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A Valley Without Wind
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“A Valley Without Wind is an ambitious indie action-adventure platformer created and published by Arcen Games. Released in 2012, the game attempts to merge multiple genres into a single large-scale experience, combining procedural exploration, magical combat, light strategy…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“https://youtu.be/lj2VNQ08WdI Wind may not be the only thinking lacking from this valley as the randomized structure creates at best uninteresting and at worse unsolvable levels.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
AI War 2 has left early access!
Chris here! By any sane metric I can think of, AI War 2 shouldn't exist. And yet it's more than I ever imagined it could be. When we first set out to make this game three years ago, it was far less am
After Two Long Years, AI War 2 Hits Early Access!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32938991/c6c568d45e0ac9b20ce2930db75c67179ce89f29.jpg It's been quite a saga, if you've followed along all this time. All that extra
Official 1.500 “Linux Support” Released!
This one brings official linux support to the game for the first time, as well as a 64bit build for OSX. There is also one minor bugfix in there, too. The game has always run well under WINE, but we'r
Official 1.500 “Linux Support” Released!
This one brings official linux support to the game for the first time, as well as a 64bit build for OSX. There is also one minor bugfix in there, too. The game has always run well under WINE, but we'r
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Platformer · Action · Indie · Adventure · Procedural Generation · Experimental · Open World · Multiplayer · Co-op · Metroidvania · Roguevania · Action Roguelike (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 98 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://arcengames.com/a-valley-without-wind-1-2/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP SP2 or later Processor: 1.6Ghz CPU (more is recommended for multiplayer servers) Memory: 2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 2 GB RAM Video Card: 800x600 or greater desktop screen resolution (1024x768 recommended) Graphics card must support 1024x1024 textures (most 32MB and up graphics cards do).