RimWorld is one of my most-played games on Steam, with nearly 700 hours total, and I’m not done yet. It’s safe to say I love the colony sim genre, and I tend to follow all of the upcoming releases in the genre. But this one, well, it fell under my radar until now. Trailblazers: Into the March is like the love-child of RimWorld and FTL, with a focus on procedurally generated characters, a customizable Landship, and roguelite mechanics and battles to mix up the colony sim aspects.
You are a Trailblazer… the captain of a Landship, a powerful vessel shaped by undying dedication and boundless dreams. It is your lifeline through The March, a perilous frontier that thrives by engulfing civilization’s remnants. Your mission: blaze a trail across this wilderness and uncover the mystery at its heart.
Trailblazers: Into the March is a roguelite colony-sim that integrates tactical combat with the emotional journey of fully simulated characters. Before setting off you will purchase and customize your Landship, recruit crew members with their own backgrounds and skills, trade supplies and materials, and take on contracts. Once you venture into the March you will have to carefully manage your crew’s daily lives, witness their evolving relationships and stories, and defend your moving home in tactical landship battles as you explore the vast, uncharted territories.
From the Steam store page, it appears that Trailblazers follows an invisible overlord—that’s you—while customizing a Landship—a colossal, customizable machine with a spacious interior that you may fill with strategic weapons, equipment, and rooms for your colonists.
Your colonists have likes and dislikes, past experiences, relationships, aspirations, and skills that make each one unique. If you don’t manage the group well, your Landship may collapse from within well before you engage an enemy in its roguelite combat.
Speaking of roguelike mechanics, you’ll encounter varying events along your journey. Each expedition brings you closer to The March. The characters you encounter, the resources you gather, and the weapons you fire all play a role in your survival in each run.
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