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Wildmender

Muse Games · Kwalee · 2023-09-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?

Wildmender is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive (84% of 2211 reviews) sentiment.

35
playing now
84%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Wildmender is a game about bringing a deserted world back to life. Explore the vast desert, alone or with friends. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 158 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,211 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.49 at Steam (2026-02-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
36236220232026Week of 2023-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

77132026-08-11 20:00 — 50 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 31 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 30 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 77 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$8.492023-09-212026-08-262023-09-21 — best price $99.992023-09-29 — best price $22.492023-11-13 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-08 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $22.492024-03-12 — best price $18.742024-04-01 — best price $18.742024-06-03 — best price $24.992024-07-15 — best price $17.492024-08-02 — best price $22.492024-10-07 — best price $16.742024-11-21 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $16.742025-01-13 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $16.242025-04-01 — best price $16.742025-05-24 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-07-22 — best price $24.992025-08-07 — best price $19.882025-09-01 — best price $24.992025-10-20 — best price $24.992025-12-03 — best price $24.992026-01-12 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-18 — best price $19.882026-06-08 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Dunegrass Farmer"
29.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9433%108
PS5 (PlayStation)18411%44
Xbox Series (Xbox)1513%84

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

3DRPGNatureRelaxingStrategySurvivalSimulationAgricultureExplorationFarming Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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