Wayward

Wayward is a wilderness survival roguelike that has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2016 and remains so today. The developer, Unlok, considers it an unfinished work-in-progress product, and the evidence strongly supports that this is still very much the case. The game has received a consistent stream of major named updates throughout its Early Access life. Among those visible in the news scan: "Wheels & Wetlands" (September 30, 2022), "Runekeeper" (December 14, 2024), and "Cursebreaker" (October 25, 2025). Each of these introduced sweeping new systems — new biomes, creature territory mechanics, deity/rune systems, curse events, temperature overhauls, and more. Following the Cursebreaker release, the developer has continued shipping numbered feature patch updates: Cursebreaker Update #2 (December 20, 2025), Update #3 (March 22, 2026), Update #4 (April 12, 2026), and Update #5 (July 10, 2026). The July 2026 post explicitly mentions "we are busy working on the next major update," confirming that a new major release is already in development as of that date. A developer newsletter from August 12, 2024 explicitly stated "Wayward is not dead" and described active redesign work. The developer also maintains a public feature voting site they describe as an "informal roadmap," reflecting that content planning is ongoing and community-driven. The two DLC items in the store are both soundtrack releases from February 2019 and do not affect the development picture. The most recent developer communication was on July 10, 2026, confirming active engagement with the game and work underway on another major update.