The Game Census
Wayward cover art

Wayward

Unlok · 2016-04-22

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 22, 2016 (Linux), Apr 22, 2016 (Mac), Apr 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

19
playing now
86%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,366 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Steam (2019-05-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 16 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

2082026-08-11 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$5.592016-04-222026-07-092016-04-22 — best price $7.192017-04-11 — best price $6.792017-11-18 — best price $7.992018-05-10 — best price $6.792019-01-10 — best price $6.392019-09-12 — best price $7.992020-01-22 — best price $6.392020-05-21 — best price $7.992020-06-15 — best price $7.992020-07-25 — best price $6.392020-08-29 — best price $5.642020-09-19 — best price $7.092020-10-15 — best price $7.992020-11-07 — best price $7.092020-11-29 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $6.392021-01-12 — best price $7.992021-02-19 — best price $7.092021-03-14 — best price $7.992021-04-05 — best price $7.092021-04-27 — best price $7.092021-06-03 — best price $7.092021-10-07 — best price $7.992022-01-06 — best price $7.092022-05-10 — best price $7.092022-09-17 — best price $7.092022-11-29 — best price $7.992023-05-11 — best price $7.992023-08-07 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-07-31 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-07-03 — best price $5.992026-01-30 — best price $5.892026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Workshop2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldRogue-likeSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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