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Pathless Woods

Pathless Woods

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Released Apr 2, 2024 Developer AniYa Games Studio Platforms Windows Open WorldCraftingSandboxSurvivalFarming Sim
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

79.4%positive1,109 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“An excellent survival/base building/farming game based on ancient Chinese folklore and Taoist beliefs, much deeper and challenging than it could seem at first glance, but at the same time it's still relaxing, and it's not stressful or too complex. I don't know why but somehow…”

— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Mapped the game to controller, and it still confuses my wife a bit because obviously the visible prompts are still keyboard. Certain controls are mapped to an unnecessary amount of keys, like the teleport totem being G, when it could literally just be any of the other…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“keep it up guys”

— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

1,857all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 476 avg · Apr 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

50achievements
24.9%median completion
1.8%rarest: Lord of the Pathless Woods
80.5% of players 74.6% of players 71.5% of players 66.4% of players 62.1% of players 59.2% of players 56.5% of players 55.7% of players 55.7% of players 54.3% of players 52.3% of players 51.4% of players 49.0% of players 42.0% of players 40.4% of players 39.8% of players 37.1% of players 36.9% of players 35.9% of players 33.7% of players 33.1% of players 29.0% of players 28.7% of players 25.3% of players 25.1% of players 24.9% of players 24.8% of players 22.7% of players 22.3% of players 21.3% of players 19.1% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 15.4% of players 15.3% of players 14.5% of players 13.0% of players 7.5% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 1.8% of players 80.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.5%Concentrated attention — Successfully land a Consonance Blow while chopping trees/mining
74.6%What kind of life do you want to live? — First time playing the game
71.5%The power of Lunawell — Place a small Lunawell on a unit
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Lord of the Pathless Woods — Unlock 30 Lunawell
2.4%Bro, you smell great — Hidden achievement
2.7%Failed the tribulation — Get electrocuted

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$15.99−20% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$19.99base price
$15.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-17
US15.99 USD−20%
EU15.60 EUR−20%
UK13.40 GBP−20%
Australia23.60 AUD−20%
Canada20.79 CAD−20%
Japan1,840 JPY−20%
Brazil47.99 BRL−20%
China52.00 CNY−20%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$18

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 24, 2026
Pathless Woods: Our Major Update Is Live

Hello everyone. It's been a while. It's been 21 months since our last update on the default branch. During that time, we tried every avenue we could to find a way to keep working on Pathless Woods. We

Sep 24, 2026
0.6.1.7 版本更新

Fixed the multiplayer room code not appearing, along with some issues when joining or leaving a room. Fixed occasional issues with food effects when eating several items in a row. Fixed lingering equi

Sep 23, 2026
Opentest Update Notes 0.6.1.5–0.6.1.6

Gameplay and Controls You can now use Lock for Sorting in inventories and containers to keep selected items in place when sorting. After clearing the highest tier of the Warding Stone challenge, you c

Sep 22, 2026
Pathless Woods — opentest Beta Branch Update 0.6.1.4

This update is for the opentest beta branch. New Features & Adjustments Reworked skin unlocks: using a character's skin fragment now adds progress toward a randomly selected skin for that character th

Sep 21, 2026
Pathless Woods OPENTEST Beta Update: v0.6.0.1–v0.6.1.3

v0.6.0.1 Fixed player death synchronization and revive states on dedicated servers, plus client ponds repeatedly lowering or disappearing. World Gate travel between worlds is no longer restricted by f

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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.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsOpen World · Crafting · Sandbox · Survival · Farming Sim · Simulation · Building · City Builder · Base-Building · 3D · Colorful · Cute (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesSimplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese
Achievements50
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 （64-bit） Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (DDR4) or AMD Radeon™ RX 550 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space