Rain World’s healthful, physicsy slugcat GIFs have been breadcrumbs which finally led to one in all this century’s most brutal video games. Now it is getting DLC. Rain World: Downpour is arriving in January 2023 and can add 5 new slugcats, lots of of recent rooms to outlive, official mod assist, and co-op. Check the announcement trailer under.

Each of Downpour’s 5 new playable slugcats could have their very own skills and storyline, and there are ten new areas to discover which every have their very own new enemies, traps and climate to cope with. There are additionally two new modes: Challenge mode, that includes handmade arenas of escalating problem; and Safari mode, via which you’ll revisit previous areas as an observer or as different, non-slugcat creatures.

Downpour additionally provides co-op for the primary time, during which as much as 4 gamers can play regionally and discover “all base-game campaigns” collectively. Finally, Downpour brings Steam Workshop assist and a built-in content material supervisor “to totally permit gamers to manage how they really need to discover Rain World.”

I used to be pumped for Rain World all the best way up to date after I performed it. At that time, I realised its problem and its obfuscation meant that it will by no means be for me. Brendan had a extra beneficial although sophisticated response in his Rain World assessment, discovering a lot to like beneath its prickly floor.

I’m as soon as once more pumped for Rain World: Downpour. If you liked Rain World, it feels like extra of what you liked; and in case you did not love Rain World, it seems that it is providing extra methods to play. I completely look ahead to re-visiting its lethal ecosystem both with associates in co-op or with mods.

Rain World: Downpour is because of launch in January 2023. You’ll discover extra screenshots and particulars over on Steam.