As I booted up my Steam client after getting in from work yesterday I nonchalantly checked my downloads -a process I normally do as to quickly spot any sudden updates. There in solidarity sat one small update, for a title I didn’t recognise. Rise to Ruins. Clicking on it revealed that the game was in fact Retro Pixel Castles with a new name.
I’ve owned Retro Pixel Castles for a short time, and booted it two or three times; it was heavily recommended to me because I have a library full of colony development titles like Gnomoria, Rimworld, Clockwork Empires, etc. It’s quite a fun little game, and I had intended to return to it at some point soon.
What’s the reason for the rename? The developer decided back in December that the change was needed for a few reasons, but the most obvious being the fact that the game was really a village simulator, and so didn’t really have anything to do with the name it launched with – which I feel is a very fair point.
In addition to the name change, the game also updated to version 24, which among other things added a village efficiency system which will see certain buildings boost productivity; in addition to this buildings can be upgraded, and the chance of (and in which quantities) nomads appearing has also been changed.
You can read the full patch notes over on the Steam announcement page, here.
Curious souls can find the game through the below widget.
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