The Wandering Village is situated in the city-building simulation genre and focuses on players building a symbiotic relationship with their giant host.

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.

At its core, The Wandering Village is a city-building and resource management game with rogue-like and survival elements. Players need to farm various crops to keep their villagers fed, send out foraging missions to gather rare resources and scout the environment while constantly expanding their settlement. Of course, living on the back of a living, breathing beast comes with its own challenges, such as helping to maintain the creature’s health and building trust, which might even lead to the beast paying attention to your requests as it wanders on through a variety of different biomes, each with its own perks and challenges.

Stray Fawn Studio announced that The Wandering Village is leaving Steam Early Access on July 17, 2025, and will be available for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series S|X on July 17th. 

The team have also announced a simultaneous launch on PS4 and PS5 on the same day.

Since its Early Access in 2022, the game has received several major updates:

• Story Mode: Adding more lore, quests and a story-based end goal to the game.

• Ocean and Ruins Biome: New challenges await in the form of new gameplay mechanics, events and scouting locations.

• Reworked economy: Improved villager management, a reworked research system and balancing tweaks have increased the game’s depth.

• Hostility modifiers: Extra challenges for experienced players.

• Gameplay and content expansions: Such as trading, parasites, new buildings, resources, Onbu commands and much more.

• Controller and Steam Deck Support

Alongside the announcement, the team revealed a Physical Collector’s Edition in partnership with Serenity Forge, offering a first look at its contents, with pre-orders coming soon.

Key Features:

• Build a unique village on the back of a giant creature known as Onbu
• Farm various crops to feed your villagers
• Send out foraging missions to gather rare resources
• Survive a variety of different biomes and events
• Build a relationship with a giant beast and influence its actions
• Research and construct a variety of different buildings
• Ecology/Biology inspired gameplay
• Unique art style with a blend of 3D and hand-drawn, hand-animated 2D graphics

The Wandering Village is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) on July 17, 2025.