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The Wandering Village is a city-building strategy 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?

The Wandering Village is a early access, building and sandbox game developed by Stray Fawn Studio and published by Stray Fawn Publishing and WhisperGames.
Released on September 14th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 14 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Turkish and Italian.

It has received 5,881 reviews of which 5,354 were positive and 527 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • 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.
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.13 or newer
  • Processor: Quad Core Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: M1 Macs are compatible too
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
  • Processor: Quad Core Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.

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Dec. 2024
I'm not even into civ sims but this is just really good the concept of a civilization on top of a creature that it must maintain while the creature ventures into more and more treacherous land is cool and executed exellently, I love the 2D-3D artstyle and the way that the camera moves when zooming to/from different views looks incredible. if I had to criticize, progression definitely gets slow after a while, and your population tends to balloon faster than you can manage. Also, while it makes sense why this is the case, the area you work with is very limited. This is meant to be addressed by having building upgrades, increasing efficiency without taking up much more space, but with progression being so slow oftentimes you end up not being able to take advantage of this. Also, basic resources like wood and stone seem to not grow back much (if it grows back at all for stone), and I can see a player getting kinda stuck with few raw resources to refine, though I haven't gotten that far so maybe it's not that bad. scavenger parties can probably assist with this, but it's not a perfect solution. all and all great though. been extremely fun of what I've played. recommended for people who like breathing
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Dec. 2024
Really cool Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind vibe. Pretty good updates. :D
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Sept. 2024
10 out of 10 Don't let the smooth art style and vibrant atmosphere fool you. Yes many reviews call this game "cute" and "fun" but they haven't played on veteran difficulty with all of hostility modifiers activated. Oh? You think you have good resource management? You think you're a hardcore gamer? Good micro AND macro skills? Download this game. Unlock veteran difficulty and then max hostility. Develop any strategy you want (there are many) for avoiding starvation, sickness and death for your people while struggling to keep that damn dinosaur alive. All for the slight possibility that you can reach a sustainable state of resource production - one of the most satisfying feelings out there, period. The entire game is a balancing act. Focus too much on one area, and another will inevitably suffer. Fail to plan ahead, and you're dead before you know it. At the hardest possible difficulty you MUST get creative and gamble on the resources you have and the ones you hope to come across. While this game frustrates the hell out of me, I keep coming back because each time I lose, it's my own fault. I can always see something I could have done better. Sure, there are some random elements to the game that feel out of your control, but that's life brother. There are so many factors you have to constantly keep an eye on and when you successfully prepare for those unknowns and get past them, it is extremely rewarding. So come on you weenie, play the game at it's most challenging level and come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'll wait.
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July 2024
I really enjoy this game, but you need to know what you're getting. The Wandering Village was built by a team that approached it from the beginning with a focus on the aesthetics. To that end, it's gorgeous with a studio-Ghibli-like visual style and lovely, if repetitive, music. The overall effect is calming and meditative, evoking wonder. You're helping a ragtag band of survivors build a happy little village at the end of the world. This was the first builder game this team had made, and the strategy mechanics were an afterthought. Whereas a game like Frostpunk is incredibly well thought out and tight in terms of balancing priorities while existing just on the edge of survival, The Wandering Village team only hired someone with experience in builder game mechanics after its released. The game can be incredibly forgiving when starting out, but at harder difficulties players may find themselves several hours into a playthrough facing an unavoidable crisis because they neglected a tech branch for too long. The game continues to improve and enrich with every release, but I feel like the issues with the strategy mechanics will be difficult to overcome. Although this may look like a tough, strategy-first game, players coming for that experience will probably be disappointed. However, if you're looking for a game with a chill vibe that still feels rewarding as you guide your villagers past dangers and watch the village grow, this is a great buy.
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June 2024
I held off on this one because I didn't like that the buildings were 2d. They actually look a lot better in-engine. They made a twist on the regular village simulator by having you care for this dinosaur that transports you though different biomes requiring you to adapt on the fly. The greatest short coming this one has is that once you have researched all the tools for the different biomes the game play sort of flattens out. There are some risk-reward mechanics involving being a parasite to the dinosaur that you are on but the specializations you can perform are a little lackluster in options and depth. All in all a visually interesting game with a very unique gimmick that will last you a few evenings.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Wandering Village is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Wandering Village is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

The Wandering Village received 5,354 positive votes out of a total of 5,881 achieving a rating of 8.80.
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The Wandering Village was developed by Stray Fawn Studio and published by Stray Fawn Publishing and WhisperGames.

The Wandering Village is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Wandering Village is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Wandering Village is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Wandering Village is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for The Wandering Village. Explore additional content available for The Wandering Village on Steam.

The Wandering Village does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Wandering Village does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Wandering Village is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Wandering Village
8.8
5,354
527
Game modes
Features
Online players
108
Developer
Stray Fawn Studio
Publisher
Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGames
Release 14 Sep 2022
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