August 1st Launch for Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune

I'm finally ready to announce the launch date of Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune of August 1st, 2025.

It's been a wild few weeks since Steam Next Fest with a lot of feedback on mechanics, bugs and QoL features.

In just the past few weeks I've added or changed:

• Over 150 new events, for a total of over 200 events in all, enough to never have an event repeat for over 4 trips from Venice to Cathay.

• Total rebalance, including a half year grace period with a bonus to health and morale for the player character and a boost to certain less useful skills, a change to camp jobs and more.

• Reworked quest system, with quests that now scale with player level.

• The addition of an acceleration button. Though I am fond of quite slow and methodical games, I understand not all gamers feel the same and therefore there is now a button to increase game speed by x2.

• Changes to the way events effect towns and being able to view them prior to travelling rather than having to consult the rumour syste each time.

• Also changes to the rumour system with multiple rumours per town but with a smaller radius.

• Changes to the way weight would effect your caravan's ability to travel.

• Reworked Grocery UI. To be honest, this one wasn't a community request, I just really felt it needed it.

• Generally improved game stability and performance.

All of these changes would have been impossible without so much great feedback from the playerbase, which is why I am now requesting that people give the demo another whirl to see how all of these changes have affected gameplay and what other things players may want to see.

I also hope you all choose to continue your saves in the next couple of weeks with the full release of Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune.

Happy trading!