SteamWorld Heist is a game about space adventures and survival. Recruit a team of rag-tag robots to explore and scavenge the remains of a destroyed world. Board enemy ships and command your crew in a unique variety of turn-based combat. After having embraced and developed advanced technology already in the 19th century, by adapting ideas and blueprints of British inventor Charles Babbage (1791-1871), humanity develops mechanical computers and, later, simple robots to carry out meanly chores. Unfortunately, as an effect of this leap in technology, very advanced weapons are also developed, leading to premature, full-scale world war - where all sides naturally lose and the Earth is damaged for good. In this post-apocalyptic world, where time has stopped at the height of steampunk and Western style, these hard-working, steam-driven robots - steambots - have inherited the Earth. The remaining humans have since long devolved into simple-minded cave dwellers, surpassed by their creations. The planet is torn apart, leaving only the glowing molten core at the center of a sea of Earthly chunks and debris. The only practical means of travel is by rocket ships, which have been made possible by these early technological advancements. This chaos is where SteamWorld Heist begins.Take the role of a rogue robot captain, piloting your ship through the debris field between the remains of the planet seizing opportunity where it presents itself. You will fight restrictive authorities, plan raids and rescue missions to accumulate as much loot as possible before making daring escapes - or get brought to justice.With SWH we will expand the SteamWorld universe, and take the franchise to its logical limit. Players got a brief introduction to SteamWorld and its history in hugely successful SteamWorld Dig, but we would like to present a lot more lore in this game. A bigger roster of characters to meet, more locations to visit, more history to be uncovered. And a huge leap in gameplay.