It’s safe to say that Google Stadia hasn’t had the smoothest of launches since its debut late last year. From numerous technical issues and latency flaws to a sheer lack of games, the console has undeniably failed to find any ground with consumers. However, regardless of its issues, it seems Stadia is continuing to press on in hopes of eventually delivering on the promise it sold early-adopters.
One of the ways Stadia’s going about this is by trying to boost the number of games currently on the service, which, through a new tweet, it confirmed would be getting four new titles very soon. The new games, which are yet to see confirmed release dates, are SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Heist, and SteamWorld Quest, and they’ll all supposedly be available for “Stadia Pro subscribers to claim and play when they launch”
As evidenced by the titles, each of these beloved indie-gems belongs to the same franchise, although, not all of them share a genre. While SteamWorld Dig and its sequel are both mining games in the same vein as the likes of Terraria, SteamWorld Heist is a turn-based strategy game, and SteamWorld Quest is a role-playing card game. Although they differ quite substantially in style, what unifies the titles is the strong community that rallies behind them. They’re easily some of the most recognizable indie titles out there today, so Google is wise to bring them to players on the service.
Unfortunately, the announcement of the SteamWorld series hitting Stadia hasn’t been received particularly well by everyone. A number of fans voiced their displeasure underneath Google’s post about the console’s newest additions, with players showing their desire for some more recent games to land on the console. One Twitter user sarcastically commented “Yay more old games,” while another posted a gif of a never-ending loading screen captioned “attempting to give a damn.” Evidently not everyone is happy with the lineup Google Stadia is currently offering, with most wanting newer titles they’ve never played before.
Regardless of whether or not the console is offering current, boundary-pushing games, the SteamWorld series is a fantastic franchise that not everyone’s played, so re-releasing it on Google Stadia is sure to welcome a new demographic to give it a try. Delivering solid titles like SteamWorld, while not being the most exciting move on Stadia’s part, will be sure to round out a solid library for the console that it can eventually build off with some bigger and more adventurous new games down the line.
