Armoured Core this ain’t, but a gentle take on farming sims, stomping mechs and first-person shooting (here with seeds) it is. This being a mech game, you can also customise your mech by snapping on new parts that will help you efficiently tend your land.

You get a gun that can shoot seeds into the ground, suck up water to help them grow and other such handy tools. The farming at Lightyear Frontier’s heart has vibes of both Stardew - of course, being any farming game in 2023 - but also the less obvious comparison of PowerWash Sim in the feel of its space-age tools and its generally laid-back atmosphere, which tasks players with clearing up and maintaining their patch of alien planet without much punishment for taking it at your own pace. It was initially aiming for an early access launch in spring 2023, which eventually slipped back to an uncertain release window as devs Frame Break worked to finish it up.

We first saw Lightyear Frontier back in 2021, unveiling a colourful and serene mixture of mechs and agriculture a la Stardew Valley. Mech-farming sim Lightyear Frontier has confirmed its release for next March, landing around a year after the delayed chill space game was originally meant to touch down on Planet PC.

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