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Winds of Valen
Winds of Valen is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG. Experience old-school progression where every level, skill, and drop is earned through effort. Train your combat, gathering and artisan skills, and hunt for rare and powerful unique items in a seamless open world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“My husband started playing this game in January and told me just about everyday that I needed to try out this game with him. I finally decided to give it a try in February and after just a day of playing, I was hooked. I have played everyday since and this game gave me the same…”
— a player, Steam review · 2,140 hrs played“No P2W ✓ No Story ✓ No Gacha ✓ No Dailies ✓ No Weeklies ✓ No Battle Pass ✓ No Monthly Sub ✓ No Login Check-Ins ✓ No Premium Membership ✓ No Gatekeeping RNG STATS ✓ No Garbage Limitations To Share Loot ✓ No Fixated Manipulated Prices On The Market By The Devs ✓ and most…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Preface this with I feel like before the update I got my $22 worth from the sub. But I can no longer recommend the game as it no longer reflects what I was playing for. 168 hours into the game and I was going strong. Bought a 6 month sub in anticipation and everything. Then the…”
— a player, Steam review · 168 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Silvissira is Coming
Silvissira and the new area expansion is coming this weekend. The release times and initial details of the new content are below: Release Times Saturday, 3 October 2026 10:00 am, NZST Friday, 2 Octobe
Server Performance and other fixes
Server Hitches This week we fixed a server configuration issue that was causing Server Hitches. We believe this was the root cause of the lag some people were experiencing. If you experience lag issue
New Asia Server
We have just released server 8, located in Seoul to give a better experience for people in the region.
In-Game Music, Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
We are releasing a smaller patch this week as we have mainly focused on new boss Silvissira and new content. New Ambient Music Thanks to the brilliant work of @OpenSkyStudios we now have ambient music
New Skill and Game Improvement Poll live
We have just added two new polls to vote on, these will be the next major updates after Silvissira (Spider Boss & Elf Area expansion). The questions are: 1. Which New Skill do you want to see next? -
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · MMORPG · Massively Multiplayer · Open World · Fantasy · Loot · RPG · Old School · PvE · Medieval · Sandbox · 3D (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · In-App Purchases · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, Intel® Arc™ A580 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: May work on even lower hardware