Swedish developer Image & Form is bringing the SteamWorld series back in 2019… but prepare yourself for a major twist to the formula. After exploring this world through a pair of side-scrolling MetroidVanias and a strategic shooter, the developer will next tackle turn-based RPGs in SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech. Currently in development for the Switch, SteamWorld Quest will be released sometime in 2019:
SteamWorld Quest is the roleplaying card game you’ve been waiting for! Lead a party of heroic steambots through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles, using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck, choosing from over 100 unique punch cards!
What awaits you is a luscious treasure chest filled with gold, dragons, vivid worlds, magic, knights in shining armor as well as XP, turn-based battles and all that good RPG stuff! The humorous mix of traditional fantasy and steampunk robots makes for an unforgettable experience with lots of laughs.
Image & Form’s Brjann Sigurgeirsson is very excited about the chance to build an RPG for SteamWorld’s fans, who have been asking for the genre switch for quite a while:
“For years, the SteamWorld community has asked us to create an RPG. In fact, on multiple occasions we’ve asked our followers what they’d like us to make next, and so far an RPG has been the number one request. So we took it upon ourselves to create a new kind of game, to surprise and delight both fans of the genre as well as existing SteamWorld fans.”
The first trailer for SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech has been embedded above.
