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The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

The Wild Eight is a survival, open world survival craft and multiplayer game developed by Eight Points and published by HypeTrain Digital.
Released on October 03rd 2019 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Turkish.

It has received 7,897 reviews of which 5,407 were positive and 2,490 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.81€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified The Wild Eight into these genres:

Survival Open World Survival Craft Multiplayer Open World Mystery Co-op Adventure Crafting Online Co-Op Sandbox Indie RPG Action Atmospheric Singleplayer Simulation Survival Horror Difficult Strategy Horror

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or higher 64bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or analogue with 2GB VRAM
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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19 hours played
June 2026
Purchased a while back and it was hard for me, then recently started to play again and I simply cannot put it down. I'm so into it! I love the atmosphere, survival, inventory managment, art style, music, and just all of it. It has challanges that you have to overcome, maybe avoid that wolf, and what polar bears?! lol it scared me. Anyways, GREAT game and would recommend. Its like the long dark but top down style. the winter apocolypse of project zomboid.
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26 hours played
April 2026
Fun solo game. Great Multiplayer friends game. Yes the graphics are dated and the controls are basic, but the content of the game is surprisingly good.
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5 hours played
Nov. 2025
It's actually quite fun, good with friends, well worth the discount price, not worth full price. It's got lots of glitches and seems quite unpolished, but fun.
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31 hours played
Nov. 2025
Danger, Randomness, and a Lot of Snow I played The Wild Eight solo, and what pulled me in right away was how unpredictable everything felt. The world is full of random events, quests, and locations. One moment you’re freezing to death, the next you’re opening some strange bunker door or stumbling into a new puzzle you didn’t expect. It’s dangerous, but in a fun way; you always have that choice to fight, run, or just sneak past and hope for the best. Exploration was easily my favorite part. I loved wandering around just to see what I might find next, some cool tools or weapons, a new ingredient, a blueprint, or a random event that completely changes the situation. Every time I uncovered a new location, I felt that little surge of excitement. The game definitely has its flaws. Combat gets repetitive, and I wish the weapons felt more unique. And some small bugs can be rough, once all my items disappeared at my corpse location. I could see myself coming back with friends someday. Even with its rough edges, The Wild Eight is a strange, unpredictable little adventure that’s just fun to get lost in.
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47 hours played
Aug. 2025
This is a decent game. There are some minor typos here and there, but it's not overly distracting. One of the biggest issues is the inability to retrieve your items if you die after walking into a pit. Reloading a save seems to be the only way around that. Of note, the 200 day achievement feels very excessive. I had everything explored by around day 130 and I felt like that was not particularly fast. The way to 200 is then to just sleep in the tent with a giant stockpile of wood and ore until you get there. The interaction needed to create a torch was nice, and I was surprised there did not seem to be more of that type of interaction. A better way to repair boots would be welcome as well. I do not think these things detract from what is a decent game however. I feel like I got my money's worth.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Wild Eight is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

No, The Wild Eight is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

Yes, The Wild Eight received 5,407 positive votes out of a total of 7,897 achieving a rating of 6.72.
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The Wild Eight was developed by Eight Points and published by HypeTrain Digital.

Yes, The Wild Eight is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, The Wild Eight is not playable on MacOS.

No, The Wild Eight is not playable on Linux.

The Wild Eight offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Wild Eight includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for The Wild Eight. Explore additional content available for The Wild Eight on Steam.

No, The Wild Eight does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, The Wild Eight supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, The Wild Eight 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Wild Eight.

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The Wild Eight
24.99€ Visit Store 🔥 Deal -97% 24.99€ 0.81€ Buy Now -96% 24.99€ 1.09€ Visit Store -79% 24.99€ 5.32€ Visit Store
Rating
6.7
5,407
2,490
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
13
Developer
Eight Points
Publisher
HypeTrain Digital
Release 03 Oct 2019
Platforms
Remote Play
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