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Wildmender
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
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.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game could definitely do with less healthbars and less enemies, then maybe it would be fun. 5/10. What I liked: - Variety of plantlife to plant in your oasis. - Technically fair enemy design, fun combat* -…”
“Lovely little game with great graphics and some great gameplay. I played it co-op and we had a great time planting our garden and exploring the world. Not the longest game - took us under 30 hours to complete, but had a…”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Lovely little game with great graphics and some great gameplay. I played it co-op and we had a great time planting our garden and exploring the world. Not the longest game - took us under 30 hours to complete, but had a…”
“I am surprised this game isn't more well-known. I'm enchanted by this game, I could spend dozens of hours just terraforming and restoring the world without moving the storyline forward, or just explore and enjoy the…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Lovely little game with great graphics and some great gameplay. I played it co-op and we had a great time planting our garden and exploring the world. Not the longest game - took us under 30 hours to complete, but had a…”
“A really cool game to play with friends. A Wildmender 2 with more crafting recipes,more diverse enemy types, ... would be great.”
“This is a lot of fun, playing with my partner. There are certainly a handful of QOL improvements it needs, but we are enjoying it anyways.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's pretty great. The progression is solid, the world interesting, and it's satisfying to see how you can restore life to the desert. There are some issues like lingering corruption, managing inventory, and getting…”
“Really fun survival game. Good: - Plant + Water mechanic is interesting / unique - Enjoyed the hybrid plant cultivations and lots of the little side quests - Has pretty innovate exploration upgrade - Decent progression…”
“I was a playtester for this game when it was in beta. It was a nice experience with some fun survival elements. I recently did a two day livestream on my YouTube channel (GReimer Gaming) and made it through the entire…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I am surprised this game isn't more well-known. I'm enchanted by this game, I could spend dozens of hours just terraforming and restoring the world without moving the storyline forward, or just explore and enjoy the…”
“This game is a favorite of mine and my best friend. We've played over 100 hours in it. If you like cozy, farming, landscaping, exploring and a good story you will like this. It's simple but fun.”
“A masterpiece. I mean it. I think I have found "my game" in Wildmender; I have never been so addicted to base building or any sort of survival game (note that you can turn the survival features off but I actually found…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game could definitely do with less healthbars and less enemies, then maybe it would be fun. 5/10. What I liked: - Variety of plantlife to plant in your oasis. - Technically fair enemy design, fun combat* -…”
“So, I wanted to like this one. It has a lot of good ideas. But it just sits in an awkward middle. Though you can remove it, it has a lot of 'things that make your life harder' stuff. In theory this should allow you to…”
“Fun little game, had more depth than I expected. It was really satisfying to turn desolate landscapes into thriving gardens. The quests and environments were enjoyable. The combat was just something to endure and during…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun little game, had more depth than I expected. It was really satisfying to turn desolate landscapes into thriving gardens. The quests and environments were enjoyable. The combat was just something to endure and during…”
“This game is really fun, once you know what you’re doing. But trying to learn it was actually so hard. The game is really vague with the instructions, and you don’t get many tips (if any) on where to find stuff, how to…”
“It's pretty great. The progression is solid, the world interesting, and it's satisfying to see how you can restore life to the desert. There are some issues like lingering corruption, managing inventory, and getting…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“So, I wanted to like this one. It has a lot of good ideas. But it just sits in an awkward middle. Though you can remove it, it has a lot of 'things that make your life harder' stuff. In theory this should allow you to…”
“Great for exploration and building neat gardens. Moderate amount of combat and satisfying late game mechanics. Early game has a lot of resource management and can feel slow at times, but it makes the late game feel all…”
“I do enjoy playing this game. The music and visuals and garden creation is just so lovely! My only issue is with the pacing of the game progression. It really feels like you unlock everything all at once at the end of…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“It's pretty great. The progression is solid, the world interesting, and it's satisfying to see how you can restore life to the desert. There are some issues like lingering corruption, managing inventory, and getting…”
“Love this game, and it broke my heart when I start playing today and I lost 8 hours of play time from my save.”
“game explains very little, procedural generation causes progression breaks and certain structures needed to progress often generate entirely broken. My entire playtime and i'm stuck on a tutorial mission with clear…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game could definitely do with less healthbars and less enemies, then maybe it would be fun. 5/10. What I liked: - Variety of plantlife to plant in your oasis. - Technically fair enemy design, fun combat* -…”
“So, I wanted to like this one. It has a lot of good ideas. But it just sits in an awkward middle. Though you can remove it, it has a lot of 'things that make your life harder' stuff. In theory this should allow you to…”
“This game is really fun, once you know what you’re doing. But trying to learn it was actually so hard. The game is really vague with the instructions, and you don’t get many tips (if any) on where to find stuff, how to…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“[h3]Very underrated but extremely satisfying survival farming game where instead of managing a homestead you are given, you are literally bringing an entire world back to life.[/h3] The terrain manipulation and water mechanics are fantastic. You can literally dig true irrigation…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“This game fulfills a strong desire to start a garden from absolute scratch and watch it grow. I absolutely enjoyed every hour until the last event which I disliked for what it did to my 50 previous hours of work. The plants are pretty, the world is fun to explore, and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“There's a lot to enjoy here, but it felt held back by clunky combat and bugs. Movement only becomes fun once you get a certain item, which could be shortly into the game or more than halfway through it. Killing enemies is tedious and clunky. The real fun comes from making your…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 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 2026-09-05.
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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Wildmender Featured in Open World Survival Crafting Fest ⚒️
Forget about survival of the fittest! It’s time for… Survival of the floweriest 🌺 We’re thrilled to announce that Wildmender has been selected to feature in Open World Survival Crafting Fest. To celeb
Take Part in the Surviving and Thriving Garden Challenge 🌺
We don’t want you to just survive. We want you to… THRIVE 🌺 To celebrate Wildmender featuring in the Open World Survival Crafting Fest this week, we’re running the Surviving and Thriving Garden Challe
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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.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | 3D · Third Person · RPG · Simulation · Farming Sim · Strategy · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Open World Survival Craft · Base-Building · Exploration · Survival (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 108 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 x64 Processor: Ryzen 5 3600 or Equivalent with SSE and AVX support Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: