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SteamWorld Build

Build a town and mine for escape on a dying planet.

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SteamWorld Build is a cross-genre video game that combines city-building with dungeon crawling, developed by The Station and published by Thunderful Publishing. Released in December 2023 for multiple platforms, it is an installment in the SteamWorld series and the first game in the franchise not developed by the original Swedish team. The game tasks players with constructing and managing a mining town on an alien planet while exploring an abandoned mine for ancient technology to escape the planet.

Background

Set during the events of SteamWorld Dig 2, with the planet's destruction imminent, Jack Clutchsprocket arrives at an abandoned mine along with his daughter Astrid and a group of refugees. They are guided by the mysterious bot 'Core', who tells them that inside the mine are the materials needed to assemble a rocket for escape. After settling their base, they are approached by an old, battered bot called 'Trader', who assists them in their mission.

As they gather parts to build the rocket, Astrid is contacted by the Ancient Signal that controls the machinery, warning about an imminent danger. When the rocket is completed, Core reveals himself as part of the Vectron Hivemind, who deceived the bots into building the rocket so they can escape the planet. Pursued by Vectron machines, Trader sacrifices himself to allow the others to escape. Once in space, the bots depart to look for a new home, unaware that the Vectron Hivemind has infiltrated their systems.

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