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Wayward
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Rough game in the beginning, but once you learn all the systems and quirks it has, it is a good game with a lot of potential. If you want to play with friends, I recommend first playing a singleplayer game because the time stops if you don't do anything (classic roguelike/turn…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“Very good. Too tired to review. Enjoyed. Island survival, turn-based. Optional roguelike mode, optional meta perks. Lots of crafting. Lots of mods. Lots of skills.”
— a player, Steam review · 86 hrs played“Several years ago, we were promised controller support. That never materialized. So I'm calling it. I've sat on this game, installed, for those several years. There is no controller support. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to mod their own in (it feels like "just one game"…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:23 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Cursebreaker Update #5
Hope you all had a great Summer Sale! While we are busy working on the next major update, we thought we might split off some of the changes/improvements and bug fixes into a smaller update that you se
Cursebreaker Update #4
Good day (night?) all! We have another smaller update ready for release today. We wanted to get this one out a bit quicker to fix up some recent performance issues that have been widely reported, but
Cursebreaker Update #3
We have a new release filled to the brim with bug fixes and some improvements/additions to the curse system. Hope you enjoy! Bonus Promo: The Steam Spring Sale has sprung! Wayward is currently -25% of
Cursebreaker Update #2
Only a few days remain until the big day, but who cares about that? We have an early update gift for you instead! In this update, we focused on improving lots of areas of the game and smoothing out so
Cursebreaker Update #1
It's patch night! After our launch on the weekend, you all have discovered quite a few issues. The release tonight will hopefully address some of the bigger ones, with more on the way. Keep 'em coming
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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.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like · Crafting · Traditional Roguelike · RPG · Open World · Sandbox · Adventure · Simulation · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.waywardgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, Windows 11 Processor: 2.4 GHz dual core or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GPU with WebGL support, 512MB of video memory, and at least 128 GFLOPS. Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: View hardware compatibility list and check for WebGL support: