It’s safe to say thatGoogle Stadiahasn’t had the smoothest of launches since its debut late last year. Fromnumerous technical issues and latency flawsto 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.
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As evidenced by the titles, each of these beloved indie-gems belongs to the same franchise, although, not all of them share a genre. WhileSteamWorld Digand its sequel are both mining games in the same vein as the likes ofTerraria,SteamWorld Heistis a turn-based strategy game, andSteamWorld Questis 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 theSteamWorldseries 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.” Evidentlynot 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, theSteamWorldseries is a fantastic franchise that not everyone’s played, so re-releasing it onGoogle Stadiais sure to welcome a new demographic to give it a try. Delivering solid titles likeSteamWorld, 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.
