Summary
TheXbox Game Pass Ultimatelibrary has expanded to includeKeplerth. The sandbox survival RPG is the tenth title to reachXbox Game Pass Ultimatein June 2024.
The debut game from Chinese studio TARO,Keplerthwas treated to a full-fledged release in May 2022, having been published by Shanghai-based Gamera Games. Prior to that, the sandbox RPG spent just over four years inSteam Early Access.Keplerthfound some success on Valve’s storefront, with third-party estimates from VG Insights, PlayTracker, and Gamalytic suggesting that the game sold between 115,000 and 276,000 copies as of mid-2024. It currently boasts nearly 3,500 “Very Positive” user reviews on Steam.
Not long after its second anniversary,Keplerthfound its way to Microsoft’s subscription service, which added it on June 20. This is the thirdPC-only Xbox Game Pass Ultimate releasesince the turn of the month, afterFireworkandDepersonalization. Much like those two,Keplerthis presently not available to play via Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft has yet to clarify whether it plans to make it streamable in the future.
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Day-one release
Returning title that was last available in February 2023
Day-one release (Xbox)
PC Game Pass and UItimate tiers only
The game itself is a 2D sandbox RPG with building and survival mechanics. It tasks players with running and expanding a colony across procedurally generated worlds that incorporate a wide variety of biomes and dungeons. While that premise might appear to be reminiscent ofcolony management simRimWorld, the similarities betweenKeplerthand Ludeon Studios' 2013 hit don’t extend much further beyond their art styles. Mechanically,Keplerthplays more likeTerrariafrom a top-down perspective. Base management is definitely very much part of the package, but its core gameplay loop is that of survival, revolving around building, crafting, exploration, and upgrades, in that approximate order.
Keplerthis the second recent Xbox Game Pass Ultimate addition that combines exploration and RPG elements with elaborate building and farming mechanics. The same can be said ofMy Time at Sandrock, which reached the subscription service on June 19.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
