PS5
SteamWorld Build
PS5 Details
- Native PS5 application
- Yes
Reviews
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Good
- Challenging city-building and dungeon crawler hybrid game.
- Offers variety of maps to play on.
- Engaging gameplay involving managing and meeting citizens' needs.
- Unlock different groups of citizens introducing new resources.
- Underground levels with miners and mechanics add to complexity.
- Advanced tech allows access to new mine areas.
- Train station grants bonuses and resource trade.
- Satisfying gameplay loop of expansion and resource acquisition.
- Nice aesthetics and designs, each map having unique landmarks.
Bad
- Support pillars placement becomes time-consuming.
- The later stages of a level can feel dull.
- Attacks do not vary much after the first ones.
- Can become a waiting game once production is established.
Good
- Successfully bounces around a number of different genres
- Ridiculously addictive experience
- Endearing tale of a small group of steambots
- Gameplay is the real showcase
- City-building aspects are simple yet compelling
- Intuitive UI
- Optimised controls for consoles
- Complex supply chain
- Combines town-building and dungeon exploration
- Mining resources and tower defense in gameplay
- Instant switching between the mine and the town
- Replayability with different modes and difficulty options
- More relaxed and forgiving gameplay
- Two different ways to gain resources
Bad
- The story has some obvious plot twists
- Population needs become demanding
- Facilities sometimes use the same basic resources
- Balancing act to maintain influx of resources
- Managing production levels can be challenging
- Main story is short
- No different campaign modes to extend gameplay
- May be too simplistic for fans of complex management games
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Steamworld Build | Launch Trailer
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SteamWorld Build | Release Date Reveal Trailer
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SteamWorld Build | Gameplay Trailer | 2023 for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch
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