The developers of the survival game Terraria have released a new update on Steam. The update integrates support for the Steam Workshop into the game – something that many players have long hoped for.
What kind of game is this? In Terraria, you create your own character and land in a vast world with various biomes. Similar to Minecraft, you gather resources, build yourself a home, and craft and upgrade equipment. With the armor and weapons, you then face off against bosses and monsters.
Terraria features a 2D pixel art style, which does not detract from its popularity. It has been maintaining its position in our list of the best survival games for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox and currently holds a strong 98% positive reviews on Steam with over 560,000 reviews (via Steam).
Alone on Steam, Terraria can still maintain an average of over 30,000 players (via steamcharts). The survival game is also available on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. Terraria was released back in May 2011 and still ranks among the top games.
What’s new now? Actually, Terraria received its last update “Journey’s End” in 2020, which brought a lot of new content. However, players, especially on PC, have continued to improve and modify the game itself with mods.
This will now be even easier. In an unexpected new update on March 29, 2021, it is stated that Terraria now also supports the Steam Workshop.
Finally official mod support for Terraria on Steam
What the Workshop brings: With the Steam Workshop, players can create content for Terraria much more easily and share it with other players. This includes:
- custom maps and worlds
- texture packs for altered visuals
- music packs for different ambient music
- fan translation language packs
At the release of the integration, the developers have already selected some mods that they recommend to the community. In the Workshop, they are marked with the tag “Developer’s Choice” to filter them easily.
This is interesting because: Modding was possible before via the “tModLoader,” but it was much more cumbersome and difficult for players who were not technically savvy. With the Steam Workshop, it usually just takes a click to install or remove a mod.
If you want to try it out yourself, the developers released a comprehensive guide on mod creation in Terraria back in November 2020. You can find it in English in the game’s forum (via Terraria Forums).
Even if Terraria’s look may be a bit unusual, it seems not to bother fans of the survival genre. The latest Steam hit Valheim shows this as well. Similar to Terraria, Valheim relies on a retro look and focuses mainly on interesting gameplay. As a result, the game briefly catapulted to the second place among the most played games on Steam. You can read more about it in our special:
I played Valheim for days – Here’s what makes the new survival game so good
