SteamWorld Heist

Nintendo World ReportDonald Theriault

9.5/10

Image and Form has been on their game with the SteamWorld series for years, and this is the definitive version of their best game to date. SteamWorld Heist is one of the best things any download service has to offer.

RPGamerAlex Fuller

Developer Image & Form takes its steampunk robots into the RPG realm with SteamWorld Quest. With memorable characters, an engaging battle system, and beautiful graphics, this Switch title should prove enjoyable to many RPGamers.

KeenGamerMichael Keener

9/10

Earth is all destroyed from extensive mining, and now the surviving robots must continue on with life in space. But it's easier said than done, especially when you have pirates and power hungry groups running around trying to take all the resources for themselves. Take Captain Piper Faraday and your crew from space ship to space ship as you partake in tactical turn-based shootouts, and extensive hat looting.

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

9/10

SteamWorld Heist is a game about space adventures and survival. Recruit a team of ragtag robots to explore and scavenge the remains of a destroyed world. Board enemy ships and command your crew in a unique variety of turn-based combat.

Game SkinnyDamien Smith

9/10

SteamWorld Heist is an amazing, brave and ambitious indirect sequel that keeps true to the SteamWorld universe.

NoobFeedMates Bogdan Robert

82/100

SteamWorld Heist is a charming title and a great experience that, nevertheless, requires you to think about how you approach every scenario. The manual aiming adds a layer of challenge and complexity to it. The world it creates oozes personality, the writing is witty and the music is in tone with the desired atmosphere. If you’re looking for some turn-based 2D action, there are Steambots out there waiting for your help.

Push SquareAlex Stinton

8/10

Shared universes certainly seem to have become a bit of a thing in recent years, and it's easy to see why they're attractive to game developers. Not only do you get the chance to genre jump between games, but you can also immediately pique the interest of anyone who enjoyed your previous efforts. Such is the case with Image & Form's SteamWorld series, which has hopped from tower defence (SteamWorld Tower Defence), to dig-em-up (SteamWorld Dig), and finally to a tactical turn based shooter, with SteamWorld Heist.

COGConnectedThi Chao

80/100

This is a game about space-faring pirate robots with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, whats not to love? SteamWorld Heist is the successor to 2013’s SteamWorld Dig and instead of expanding on that game’s mix of action and crafting mechanics, they have turned to a new approach that really capitalizes on engrossing mechanics and complex, nuanced system. These allow the experience to further outdo itself despite the lacking story and repetitive mission objectives.

WayTooManyGamesJan Bigas

7.5/10

Image & Form Games have become a Nindie darling for some time now. They are well known for their audacious titles that spawn multiple genres, all within the same and highly versatile universe of SteamWorld. SteamWorld is an alternate reality where humans have scattered into the underground as steam-powered robots began to evolve and eventually claim the world. In each of its completely different incarnations, SteamWorld gives the player control of some of these wacky and lovable steam-bots to...

Checkpoint GamingJustin White

Unscored

Image & Form Games released one of my favourite indie games back in 2017, SteamWorld Dig 2. This game had a simple look but utilised some deep mechanics and always had me pushing just that little bit further to mine for more and more minerals. I fell in love with the world and characters and I am happy to say that Image& Form have once again knocked it out of the park with SteamWorld Quest.

Sirus GamingCarlo Miguel Cutanda

Unscored

SteamWorld Heist, like the other SteamWorld games before it, is simple yet complex. It is a very accessible turn-based RPG with a lot of character. The characters are interesting and the core gameplay is very engaging. All of that wrapped up in a Firefly-like space adventure makes this a game that is very difficult for me to put down.

Rock Paper ShotgunJohn Walker

Unscored

I thoroughly recommend it, for those looking for something erring much more toward the more casual end of the strategy world, the only region of the genre with which I’m comfortable. It’s bright, breezy, light and fun, and perhaps, after all, that’s enough.