We love Stardew Valley. We love space. It makes sense that One Lonely Outpost, a Stardew-inspired planet terraformer, immediately ticked two of our boxes when it launched on Steam early access back in June and now developer and publisher Freedom Games has stated that a Switch port is on the way.
We don't have a precise console release date for this one just yet, but from what we have seen so far, we can imagine the space farm sim being right at home on Switch. One Lonely Planet will see you starting a life on the distant world of Calypso, building a civilisation from the ground up as you plant, grow and build a functioning little space colony.
You can check out the game's early access launch trailer above, but read on for an idea of some of the features on offer (via Steam):
Bootstrap for Life
- Plan your colonist’s farming adventures. Will you explore? Plant? Craft? FIsh? Build a close-knit community? Or all of them at once?
- Fill out the Omninac by experiencing life on the new planet. Categorize crops, minerals, seasons, animals, and more!
- Terraform the desert with a trusty robotic pet. Fertilize the ground, secure water sources, and make the air breathable.
- Farm, mine, explore, and carve out a habitat for humanity.
Build a Colony
- Build your colony from the ground up. Your loneliness will be over once you can attract some colonists - but that is just the beginning!
- Discover a robust menu of meals to cook - you can't explore a new world on an empty stomach!
- A plethora of fish and bugs also inhabit the planet - go uncover them to fill out your collection!
Craft the Future
- Usher in a new dawn for humanity, building a genuine off-world utopia for your colonists.
- Connect with your newfound community, cultivate relationships, and who knows, maybe even find love among the pioneers?
- And just as important as the future, delve into the past of the old world. Just what lies hidden beneath this ancient planet's surface...?
We have our fingers crossed that we won't have to wait too long before this one blasts off for Switch. Be sure to keep an eye out for updates.
What do you make of One Lonely Outpost? Does it look up your street? Let us know in the comments.
[source youtube.com, via store.steampowered.com]
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I have ever seen this game trailer from Wholesome Direct last time.
I wonder if there will be a physical release of this game.
very cool music, can't say that about the rest. looks like a snooze fest to me.
Oh look, another Stardew ripoff. Only like the 30th in the last three years....
Mwah ha ha yes another farm sim to annoy the masses, all is right with the world.
Farm sim= insta-buy from me, this one looks cool actually.
@willi3su Oh wait, Stardew was also a rip-off of Harvest Moon... This is a highly successful genre, that's why more games keep being made in it.
@Nintendencies tbh this is the first farming sim since the September direct I haven't rolled my eyes at, it looks neat
@Wordbonder from what I understood - Eric Barone, like many of us, was not happy that a game like the OG pixel Harvest Moons didn't really exist any more. Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons basically sucked rocks - so he made Stardew as a labor of love. That labor became more popular than he could have ever environed and multi-billion dollar companies chased his labor - and still fail to this very day.
So honestly I don't call it a rip-off. No one else was doing Harvest Moon- so he did the Harvest Moon people liked most of all - but better.
Could use some polish, but looks like something I would play.
Farming in space is a neat concept.
They should let you marry aliens while they're at it.
@Cashews Ah, yes. Indie devs. Clearly know for having billions of dollars in cash.
Like, what is with this cynical view of farming sims all of a sudden? If a genre is popular then people will make more videogames like it. Both indies and AAA even at times.
There are PLENTY of indie rougelike metroidvania pixel art games released like every week on digital stores and I hear more disdain about farming games because in one Direct we got like 4 of them. Move on.
@jowe_gv exactly my thinking, though it's been going on for a while now, the trolls always come out when a new farming game comes out. But I will probably pass on this as it looks a bit slow, the character looks like it's walking in porridge
While I'm not sure I'd get this myself, it has a pretty cool concept (hope it will be good and you'll enjoy it @Nintendencies)!
@jowe_gv @antisumo Couldn't agree more with you two (and absolutely fair if this particular one isn't for you antisumo)!
Yeah I thought this looked OK when it was announced, then I removed it from my steam wishlist when I saw the reviews.
@jowe_gv To be fair, I think roguelikes, and metroidvanias get just as much flak. Any oversaturation of any game genre in the market is not a very good thing. I think also that the farming sin genre is one of the only, if not the only, to have one game that's close to unanimously considered the best.
@Poodlestargenerica What do you even consider "oversaturation"? In here people have been negative towards farm games since THAT Direct and that Direct had 4 farming games. Was that oversaturation? I just think people are being salty for no reason at all.
Like, do you think this game was do by billionares trying to jump into a trend and nothing else?
@jowe_gv Yes I think that 4 of any genre in one presentation counts as oversaturation. And yes I also think farm Sims they are being churned out because it's easy profit. And no I have nothing against the genre as a whole. I'm actually designing one.
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