It’s well known amongst my friends that Rain World is one of my favorite games. It is near and dear to me for the feelings it creates when I play, that struggle to survive in massive, interconnected world where the eons of activity and decay are etched into the steel & stone that dots the landscape. It is a truly one of a kind experience, and with the latest Downpour DLC which massively expanded the world and added new campaigns, there is so much to do and see. With that in consideration, it’s almost unfathomable that the Steam Workshop has already garnered over 1000 released mods, over a dozen of which include massive fanmade extra regions (12+) to increase the size of the already DLC-expanded game world by more than 50%. Not to mention, mods that add new campaigns, new gameplay features which massively change how the game is played, cosmetics, the list goes on and on.
To capture some of the magic and hype Rain World fans up for the most impressive upcoming projects, user Balagaga on YouTube has released a Nintendo “Indie Direct”-style video in September which highlights a number of upcoming mods, several of which have since released. Check out the video in the player below.
A list of the mods showcased and their current release status is a follows:
- Guilded Sanctuary (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Eroded Refinery (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Urban Expansion (vanilla region expansion) — Unreleased
- Deep Industrial (modified/expanded vanilla region) — Unreleased
- The Recursor (new playable slugcat) — Unreleased
- Hyperborean Path (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Shrouded Assembly (new region mod)— Unreleased
- Purification Conduits (new region mod)— Unreleased
- Rain World RPG (remixed vanilla? It’s somewhat unclear.) — Unreleased
- Mod World (new region compilation/overhaul mod) — Unreleased
- Metastasis (new region mod or total conversion?) — Unreleased
- Mast 2.0 (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Pitch Black (new campaign mod) — Released on Steam Workshop
- Expanded Industrial (vanilla region expansion) — Released on Steam Workshop
- Stormy Coast (new region mod) — Released on Steam Workshop
- Pipeline Caverns (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Simmering Grove (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Rain World Farlands (new region compilation) — Unreleased
- Substratum (new region mod) — Unreleased
- Drought 1.1 (new total conversion campaign) — Unreleased
Be sure to check out a few beautiful screenshots of the new regions shown as well:
