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Mistward
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This game is needlessly frustrating. Tons of bugs as mentioned in previous reviews regarding flickering crates, bats not acting aggressively (which is fine honestly, they dont add much). But this doesnt matter to me, what matters is the way this game is designed. Which sucks.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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v1.0.1 hotfix (fixed and achievement)
fixed the Researcher achievement needing a building that was unobtainable
v1.0.0
Hey all! I finally got around to updating the game again, fixing a bunch of bugs reported by you and added some suggested QoL. Also, sorry for keeping this game in early access for so long, I thought
v0.4.2 (hotfix)
- fixed the crash that happened when destructing a building in v0.4.1 - destructing buildings that hold items now also drop those items. - destructing buildings now drop only half of their original co
v0.4.1 better clicking
changes / quality of life - every interaction is now performed with a single click instead of having to keep holding the mouse button. in some cases, holding the mouse button will keep the interaction
v0.4.0
new - Egg incubator: hatches eggs - Item collector: building that sucks up surrounding resources that lay on the ground. can be collected and needs to be powered. changes - changed how chicken tending
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Early Access · Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox · Exploration · 2D · Colorful · Cute · Pixel Graphics · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 9 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX9 compatible with at least 500MB of memory DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space