While Steel Seed was originally slated for an April 10 launch, publisher ESDigital Games and developer Storm in a Teacup have announced that there will be a slight delay in the title’s release. In a statement, the companies have revealed that Steel Seed will instead be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 22.
The publisher and developer both explain the delay as being required because the development teams have faced some technical hurdles. While the announcement doesn’t go too deep into these hurdles, they are seemingly related to platform adaptation related to certification tests that studios have to run on their game for a console release.
“Since the game’s announcement, your excitement has been truly inspiring, and we know how much you’ve been looking forward to a deep dive into a dark sci-fi future on all platforms,” wrote ESDigital Games head of marketing Ilia Svanidze in a statement announcing the delay.
“That’s why we want to be completely open with you: We encountered some technical hurdles related to platform adaptation when running our platform certification tests. Rather than rushing the console release and risking a potentially substandard console user experience that requires swift patching, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to delay the launch.”
Svanidze also explained that the studio will be using the extra time it is getting from the delay to further polish all versions of the game.
“Our goal is to ensure that all players, regardless of platform, enjoy a polished and seamless experience,” wrote Svanidze. “We are committed to delivering the ebst possible experience for our players. This additional time will allow us to optimise and polish all versions for launch, so they meet the standard we know you deserve.”
While Steel Seed is seeing a slight delay, as caught by WCCFTech, the game’s store listing on Steam has also been updated, revealing the required PC specs to play the game. The requirements for the game are quite modest, all things considered.
The minimum CPU required for Steel Seed is an Intel i7-3770K 3.,50 GHz or AMD equivalent CPU, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, Intel Arc 580 or AMD equivalent GPU. The recommended specs bumps this up slightly to an Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0 GHz or AMD equivalent CPU, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, Intel Arc 770 or an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU.
Aside from these, Steel Seed will also require players to run on Windows 10 or 11, and requires 16 GB of RAM and 50 GB of storage space.
Leading up to its release later this month, Steel Seed recently got a trailer that gave us a solid look at the opening few minutes of gameplay. In the trailer, protagonist Zoe and her robotic companion KOBY had to platform, sneak and fight their way through a collapsing industrial building as they try and figure out what is happening around them.
The title was originally announced all the way back in June 2023 during the Future Games Show of the time with a trailer.
Looks like it’s our turn to post the Square Image Of Doom, so let’s get this over with quickly, yeah?
We’re moving Steel Seed’s launch date to April 22 due to a few technical hurdles related to consoles.
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— ESDigital Games (@ESDigital_Games) April 1, 2025
