes and invests in games as well as distributes Nintendo products, games, game accessories and toys. Founded in 2017 Thunderful Games is one of the two business segments in Thunderful Group, the other being Thunderful Distribution. Over the last few years Thunderful Games has, organically and via acquisitions, grown into a global organisation with ten development studios and over 500 employees. Besides the award-winning internal development pipeline, Thunderful Games also publishes a large number of third-party titles and invests in external game projects.

About The Station
Founded in 2013 in Karlshamn, Sweden and acquired by Thunderful in 2020, The Station is an awesome team of roughly 40 people that love making games. The studio is known for its work on the LittleBigPlanet series and is currently working on SteamWorld Build, its biggest and most exciting project to date.