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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?

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 July 17th 2025 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 5,986 reviews of which 5,457 were positive and 529 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Wandering Village into these genres:

Early Access Building Sandbox City Builder Automation RTS Colony Sim Survival Management Simulation Strategy Post-apocalyptic Rogue-like Resource Management Controller Life Sim Singleplayer Exploration Relaxing Base-Building

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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.

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2025
I fell in love very quickly with The Wandering Village, but I waited to write a review until I was sure that the gameplay remained interesting even after the initial novelty wore off. It should be noted that I am not generally a fan of city-builders as I find that the gameplay becomes tedious, complicated, or done without a real end objective in mind. I gave The Wandering Village a try because I loved the look and premise, and because I greatly enjoy survival games. Indeed, this game leans into the survival elements in a way that keep the city-building engaging and resource management feeling impactful. The city-building itself is not so complex as to be overwhelming, but the cost for research and construction can be punishing if you are not careful in your planning. Management of the village largely comes down to laying down a reasonably efficient layout of buildings, carefully assigning workers to tasks based on need, as well as determining what resources are required to survive the oncoming challenges. The different biomes you encounter as the (unreasonably adorable) Onbu moves drastically change what resources you can obtain and need to survive. In this way, there is always a sense of a careful balancing act whilst on a timer in having to maintain both the needs of the village as well as Onbu. At first, I was worried that the game would become dull or tedious as the village grew, and while there are certainly still some warts regarding efficiently managing workers and resources, I never felt like I had to put the game on fast-forward to keep things engaging. This was a strong mark in the game's favor over similar city-builders I've tried. My first playthrough focused on getting through the new story mode. The story was pleasantly solid in both building up the history of the world while also being integrated almost seamlessly into the regular gameplay. The objectives given throughout the story act as ways to introduce the player into new elements of the game, as well as encouraging you to make potentially difficult choices. The most obvious and distinguishing system in the game is your maintenance of your Onbu's health, exhaustion, hunger, and trust. Onbu's trust in you serves as a sort of currency that you can choose to sacrifice for resource advantages. However, losing too much trust can be risky since angering Onbu can result in very dangerous situations, (as well as the guilt that comes with exploiting a cute and friendly creature). I never felt too pressured to hurt Onbu in my first playthrough, as playing on Normal difficulty was not too threatening even with suboptimal play. Now, as I am beginning to play on Hard with the various difficulty modifiers, I can see how these choices can become more important, and the trade-offs become more necessary. On Normal and Easy difficulties you can rest assured knowing that treating Onbu very well is not punished. Overall, I would strongly recommend the game to people who find the style appealing; it is a remarkably charming game to look at and to listen to. Furthermore, it is a great game to relax with on a lower difficulty. And for those like me who want more of a survival challenge, where your ability to plan and min-max is tested, the difficulty modifiers seem to offer that in spades while still maintaining a level of relaxing fun. The Wandering Village isn't a perfect game, but it has a lot to offer a wide variety of players. As for myself, it has succeeded in charming me far beyond what many other games have managed to do, and for that alone I would recommend it.
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July 2025
This one of my favorite city building games and I enjoy restarting over whenever there are updates. It is also a nice second monitor type game where I can play others while I have it off to the side too.
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July 2025
Just when I think im out, They pull me back in. Lots to do with the new research tree and story mode, Gave the game a lot more depth to feel like there is always something to do. From managing the city, to caring for the onbu, to launching scavengers out to bring back materials
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June 2025
This isn't quite what I expected, but it's really fun and I like the general direction the story is going. Management aspects aren't as smooth as I'd hope in that you don't get much warning when people are in crisis, but the stakes aren't painfully high on the other side of that, so it balances out. I'm glad I got this game!
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Dec. 2024
Really cool Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind vibe. Pretty good updates. :D
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Wandering Village is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

The Wandering Village is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

The Wandering Village received 5,457 positive votes out of a total of 5,986 achieving a rating of 8.82.
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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
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Release 17 Jul 2025
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