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As a lone Yellowstone wolf, hunt, find a mate, defend territory, and raise pups through a life that can span generations.
Released 22 Jul 2025
Hunt Yellowstone Prey
Raise a Wolf Family
Teach Pups to Hunt
Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.
Developed by eduweb · Published by eduweb
You play a gray wolf newly dispersed from its natal pack in Yellowstone’s Northern Range. Alone in a landscape shared with prey, rival wolf packs, and other predators, you must find food and establish a life of your own.
Hunt animals such as elk, deer, and moose; find a mate, choose a den, and build a territory. Raise pups by feeding and protecting them, then teach them to hunt as they grow. Weather, seasons, migrating herds, and competing animals shape the challenges you face.
Your family can grow across successive litters: offspring may stay to help raise the next generation or disperse, and you can continue your saga as an heir. Wolf genetics affect offspring, while difficulty settings and optional Ironwolf permadeath change the stakes. Play solo, in co-op, or in a two-player saga.
Players often praise the game’s researched-feeling portrayal of wolf life, its family and generational systems, and the sense of immersion they get from exploring Yellowstone and managing a pack. Some also value learning about wolves and playing co-op. A recurring caveat is that hunting, territory maintenance, and raising pups can become repetitive or demanding.
You are a gray wolf in the Northern Range of Yellowstone National Park. Now dispersed from your natal pack, you're on your own – to hunt, explore, find a mate and form your own pack to raise up a new family. Can you and your little pack survive the trials of the wild?
Surviving in the wilderness is far from easy! Hone your hunting skills by practicing on animals such as elk, mule deer, and moose. Once you've grasped their differences and know your limits against your selection of prey, seek out another wolf to become your mate and form a pack together. Explore fields and forests across Yellowstone National Park while you establish a territory and choose a den. Raise your pups by feeding them and playing with them. Protect them from deadly predators who try to kill them.
Over time, your family will outgrow the need for a den and become nomadic, where you teach your pups how to catch their own prey. By next spring they will be yearlings, and test these new skills to help raise the next litter. Eventually, some will venture out on their own and disperse, just as you did all that time ago.
And the cycle repeats, year after year, until you die. The saga of your life begins and ends when you choose, be it one life only or a succession of multiple generations.
Explore realistic recreations of select locations within Yellowstone National Park. Set in the Northern Range (often referred to as "the Serengeti of North America"), where many animals roam meadows, sagebrush steppe grasslands, alpine forests, and high ridges.
But be wary – you are not the only wolf in the area. Rival packs make their home across the landscape and don't take kindly to sight-seeing intruders. Other dangers roam the lands as well – grizzly bears, cougars, and coyotes among them who will vie with you for territory and food.
Raising the bar for realistic and accurate eco-simulation gameplay, many features in the game are directly adapted from wildlife research. Our science advisors include some of the top wolf biologists in the world today, who help us keep WolfQuest accurate to real wolf biology and behavior.
Live the life of a wild wolf! Form your own pack and watch your adorable pups grow into adults and disperse, year after year, until your wolf dies. End your story on your deathbed, or select an heir to continue your legacy.
Dynamic day/night, weather and seasons immerse you into the wilderness.
Wolves communicate with each other using natural actions and vocalizations. Packmates and pups interact and play with each other. Dynamic (family-friendly) courtship interactions help find and choose a suitable mate.
A genetics system models inheritance of each wolf's genes, including eye color, physical and personality attributes, and genetic coat color.
Elk roam the lands in realistic herds, along with moose, mule deer, beavers and other prey.
Animals behave and change to the seasons. Herds migrate through the year. Bucks and bulls spar in the autumn rut and shed their antlers. Cows and does give birth and raise their own young.
Rival wolf packs maintain and protect their own territories from intruders – like you!
Bears, cougars and coyotes will challenge you for your kills and defend their own.
Optional Ironwolf Mode: Live life on the edge, where each decision counts and your death can't be taken back.
Over 100 Achievements and a variety of collectible objects hidden across the map, from shed antlers, skulls, to lost human items.
And a lot more!
Engage in Co-op Multiplayer: Raise your pups together in a group for one game year, maintain territory together against rival packs, or hang out in a sandbox without any real objective.
Live a Wolf's Life Together: Build a pack and raise pups year to year in a special 2-Player Mode, until one of you dies of old age.
Choose who joins your games by selecting if they're public to all, private to friends, or only for select individuals or in-game pack groups.
WolfQuest is Verified on Steam Deck!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 148 |
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| Players | 1–6 |
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| Multiplayer | The game supports online co-op multiplayer. The store text states players can raise pups together for one game year, maintain territory together, or play a sandbox mode. It also includes a special 2-player mode for playing a wolf life together across years until one player dies of old age. Reviews indicate multiplayer sessions can be public, private to friends, or limited to selected players or in-game pack groups. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No information provided about mods affecting multiplayer. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 6 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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