SteamWorld Build
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| Developers | |
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| The Station | |
| Publishers | |
| Thunderful Publishing | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 1, 2023 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 74 |
| OpenCritic | 77 |
| IGDB | 77 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building |
| Themes | Steampunk, Western |
| Series | SteamWorld |
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| SteamWorld | |
|---|---|
| SteamWorld Dig | 2013 |
| SteamWorld Heist | 2016 |
| SteamWorld Dig 2 | 2017 |
| SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech | 2019 |
| SteamWorld Build | 2023 |
| SteamWorld Heist II | 2024 |
SteamWorld Build is a singleplayer bird's-eye view building game in the SteamWorld series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Xbox Play Anywhere | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe and Gold editions also available. | |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and the Mechanized DLC.
- The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Mechanized DLC, the digital soundtrack, and SteamWorld Dig.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanized | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SteamWorld Build_Data\Plugins\x86_64\steam_settings\2134770\remote\Preferences[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2134770/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Thunderful.SteamWorldBuild_8j53pwgd019sy\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\ |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SteamWorld Build_Data\Plugins\x86_64\steam_settings\2134770\remote\Saves[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2134770/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Wwise, XAudio2 |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-8400 | Intel Core i7-9700F @ 3.00GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2134770/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2134770) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.