Googles Stadia adds four SteamWorld games to its lineup

Google’s streaming-based Stadia game service has had a rocky start since it launched last year, but Google has been trying to bolster that with more games. The latest are four titles from the SteamWorld series: SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Heist, and SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech.

For those unfamiliar with the series, SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Dig 2 are more metroidvania-style exploration games that see players digging their way through a vast underground world. SteamWorld Heist is a turn-based strategy game with an emphasis on a bullet-bouncing mechanic. And SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a “roleplaying card game.”

Of those four games, SteamWorld Dig 2 and SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech will be...

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