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Skillwood
Skillwood is a relaxing woodcutter simulator inspired by survival simulators and incremental games. Chop wood, mine stone, trade with NPCs, upgrade forests, unlock new trees or new areas and prestige to do even better next run.
View on Steam ↗ Free (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 2026-09-25.
“cute small game, very easily completable as well. it's got mining and woodcutting, it's a bit grindy but i don't mind that. cozy vibe, and on top of that it's free to play as well. recommended”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“A simple short premise that I was not suspecting much from but was surprised how much fun i was having.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is a great game for being free. It does a really good job of making the upgrades achievable and the progression smooth. I was a bit confused about how the skill upgrades worked, as the tutorial mentioned a workbench of sorts, but it wasn't actively visible to me yet. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.
Latest official news
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Skillwood v1.0.0 - Full release
I said "Up to a year" in early access text. It ended up being 2 years and exactly 1 day. The whole thing worth separate Expectations VS Reality post with the whole Early access disclaimer that I wrote
Final v1.0.0 candidate is open for pre-release testing
First things first - I basicly finished the game, the version that most likely will go to full release in a coulpe of weeks is in current beta version steam branch. If some of you want to help me to m
Skillwood v0.23.0 - Playable NPC skins
Hi everyone. It's been a while. Quick personal context first, since I owe you one. The game getting little attention even though it was free took a hit on my motivation in late 2024 - I knew Skillwood
Skillwood v0.22.5 - prestige upgrades hotfix
I could've done it earlier, but I'm a little bit low on motivation lately. Hope I can keep going with ~monthly updates as usual. Changelog: - Maxing out AOE blast skill damage multiplier won't make it
Skillwood v0.22.4 - blast skill and combo meter
I'm late almost for a week with an update log, but some of you might already play the new version. Sorry for being late, I have a strange excuse, but I do version preview covers in a strange way in ga
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Relaxing · Nature · Cozy · Casual · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics · Open World Survival Craft · Indie · Survival · Simulation · Top-Down · 2D (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 13 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 100 MB available space