SteamWorld Headhunter is the next installment in the cult SteamWorld series – and the first to move from 2D to 3D.
Announced during the Thunderful World event, Headhunter will be a "stylised and colourful, third-person co-op action adventure." While the announcement didn't reveal gameplay, a release date, or platforms, a teaser trailer gave us a hint of what to expect:
Thunderful says that the game feature's a "head-popping twist", and aside from the Old West-style duel in the trailer, we also see a detachable head flying towards the victorious Steambot, implying we may be able to swap bodies or survive mortal wounds in the game.
Thunderful isn't saying much about the game beyond what's shown in the trailer, but we do know that the game's follows directly from the events of SteamWorld Dig 2, so existing fans might be able to piece together what's going on here.
Headhunter will mark the sixth game in the series, which has repeatedly changed genre over the years. After a bow on Nintendo DS with SteamWorld Tower Defense, the series gained, er, steam with platformer SteamWorld Dig, followed by strategy shooter Heist, Dig 2, and RPG card battler Quest.
Headhunter is just one of multiple SteamWorld games in development, but we got no information on the others in the showcase.
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