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The Wandering Village

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?

DEV: Stray Fawn StudioPUB: Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGamesAppID 1121640
UPDATE PULSEevery ~12d·last 121d ago·19 recent on record

Is The Wandering Village still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

92.9
Excellent

Elixir Rating

92% of 8,497 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 91.4. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, but the developers were last heard 23 days ago — adding 1.5.

reception 91.4·support +1.5·Excellent

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$14.99$29.99−50%

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

23 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~12 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 12 days and were last heard 23 days ago — within their normal range. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, though the developers have posted 4 times. It is currently 50% below its usual price.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

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33 announcements · 8 substantial · 9 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 10, 2026
The Wandering Village Dev-Diary: Keeping Levi Hydrated

Dear Onbu RidersWe're making steady progress on the upcoming DLC, The Last Leviathan, and wanted to share more details on what makes Levi unique!Levi's back is dominated by a giant lake. This is how Levi stores water in order to survive on …

GamingOnLinuxJul 7, 2026
Giant creature city builder The Wandering Village is getting a watery DLC

The Wandering Village: The Last Leviathan is an upcoming water-themed DLC for the unique city builder that brings a whole lot of new content. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/giant-creature-city-builder-the-…

Community AnnouncementsJun 6, 2026
The Last Leviathan DLC Reveal

Dear Onbu RidersWe’re thrilled to introduce you to the first big gameplay expansion after the 1.0 release! 🎉 The Wandering Village: The Last Leviathan will feature a new giant players can befriend and learn to live on. Levi, a distant rela…

Community AnnouncementsJun 4, 2026
1.1.6 Patchnotes

Bugfixes - Fixed bug, where villagers went hungry even if there was enough food - Fixed bug, where farmers would not harvest decayed crops

Community AnnouncementsApr 17, 2026
The Wandering Village Physical Editions releasing July 30th

Dear Onbu Riders, As you may recall, we teased the physical PlayStation and Nintendo Switch collector's and premium editions of The Wandering Village in collaboration with Serenity Forge in July last year. We’re thrilled to announce that bo…

Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2025
Lowest Historical Discount & Onbu Skin DLC Release

Dear Onbu Riders, The Wandering Village is featured on Steam this week as a Midweek Madness deal with its highest discount ever, 50% off! Our art team has been busy putting together an Onbu skin DLC, featuring 5 new Onbu skins. The DLC just…

Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2025
1.1.5 Patchnotes

Changes- Add ability to handle DLC content

Community AnnouncementsNov 24, 2025
Steam Award Nominations

Dear Onbu RidersIt’s that time of the year again: The Steam awards just went live. With Wandering Village finally hitting 1.0 this July, we are now eligible for nominations again 🙂 We would greatly appreciate it if you nominate us! We hope…

Community AnnouncementsOct 6, 2025
1.1.4 Patchnotes

Changes Updated Unity version to apply a security patch

Community AnnouncementsSep 29, 2025
Quality of Life Update

Dear Onbu Rider Thank you all so much for making The Wandering Village’s launch a success! We hope you are having as much fun playing the game as we have working on it ✨ We have been busy listening to your feedback and putting together an u…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 29, 2025
Patchnotes 1.1.3

What's New The new search bar allows you to quickly find any technology in the research tree! You can now build the Hauling Post, a rework of the old Worker Post. Workers employed here will pick up stuff from the ground and keep production …

Community AnnouncementsAug 19, 2025
Patchnotes v1.0.4

Bugfixes Fixed exception when Scavenging Trading Display was closed with right-click and then opened again Fixed scavenging buildings dumping their rewards in the middle of the village instead of storing them

Community AnnouncementsAug 6, 2025
Patchnotes v1.0.3

Improvements Forcibly show a quest’s side panel when a new transmission is incoming, even if that quest is unpinned Proper world-map visuals for some story-related locations Korean localization improvements Fixed unlocalized side-objective …

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2025
1 Week since Launch - Thank You & Development Update

Dear Onbu Rider It feels like we have only blinked once since The Wandering Village launched into 1.0, but it’s already been a week! Thank you all very much for helping to make the launch a success 🎆 We are trying hard to read through all …

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PC GamerJul 20, 2025
The game where you build a symbiotic village on the back of a giant monster is finally done

