On Steam, there are survival games like sand on the beach. However, only a few achieve a major breakthrough and become huge hits. A upcoming survival game wants to draw elements from great representatives of the genre and create its own hit.
Rimworld, Medieval Dynasty, and Mount & Blade are all games that have gained greater popularity on Steam. A upcoming survival game on Steam also wants to become a hit and takes successful elements from the aforementioned games.
Bellwright is set to be an open-world sandbox game that focuses mainly on one’s own settlement. The focus is on building one’s own settlement, liberating the land, and ultimately rebelling against a great enemy that has conquered your homeland.
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The best of many worlds
On paper, Bellwright does not have any innovative ideas at first, but it aims to continue and improve the elements that inspired it. In an interview with PCGamesN, Florian Hofreither, the CEO of Donkey Crew, talked about the inspirations and elements for Bellwright.
Thus, the management elements from RimWorld are to be mixed with the relationships of the residents from Medieval Dynasty. The team aims to emphasize the building of buildings. According to Hofreither, the decision to build a building should become more significant, as you may need several in-game days to construct in Bellwright.
This means that for a certain time, residents and the city’s resources need to be planned differently. Therefore, residents should also have multiple jobs and not just one. Fighting and defending one’s own settlement should also become a central element. The fighting is based on elements from Mount & Blade.
In the interview, he also emphasizes that the game should be beginner-friendly, similar to Subnautica back in the day, as he believes survival games were “very chaotic” before the game was released
. MeinMMO editor Benedict also sees potential in Bellwright:
When will Bellwright be released? Donkey Crew has told PCGamesN in the interview that early access is set to start in December 2023. However, it could also fall into early 2024. Both would not be a long wait to see how the various elements in this survival game will fit together.
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