| AnaitGames |
Víctor Manuel Martínez García |
5 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
The “steamification” of city management ends up having a shorter fuse than necessary, losing the medium-term interest that seems natural in its genre. |
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| Checkpoint Gaming |
Victor Tan |
7.5 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build sets up a fantastic environment for Wild West robot capitalism to thrive. You must create workers to build enough resources that support your mining operations, which in turn helps develop your city. Expand your operations above and below ground to get more workers and new resources. While there isn’t anything ground-breaking in this game and it can be repetitive, it still offers good fun for people who enjoy city builders. If you are looking for a strategic challenge that makes you balance two types of city building, SteamWorld Build is a great game to try out. |
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| Game Informer |
Kenneth Seward Jr. |
7 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a unique hybrid that entertains for a time. Its early hours are fun, thanks to how well it uses simplified genre staples to create a more arcade-friendly gameplay loop, a sentiment bolstered by a solid tutorial and intuitive control scheme. Regrettably, SteamWorld Build’s campaign overstays its welcome. The lackluster story and rigid final objectives turn what was initially an engaging experience into a tedious grind. |
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| GamesRadar+ |
Sam Loveridge |
4 / 5 stars |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is proof that the SteamWorld formula can be applied to almost any genre with its mix of city building and dungeon mining combining for quite the treat. |
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| GamingBolt |
Ravi Sinha |
8 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
Whether you’re a fan of the series or looking for a well-made city-builder, SteamWorld Build has much to offer, even with the odd annoyance or two. |
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| Gert Lush Gaming |
Jim Smale |
9 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
They have effortlessly gone into a new genre and smashed it out of the park so much that it is just as accessible and addictive and a real treat as all the previous Steamworld games. |
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| God is a Geek |
Chris White |
9 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a deeply compelling city management title that adds new mechanics all the time, keeping you hooked throughout. |
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| IGN Italy |
Stefano Castelli |
8 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
An interesting blend of two game mechanics that lacks a bit of creativity typical of the series yet overall works very well. |
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| New Game Network |
Alex Varankou |
70 / 100 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a sufficiently well-designed management game that is initially engaging with a good blend of underground exploration, but it eventually becomes a bit repetitive and is over rather quickly, without much motivation to start up another town. |
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| Nintendo Life |
Alex Olney |
8 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a beautifully crafted game that seamlessly blends genres and ideas into a polished and premium package. There’s not another management sim like it, but despite it running surprisingly well on Nintendo’s system, it does leave us wanting for more reason to return to it. You’re all but guaranteed to adore your first time through, but subsequent playthroughs may not carry the same magic. Still, with all that being said, this is undeniably a triumph of mechanical marvellousness. |
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| Press Start |
Kieron Verbrugge |
8 / 10 |
11-28-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is another feather in the series’ cap and another great distillation of genres into a friendly and wholly addictive package. The city building and mining halves come together effortlessly thanks to a pitch-perfect campaign, though with just a single scenario there’s not a heap of longevity. The console version’s awfully-small text also threatens to undo the good done by its superb controls, but in the end it remains another banger SteamWorld game. |
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| Push Square |
Jenny Jones |
8 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a delightful and very satisfying foray into the city-building genre. The two gameplay modes complement each other well, offering two very different but equally pleasing ways to gain resources. While we do wish the story could’ve lasted a little bit longer, the addictive gameplay and slick presentation makes it very easy to recommend. |
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| Rock, Paper, Shotgun |
Katharine Castle |
Recommended |
11-27-2023 |
Its focus on balancing your economy’s scales rather than turning a profit means the stakes are never that high in SteamWorld Build, but this is still a strong and distinctive twist on the upstairs/downstairs loop that made SteamWorld Dig so enticing a decade ago. |
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| SECTOR.sk |
Branislav Kohút |
8.5 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
The new game from the steampunk universe with robots is city building spiced up with Dungeon Keeper-style mining. It works well. If you like to tinker with houses and resources, fun is guaranteed. |
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| Siliconera |
Elliot Gostick |
6 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build is a charming city builder with some fun ideas that just fails to capture what makes the genre compelling. PC version reviewed. |
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| TechRaptor |
Rutledge Daugette |
9.5 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
Great for both Citybuilder Noobs and Experts, SteamWorld Build offers a highly-replayable game with multiple maps and difficulties for players to take on. |
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| TheSixthAxis |
Aran Suddi |
8 / 10 |
11-27-2023 |
SteamWorld Build will scratch that itch of town builder and dungeon crawler alike. It’s an easy game to pick up and play, gradually introducing each layer of society and underground mining at a steady pace. A few elements could be improved to help levels flow better, but overall it’s a very good experience that digs up yet another new genre for the SteamWorld franchise. |
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