„The Wandering Village“ is a building game on Steam, where you build your settlement on the back of a colossus. The early access title has 90% positive reviews and is discounted by 20% until tonight.
The Wandering Village is a game from the indie studio “Stray Fawn Studio”, a ten-person team in Switzerland that focuses mainly on the simulation genre.
The title is a city-building simulator with a unique twist: instead of building your small settlement in a fixed place, the action takes place on the back of a massive creature.
Therefore, you not only take care of building the city and the well-being of the residents, but also feed your giant pet.
The Wandering Village started early access on Steam on September 14, 2022. It is expected to take a year or longer until it has its full release. However, it is already popular among players.
The game is verified for the Steam Deck and works very well there.
Here you can see a trailer of The Wandering Village:
What does the gameplay look like in The Wandering Village? Strange plants with toxic spores have spread across the earth, forcing a group of settlers to leave their home.
They find a new place to stay on the back of the creature “Onbu”. Since then, a symbiosis has developed between the people and the wandering colossus, where both parties care for each other, hoping to find a safe place to settle.
You are responsible for building the village: construct buildings and grow food to feed your residents. You will also send out squads to search for rare resources.
Additionally, you will take care of researching technologies from before the world became a post-apocalyptic environment. However, you must be careful how you use the inventions – progress can sometimes be harmful.
You take care not only of the well-being of the village, but also of Onbu. Make sure your oversized pet is well and able to keep moving to escape the toxic spores.
Slowly, you also build a relationship with the giant, so it listens to your commands and you have an influence on its actions. For example, you can send a team of settlers to pet Onbu like an oversized dog on the head to gain its trust.
You will encounter different biomes with your wandering city and must strategically survive various events. Every decision you make in the game affects your settlement or the colossus.
The game was one of the highlights of the gamescom 2022 for the MeinMMO team.
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How do players rate The Wandering Village? The game is rated very positively on Steam. Out of a total of 2,826 player opinions, 90% are positive (as of February 4, 2023).
Players praise the interesting concept of the city-building game, especially enjoying the art style and soundtrack. Many describe it as relaxing and consider it already a good game in early access:
- SPUD: “A great game with a fascinating concept and engaging management. I wish they would eventually add a campaign story, but what’s there now offers some solid hours of entertaining gameplay”.
- moongaze 1: “It’s a great game so far and I’m enjoying playing it. I hope more updates come soon”.
- MoritzSHRD: “A very relaxed and beautiful building game, with a wonderful atmosphere”.
Criticism in the negative comments mainly focuses on the fact that there are still quite a few contents, causing some to get bored quickly in the game.
Similarly, positive comments sometimes contain similar feedback. However, players find the gaming experience sufficiently good and are looking forward to further development of the title.
If you’re still unsure whether the game is right for you, you can find a detailed review of The Wandering Village on our colleagues’ GameStar website.
How much does The Wandering Village cost? Until tonight, February 4, 2023, at 7:00 PM, The Wandering Village is on sale on Steam. Instead of the regular price of €24.99, you currently pay €19.99 with a 20% discount.
The “Stray Fawn Studio Game Bundle” and the Collector’s Edition are also discounted, with savings of 27% and 23% off the regular purchase price.
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