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The Wandering Village

The Wandering Village

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Released Jul 17, 2025 Developer Stray Fawn Studio Publisher Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGames Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Early AccessBuildingSandboxCity BuilderAutomation
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.2%positive5,986 reviews
Recommended · 28 found this helpful

“This is a cute and cozy game that masquerades as a city builder. Pros: Cute art Easy to run Interesting concept Relaxing gameplay Cons: Lack of depth and agency Overpriced The story here is a little on the chin- humans exploited Onbu to near extinction and it's your job to bring…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
Recommended · 20 found this helpful

“If you're experienced with city building, this will probably be too easy and simple for you, but for me, this is basically my first one ever and it's SO cute and fun, very chill and cozy. I am absolutely glued to this game, I haven't had a game keep me up until 6am for a long…”

— a player, Steam review · 131 hrs played
Recommended · 16 found this helpful

“It is a decent city building game with vibe of Nausicaa of the valley of the wind.”

— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

192playing at last check
23224-hour peak
5,711all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2023 2024 2025 2026 2k avg · Sep 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

32achievements
4.7%median completion
0.8%rarest: A Breath of Fresh Air
48.4% of players 43.9% of players 28.6% of players 27.3% of players 24.5% of players 18.3% of players 16.8% of players 14.0% of players 9.1% of players 8.4% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.7% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 2.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 48.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
48.4%Fore! — Feed Onbu with the Feeding Trebuchet
43.9%Berry Good — Have a Berry Gatherer in range of 16 or more Berry Bushes
28.6%Doki Doki Waku Waku — Get Onbu's heartrate to go above 6 bpm
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%A Breath of Fresh Air — Survive until day 100 without any housing
0.9%The Wandering Metropolis — Reach a population of at least 200 villagers on Hard difficulty or above
0.9%Priorities — Build a Community Plaza before building the Feeding Trebuchet

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.

$14.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99base price
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-15
US14.99 USD−50%
EU14.99 EUR−50%
UK12.49 GBP−50%
Australia21.97 AUD−50%
Canada19.49 CAD−50%
Japan1,700 JPY−50%
Brazil44.49 BRL−50%
China49.00 CNY−50%

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

China≈$7.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 06, 2026
The Last Leviathan DLC Reveal

Dear Onbu RidersWe’re thrilled to introduce you to the first big gameplay expansion after the 1.0 release! 🎉 The Wandering Village: The Last Leviathan will feature a new giant players can befriend and

Jun 04, 2026
1.1.6 Patchnotes

Bugfixes - Fixed bug, where villagers went hungry even if there was enough food - Fixed bug, where farmers would not harvest decayed crops

Apr 17, 2026
The Wandering Village Physical Editions releasing July 30th

Dear Onbu Riders, As you may recall, we teased the physical PlayStation and Nintendo Switch collector's and premium editions of The Wandering Village in collaboration with Serenity Forge in July last

Dec 08, 2025
Lowest Historical Discount & Onbu Skin DLC Release

Dear Onbu Riders, The Wandering Village is featured on Steam this week as a Midweek Madness deal with its highest discount ever, 50% off! Our art team has been busy putting together an Onbu skin DLC,

Dec 08, 2025
1.1.5 Patchnotes

Changes- Add ability to handle DLC content

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Building · Sandbox · City Builder · Automation · RTS · Colony Sim · Survival · Management · Simulation · Strategy · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Italian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements32
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://thewanderingvillage.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7, Windows® 10 Processor: Quad Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon RX 460 or similar dedicated graphics card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: GPU with Shader Model 5.0 required.