Thunderful already announced SteamWorld: Headhunter, a 3D co-op title set in what seems to be a Wild West setting, last year. However, it later confirmed that three more SteamWorld titles were in development, including codename “Caramel,” a turn-based tactical strategy shooter for PC, consoles and mobiles, which could be a sequel to SteamWorld Heist.

The other titles include codename “Strawberry,” a puzzle game for mobile devices, and “Coffee,” a city builder for PC and consoles. Perhaps we’ll finally learn more about each and see the first gameplay footage for SteamWorld: Headhunter.

Stay tuned in the coming days for more details. Of course, this isn’t the only showcase next week, as Xbox and Bethesda are hosting the first Developer_Direct on January 25th. Head here for more details.

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As for what the announcement could be, there’s SteamWorld Headhunter, a 3D, third-person co-op adventure, which appears to have a Wild West motif. Publisher Thunderful Games revealed last year that four SteamWorld games, including Headhunter, were in development. A few months later, it teased “Caramel”, a turn-based strategy shooter for PC, which may be a sequel to SteamWorld Heist.

Perhaps we’ll learn more about the other titles in development. Thankfully, it won’t be a long wait, so stay tuned for more details. The last major SteamWorld title was SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech, a turn-based RPG with deck-building mechanics for Nintendo Switch and PC.

Turn-based tactics shooter SteamWorld Heist launched originally back in 2016, and has been ported over to multiple platforms in the years since then. Now, it looks like a sequel might be in the works. When asked about a possible SteamWorld Heist 2 on Twitter, Thunderful Games responded that it “might have some stuff planned” for fans of the tactics game.

Interestingly, of the three unannounced SteamWorld games currently in development at Thunderful, one – codenamed “Caramel” – has been described as a turn-based strategy shooter in development for PC, consoles, and mobile devices, and due out by 2024. That very much sounds like a SteamWorld Heist follow-up.

Of course, until such time something gets officially announced, it’s best to keep your expectations in check. When that announcement will come remains to be seen, but we’ll be keeping an eye out for more details, so stay tuned.

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The same was confirmed in Thunderful’s recent quarterly fiscal report, in which it listed three unannounced SteamWorld IP games that are currently in the works. The first is codenamed “Strawberry” and is described as a puzzle title in development for mobile devices. Then there’s “Coffee”, a city builder in the works for PC and consoles. Finally, there’s “Caramel”, a turn-based tactical strategy shooter, in development for PC, consoles, and mobile devices.

SteamWorld as a franchise has plenty of experience with branching out into new and different genres, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that Thunderful is continuing down that road. The series has tried its hands at Metroidvanias with the SteamWorld Dig games, tower defense with SteamWorld Tower Defense, turn-based strategy with SteamWorld Heist, deck-building with SteamWorld Quest, and will be going 3D with the aforementioned SteamWorld Headhunter.

Of the four SteamWorld games, three of them are scheduled to launch in 2023, with Caramel being scheduled for 2024.

We’ve already heard a little bit about the screen that will be coming along with the Nintendo Switch. Now we’re getting some more details, or at least some more developer comments about what we should expect to see when the console launches next year.

Image and Form, the company that developed the Steamworld franchise held a bit of a question and answer session on Twitter about the new console. While the devs made it clear they couldn’t be specific about features, the session did lead to Image and Form to say that no one should be worried about processor power.

The devs have said they have had a dev kit since earlier this year and that while they can’t talk about what they’ve seen, the controls on this console also feel great. Finally, the company said they have no concerns when it comes to the weight of the device when players are  going to carry it like a mobile device. We’ll get to see for ourselves when the device launches next year.