Delightful city building game The Wandering Village has hit its 1.0 release and celebrated with a delightful animated trailer about life in a toxic world where you're safest at home in your village—which happens to be built on a mesa atop t…

GamingOnLinuxJul 18, 2025
City-building on the back of a giant creature, The Wandering Village 1.0 is out now

The Wandering Village from Stray Fawn Studio is a really unique city-builder that takes place on the back of a giant moving creature. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/city-building-on-the-back-of-a-giant-cre…

PCGamesNJul 17, 2025
Stunning city builder set on a dinosaur is like a Studio Ghibli Cities Skylines

I've always been a sucker for a great art style, and city builder The Wandering Village is the latest to catch my eye. To say it's gorgeously animated would be an understatement, but its Ghibli style is only the tip of the iceberg. You'll n…

Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2025
The Wandering Village 1.0 Release

We just launched the 1.0 version of The Wandering Village 🥳 Our team is super excited and we hope you are too. We can’t believe it’s been 5 years since we first started working on the game! Check out our new animated trailer created by Tra…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2025
Patchnotes v1.0.2

Finally, the little surprise we promised is here! Animated intro

Community AnnouncementsJul 3, 2025
Patchnotes v1.0.2

About this Patch We named this patch v1.0.2 in preparation of the upcoming release. While we will not add any new features for the upcoming release, we do have a little surprise in store for everyone that will be released on July 17th! Bugf…

Community AnnouncementsJun 24, 2025
Patchnotes v0.11.12

Bugfixes Fixed a rare exploit that could lead to Onbu continuing past the location of the story finale Fixed dialogue in story finale sometimes getting locked up Fixed parasite egg locations not being selectable prior to the eggs actually b…

Community AnnouncementsJun 12, 2025
Patchnotes v0.11.11

Improvements Added a new, animated start screen! Replaced story outro dialogue soundtrack Added puddle sound effect Removed some UI panels related to Early Access Changed light and fog settings for story finale Improved story cutscene backg…

Community AnnouncementsMay 22, 2025
Patchnotes v0.11.7

Bugfixes Fixed an issue where save files could not be loaded if they were created just after completing the “Burial at Sea” sidequest while already scavenged wreckage locations were still visible on the map

GamingOnLinuxMay 21, 2025
The Wandering Village 1.0 due in July with a price rise coming real soon

Stray Fawn Studio just announced that The Wandering Village, a city-builder on the back of a giant walking creature, will fully release on July 17th. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-wandering-village-1-…

Community AnnouncementsMay 20, 2025
Story Mode Update & 1.0 Launch Date Announcement

Dear Onbu Riders LOTS of news incoming today! TLDR version: - 1.0 release is coming July 17th to Steam, Xbox, Playstation and Switch. - We just released the Story Mode Update. - Our roadmap has been updated. - The game’s price will increase…

Community AnnouncementsMay 20, 2025
Patchnotes v0.11.6

Bugfixes Fixed an issue where players could get locked from making further progress in Story Mode when saving after clearing the strange rubble, but before listening to the incoming dialogue Automatically fix save files affected by the afor…

Community AnnouncementsMay 13, 2025
Patchnotes v0.11.5

Bugfixes Fixed an issue where Onbu would walk past the final location in Story Mode if it had low trust and started shaking at that exact moment Fixed an issue where Onbu Discipliner could be used to force Onbu to move beyond the final loca…

GamingOnLinuxMay 13, 2025
City-building on the back of a huge creature, The Wandering Village gets a big Story Update

The Wandering Village is such a sweet idea for a city-builder, taking place on the back of a huge walking creature. It's in Early Access with Linux / Steam Deck support and a big new update just arrived. Read the full article here: https://…

Community AnnouncementsMay 12, 2025
Patchnotes Story Update

Patchnotes v0.11.4 The Story Update is here! Join Onbu on an epic journey as you learn more about the world, its inhabitants, and the source of the infestation. Meet a cast of unique characters, help them out in a series of side quests, and…

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Community AnnouncementsApr 2, 2025
Patchnotes v0.10.9

Bugfixes Fixed building-related achievements unlocking when loading a save file with construction sites for these buildings Fixed dialog endless loop if speech bubble button is pressed in transition Fixed bug where scavenging missions loade…