About
It was shown at Wholesome Direct 2026. On Steam, 92% of 7,808 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 62 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 222 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. It was nominated for 4 awards.
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game with survival and rogue-like elements. Build a village on the back of a giant, wandering creature, farm crops and forage resources to keep your villagers alive and form a symbiotic relationship with your giant host to survive together in a hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world.
Story
In a world where mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow, a group of people seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Becoming their leader, players build both their settlement and a symbiotic relationship with the gentle beast to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds them.
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Awards
0 won, 4 more nominations
The Last Leviathan DLC was announced. (Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
Jun 6, 2026
Releases
July 17, 2025 (early access from September 14, 2022)
July 17, 2025 (early access from September 14, 2022)
July 17, 2025 (early access from September 14, 2022)
July 17, 2025 (early access from June 29, 2023)
July 17, 2025 (early access from June 29, 2023)
Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.
Steam Deck: Verified works great out of the box
OS *
Windows® 7, Windows® 10
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Processor
Quad Core Processor
Quad Core Processor
Graphics
GeForce GTX 660, Radeon RX 460 or similar dedicated graphics card
GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 or similar dedicated graphics card
DirectX
Version 11
Version 11
Storage
2 GB available space
2 GB available space
Additional Notes
GPU with Shader Model 5.0 required.
GPU with Shader Model 5.0 required.
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.
The Wandering Village player count concurrent players on Steam
62 playing now 55m ago
84 peak today
222 30-day peak
222 highest we have seen Oct 25, 2026
Oct 23: 179
Oct 24: 188
Oct 25: 222
Oct 26: 160
Oct 27: 138
Oct 28: 116
Oct 29: 131
Oct 30: 124
Oct 31: 156
Nov 1: 170
Nov 2: 113
Nov 3: 136
Nov 4: 109
Nov 5: 99
Nov 6: 84
Oct 23 daily peak, last 15 days today
Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Rarest
A Breath of Fresh Air Survive until day 100 without any housing
0.8%
The Wandering Metropolis Reach a population of at least 200 villagers on Hard difficulty or above
0.9%
Priorities Build a Community Plaza before building the Feeding Trebuchet
1%
Agricultural Revolution Survive until day 30 without letting your villagers eat a single Berry
1.1%
Food for Thought Survive until day 100 without building any Kitchen or Gourmet Kitchen
1.1%
The Soaring Village Build a Scavenger Hut before day 12 begins
1.3%
All 32 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Dry Spell Survive until day 100 without building any Air Wells
1.4%
What's the Buzz? Have at least 20 Elefleas and 5 Sporemoths on Onbu at the same time
1.5%
Master Gatherer Survive until day 100 without building any Farms
1.6%
The Enlightened Village Research every technology in a single playthrough
2%
The Light of Human Intellect Build the Village Monument
2.9%
Full Body Shave Cut down every tree on Onbu’s back
3.9%
Happy Folks Achieve a happiness rating of at least 35
4.1%
Our Friend and Protector Build the Onbu Monument
4.4%
Age of Exploration Have at least 5 ongoing scavenging missions at once
4.4%
Spa Day Pet, feed, heal and detox Onbu within one day
4.8%
Rock Bottom Mine every boulder on Onbu’s back
5.6%
Perfect Sight Have at least 3 Scout Towers built at once
5.8%
The Wandering City Reach a population of at least 200 villagers
6%
Strict Diet Survive until day 100 while using the Feeding Trebuchet to feed Onbu a maximum of 3 times
6%
Modern Times Have at least 10 buildings with upgrades
7.7%
Free Real Estate Achieve a housing quality of 6 while having at least 50 villagers
7.9%
Parasite Produce Black Pudding
8.8%
Monumental Build the Survival Monument
9.1%
Globetrotter Visit the Mountains, Jungle, Desert, Ocean and Ruins in a single playthrough
14.9%
Sandman Successfully command Onbu to sleep
17.8%
But I'm not Hungry! Successfully command Onbu to eat
19.4%
Unfortunate Son Lose a villager on a scavenging mission
24.8%
Petting Zoo Pet Onbu
27.8%
Doki Doki Waku Waku Get Onbu's heartrate to go above 6 bpm
29%
Berry Good Have a Berry Gatherer in range of 16 or more Berry Bushes
44.8%
Fore! Feed Onbu with the Feeding Trebuchet
49%
Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.