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The Wandering Village

Stray Fawn Studio · Stray Fawn Publishing · 2025-07-17

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 14, 2022 (Linux), Sep 14, 2022 (Mac), Sep 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 17, 2025 (Xbox One), Jul 17, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

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 2025 Simulation and Strategy game with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000, priced at $29.99, and holds a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 8485 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

136
playing now
92%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (225 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

136 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Wandering Village is a city-building game developed by Stray Fawn Studio, based in Zurich. The game was in development for six years and entered early access on Steam, where it remained for nearly three years. It was released on 17 July 2025, for Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A DLC called the The Last Leviathan is scheduled to be released in 2026.

Trailer

The Wandering Village trailer thumbnail

The Wandering Village - Official Animated Launch Trailer

≈466,704 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 136 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 826 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~103/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 170k–382k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,485 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 12 of 26 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 1,466 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

227752026-09-14 21:00 — 137 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 81 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 117 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 139 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 122 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 129 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 149 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 85 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 98 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 152 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 115 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 75 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 99 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 98 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 114 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 197 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 137 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 95 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 138 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 149 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 151 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 159 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 189 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k91Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 1,990 · peak 5,711Nov 2022 — avg 161 · peak 414Jan 2023 — avg 185 · peak 405Mar 2023 — avg 131 · peak 334May 2023 — avg 91 · peak 206Jul 2023 — avg 393 · peak 1,995Sep 2023 — avg 192 · peak 528Nov 2023 — avg 120 · peak 228Jan 2024 — avg 160 · peak 379Mar 2024 — avg 190 · peak 436May 2024 — avg 158 · peak 390Jul 2024 — avg 148 · peak 337Sep 2024 — avg 133 · peak 282Nov 2024 — avg 203 · peak 441Jan 2025 — avg 176 · peak 332Mar 2025 — avg 186 · peak 522May 2025 — avg 207 · peak 552Jul 2025 — avg 610 · peak 2,412Sep 2025 — avg 287 · peak 672Nov 2025 — avg 160 · peak 407Jan 2026 — avg 249 · peak 534Mar 2026 — avg 180 · peak 381May 2026 — avg 145 · peak 340Jul 2026 — avg 190 · peak 357Aug 2026 — avg 136 · peak 351
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992022-09-142026-10-142022-09-14 — best price $22.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992022-12-23 — best price $19.992023-03-15 — best price $24.992023-04-17 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-07-27 — best price $24.992023-10-19 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-20 — best price $19.992024-03-10 — best price $24.992024-04-22 — best price $18.742024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $18.742024-08-06 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $18.742024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-13 — best price $18.742025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-13 — best price $17.492025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-30 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-08 — best price $14.992026-02-02 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-05-02 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-29 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10582026-06-02 — 27 pageviews2026-06-06 — 39 pageviews2026-06-10 — 53 pageviews2026-06-14 — 67 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 29 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 44 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 30 pageviews2026-09-10 — 25 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 25 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 20 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 20 pageviews2026-10-11 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
48.6%
earned "Fore!"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-09-14, latest 2025-12-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1432%32
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,2701%32
PS5 (PlayStation)977%33
Switch (Nintendo)240%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1429%33

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalAutomationColony SimControllerManagementRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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