Image & Form teased back on January 1 that an announcement would be coming"sooner than you think.“That message finally came to fruition today asSteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech,a card-based fantasy RPG, was announced during today’s Nintendo UK Indie Highlights video.
WhileSteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamechadds lots of fantasy elements, it does look to keep the Steampunk aesthetic of the past fourSteamWorldtitles. Players will be able to gather a team of Steambots together while also building an effective deck of cards, of which there are over 100. Image & Form also says to expect other typical aspects of fantasy RPGs like dungeons, dragons, and a fleshed out XP and level up system. Still, the developers think the game will “surprise and delight both fans of the genre as well as existingSteamWorldfans”
According to Image & Form, the development team decided to make an RPG because it was the most heavily requested genre by the community forSteamWorldto tackle. We’ve seen tower defense,mining-focused platformers, andstrategy gamesin the past, soSteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamechis definitely charting new ground from the series.
“For years, the SteamWorld community has asked us to create an RPG” said Image & Form in the press release announcingSteamWorld Quest: World of Gilgamech. “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.” Hopefully, this means Image & Form fans will be happy with this announcement.
Nintendo Switch fans are also in luck as the game is coming “first to Nintendo Switch.“SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamechwill also be the first Image & Form title to bepublished by Thunderful,which was created when Image & Form and Zoink Games merged. While we don’t know much else aboutSteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamechat this time, the developers are promising to reveal story and gameplay details, the game’s price, other platforms it’s coming to, and the release date in the coming months.
You can check out the first trailer forSteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gligamechas well as some gameplay screenshots below.SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamechis going to release later in 2019, hitting the Nintendo Switch first. That being said, Image & Form commented “It’s coming of course!” when asked about a PS4 version of the game in the comments of the announcement trailer.
