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Lead survivors building a village on a wandering giant, adapting its production and care to shifting biomes and toxic hazards.
Released 17 Jul 2025
Build on a Giant
Adapt Farms by Biome
Send Scavenging Expeditions
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?
Developed by Stray Fawn Studio · Published by Stray Fawn Publishing, WhisperGames
In a post-apocalyptic world threatened by poisonous spores, you lead a group of survivors who make their home on Onbu, a giant wandering creature. Your settlement must endure alongside its host as both travel through a hostile landscape.
Build and expand the village on Onbu’s limited back, assign villagers to gather and process resources, and maintain food, water, housing, and production. Send scouting parties to forage in abandoned places, collect rare materials, and uncover old-world knowledge.
Changing biomes affect crops, resources, and the dangers facing the village and Onbu, so you adapt buildings and supplies as conditions shift. Research technologies, complete story quests, and decide whether to care for Onbu or use its resources; challenge and sandbox modes offer other ways to play.
Players who enjoy the game often highlight its unusual village-on-a-giant premise, their attachment to Onbu, and the art, music, and atmosphere. Many appreciate the relaxed, approachable blend of settlement management, exploration, and survival, while some value the story and the changing biomes. Others find the strategy too light or the repeated management tasks too demanding over time.
In a world where mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow, a small group of survivors seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature they call 'Onbu'.
Become their leader, build their settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with Onbu to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world.
A functioning village is the basis of your survival. Build your settlement and expand it over Onbu’s back. Plan production chains and optimise them to utilise the limited space as efficiently as possible. Create a society that can overcome any challenge.
Living on the back of another organism comes with its own set of challenges. Will you live in symbiosis, bond with Onbu and survive on mutual trust? Or will you become a parasite, only aiming to ensure a better life for your villagers? The choice is yours.
Continuously adapt your village as you travel through a multitude of different biomes, each with its unique climate zones, opportunities and threats. Scout your environments and send out foraging missions to gather rare resources and ancient artefacts.
Remnants of the old world hold knowledge that has long been forgotten, but can be unearthed by your villagers. Find and research these technologies, but use them wisely, as progress can be a double-edged sword.
Ensure the survival of both your villagers and your Onbu, even though poisonous spores, merciless weather, bloodsucking parasites and many more challenges mean that the odds are often stacked against you.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Steam Deck | Verified |
| Achievements | 32 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 4 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
