Southfield launches in Early Access on June 24 [Update: Delayed]
Expected to remain in Early Access until 2025.
Sandbox farming game Southfield will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on June 24, developer Radical Forge announced.
Update 06/21/24: The Early Access launch of Southfield has been delayed to an unannounced date due to “complex issues” created after implementing a fix in response to performance complaints from the closed beta test.
The Early Access version of the game will feature the following content:
- Over crops to discover, farm and combine together.
- An expanded Main Quest and brand new areas of the island to unlock.
- New NPCs and brand new quests.
- New ways to automate your farm with brand new machines.
- New construction materials.
- Many new Bud patterns, shades, and outfits.
- Enhanced Bud physics for better movement.
- Numerous fixes and improvements based on community feedback from the recent closed beta.
Southfield is expected to remain in Early Access until 2025. Throughout the Early Access period, Radical Forge will add new gameplay mechanics, new biomes to explore, crops to grow, customizations to enjoy, quests to complete, and further optimizations and quality of life improvements.
“We’re so hyped to finally announce the official release date of Southfield,” said Radical Forge CEO and co-founder Bruce Slater in a press release. “The team has been amazing, every one of them, pulling out all the stops to make our game stand out.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Radical Forge:
About
Weird farming meets silly physics in Southfield! Combine chaotic crops with unpredictable effects, build your dream farmstead, and experiment with playful machinery. Wobble your way around an ever-changing island solo or with up to three friends and unearth its secrets.
Welcome to Southfield
Southfield is no ordinary island, and this is no ordinary farming game. Combine cartoony crops with chaotic effects, and customize your farm with fun toys and machines to automate your harvest. Whether you’re a solo explorer, or you’re looking for a new destination to play with friends—Southfield is the place to be!
Combine Chaotic Crops
Things grow differently in Southfield, so you’ll quickly learn to expect the unexpected. Your harvest could bounce, go boom, chime a tune, or change shape. We’re talking about crops that radiate, illuminate, even levitate, and that’s before you mix crops together to create something entirely new! Complete quests, experiment with crops, and check off combinations in your trusty Almanac.
Be More Bud
You’re a Bud. A big, bouncy Bud, freshly sprouted from the land itself. Nobody knows where these delightfully silly creatures came from, but now it’s your job to help these uncoordinated island dwellers navigate farm life. Flip, flop, and fling yourself into all kinds of physics-based fun. Play online with up to three other Buds, and give yourselves a unique look with customizable colors and quirky outfits.
Experiment with Machines
As your farm grows, so does your to-do list! Free up time for more tractor racing and lily-pad jumping with fun farming automation. From trampolines to air cannons, there’s a myriad of toys and machines to help you get the most out of each harvest. Use these same tools to build obstacle courses or life-sized pinball machines for you and your friends.
Build Your Own Way
Go wild with creative sandbox tools to construct super unique builds in Southfield! Treat your Buds like royalty with their very own stone castle, or live a simpler life in little wooden lodgings. With plenty of materials and customisations to create your dream farmstead, the sky is (literally) the limit… Buds don’t belong in space.
Beware the Ruffians
Buds aren’t the only inhabitants of this strange and unpredictable island. As night settles, a shadow grows, a mysterious Monolith looms, and out come the Ruffians. Southfield’s spectral mischief makers are out to cause chaos for you and your crops, and it’s up to you to defend yourself and your farm. Contend with wild weather, protect your harvest, help the other island-dwellers, and restore balance to Southfield—even if your Bud loses balance along the way.
Watch a new trailer below.