That date is August 8th, by the way, and the answer is: yes it is!

It’s a robot pirate game, in other words.

It also makes you ponder the fragility of being a Steambot.

A pirate robot shooting at a larger mech enemy inside a ship in SteamWorld Heist 2

You are powered by water, but also water may destroy you.

Ah, what is life??

That’s sort of the only place to be in a seafaring situation, afer all.

Cover image for YouTube video

SteamWorld Heist 2 is onSteamnow, and releases on August 8th.

Kat Baileyat IGNhas some more details from an interview with producer Petter Magnusson.