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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Engaging core mechanics and progression” (79 of 104 reviews) and “Visually appealing world and creatures” (24); the most common complaint is “Shallow loops and repetitive activities” (24). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It's fun until a certain point, then you sort of realise the inventory system is completely underdeveloped and it makes it sorta painful to play. Pros: - Game is gorgeous and really steps itself up compared to grounded.…”
“This game is soooooo fun. My boyfriend and our friend play together in a guild. I would 10/10 recommend this to others, especially if you liked grounded 1 and 2.”
“Kinda cute game, but short. It's like Grounded, but with magic and not sci-fi. The game runs fine, no weird lag-spikes and heavy usage on hardware. A bit imbalanced settings, either everything is too easily die, or you…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Kinda cute game, but short. It's like Grounded, but with magic and not sci-fi. The game runs fine, no weird lag-spikes and heavy usage on hardware. A bit imbalanced settings, either everything is too easily die, or you…”
“Awesome game, played solo and with friends, both are fun. Bugs look cool and the finale is more epic that I expected.”
“Honestly dunno why this gem flew under my radar for so long. This game is a joy to play. The only thing i wish they could improve is the engine to something more ultrarealistic, not cause it's bad as it is but because…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Just finished the game. Disappointing that it doesn't seem like there is much in the works to be added to it in 2026, but I still highly recommend it. Played with a few friends/family as a group, which is how I prefer…”
“This game is soooooo fun. My boyfriend and our friend play together in a guild. I would 10/10 recommend this to others, especially if you liked grounded 1 and 2.”
“Took roughly 63 hours for me start to finish. Played both solo and with friends. friends make this game easier, and i think there is the correct amount of toughness in most aspects. Egg hatching is interesting and ive…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“What an incredible experience - I remember playing this for the first time - loving it, and not even making it to the end. With the new update - finished the game & played through the new update as well. This game does…”
“Currently in a better state, has better QOL, and currently is more fun/better than valhiem. Didn't expect Smalland to overtake Valhiem in Survival game quality.”
“Game punches above it's weight for sure but was ultimately a little lack luster. Had an enjoyable enough time playing this over a week or two with a buddy but the game play loop and content is kind of shallow. -Combat…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Just finished the game. Disappointing that it doesn't seem like there is much in the works to be added to it in 2026, but I still highly recommend it. Played with a few friends/family as a group, which is how I prefer…”
“You may want to compare this to Grounded. Its an entirely different beast. I love the game. Its more like a mash up between ark and grounded. Tame just about any type of creature they have and even tame a bird to fly…”
“Took roughly 63 hours for me start to finish. Played both solo and with friends. friends make this game easier, and i think there is the correct amount of toughness in most aspects. Egg hatching is interesting and ive…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to enjoy this game, but there’s far more to dislike than appreciate. Building feels clunky and poorly explained. There’s no proper attack command for pets. Traversal is slow, awkward, and tedious. Combat and…”
“I want to enjoy this game, but there’s far more to dislike than appreciate. Building feels clunky and poorly explained. There’s no proper attack command for pets. Traversal is slow, awkward, and tedious. Combat and…”
“I want to enjoy this game, but there’s far more to dislike than appreciate. Building feels clunky and poorly explained. There’s no proper attack command for pets. Traversal is slow, awkward, and tedious. Combat and…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“It's fun until a certain point, then you sort of realise the inventory system is completely underdeveloped and it makes it sorta painful to play. Pros: - Game is gorgeous and really steps itself up compared to grounded.…”
“I want to enjoy this game, but there’s far more to dislike than appreciate. Building feels clunky and poorly explained. There’s no proper attack command for pets. Traversal is slow, awkward, and tedious. Combat and…”
“I just don't understand how a game can be so full and so empty at the same time. I dunno. It feels like it's just missing that special sauce. A soul. I somehow made it up a tree, built a shack, and grew the DARKNESS…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Getting soft locked by accidentally opening a radial menu and the crafting bench at the same time was all I needed to know that this game blows. On top of some enemies being impossible to dodge because they magically…”
“Took roughly 63 hours for me start to finish. Played both solo and with friends. friends make this game easier, and i think there is the correct amount of toughness in most aspects. Egg hatching is interesting and ive…”
“The ONLY thing this game does well is realistic bugs. THATS IT! it has SO many bugs and flaws its shocking this even made it to 1.0. last boss is almost impossible with melee, companions glitch through EVERYTHING and…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It's fun until a certain point, then you sort of realise the inventory system is completely underdeveloped and it makes it sorta painful to play. Pros: - Game is gorgeous and really steps itself up compared to grounded.…”
“Would rate it neutral but it just misses the mark on enough things to sway negative. Had fun playing it; combat was basic, creature and mounts were interesting, enemy diversity was ok, and base building was good. All…”
“The ONLY thing this game does well is realistic bugs. THATS IT! it has SO many bugs and flaws its shocking this even made it to 1.0. last boss is almost impossible with melee, companions glitch through EVERYTHING and…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Kinda cute game, but short. It's like Grounded, but with magic and not sci-fi. The game runs fine, no weird lag-spikes and heavy usage on hardware. A bit imbalanced settings, either everything is too easily die, or you…”
“Is a fun game, cool bugs, nice big map and NPC'S to interact with. It's also a bit tedious and feels incomplete, the map isn't interactive and some of the game play gets a bit lame after a while, including the climbing…”
“It's not a bad game on it's own, but it is just a worse version of Grounded. From the gameplay to the actual story it wasn't what I was looking for. I'm a fan of survival crafters so I was excited to play. I put in…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Just started playing this game yesterday 4/14/26. I'm going to be very honest, I think it's amazing so far. It has all the aspects I love about a survival games. You have resource gathering, hunting, base building, grinding that makes sense for a survival game. You also have…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Really has improved since early access! This is a worthy alternative to Grounded but I wish there was modding to keep the game fresh.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“There is the skeleton of a game here, massively kneecapped by a lack of decent guardrails to prevent very frustrating circumstances. Firstly, to make this game even playable, I advise you to recommend turning off ‘drop inventory on death’ as you will die a lot from fall damage.…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Survival · Multiplayer · Open World Survival Craft · Base-Building · Online Co-Op · Open World · Building · Crafting · Co-op · Exploration · Singleplayer · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | https://maximument.com/games/smalland-survive-the-wilds/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400 CPU @ 2.90GHz or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Additional Notes: Connecting to Epic EOS is required for online multiplayer