Wildmender

Wildmender

Released Sep 2023

A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?

84% positive · 2,202 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Wildmender launched on September 28, 2023 as a complete desert gardening survival game. Following launch, the developer (Muse Games) was actively engaged with the game, shipping a series of patches focused on bug fixes, performance improvements, and quality-of-life changes through April 19, 2024. The most recent developer communication on record is that April 2024 patch. Since then — now more than 14 months ago — there have been no further posts, patches, or announcements from the developer. The game's three DLC items (two promotional hats and the soundtrack) all launched on release day and nothing further has been listed. No roadmap, season pass, or future content was ever announced. The post-launch update history consists entirely of bug fixes and feature patches — there was never a named expansion or major content drop after the base game launched, and no developer statement promised additional content. With no outstanding content commitments, no sustained pattern of major content releases, and complete developer silence since April 19, 2024, the game appears to have reached its final state. It launched as a finished product and received post-launch polish, but that support has concluded.
Evidence
Wildmender launched worldwide as a complete 1.0 release on September 28, 2023.
news post · Sep 28, 2023 source content shipped
high
April 19, 2024 bug-fix patch — the last recorded developer communication. No future content was referenced.
news post · Apr 19, 2024 source ambiguous
medium

Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Released
Sep 2023

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Kwalee
Achievements
108
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Wildmender is a game about bringing a deserted world back to life.

Explore the vast desert, alone or with friends. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time.

Turn the Desert Green

With the tools you crafted, set out to grow the little oasis in the middle of a vast desert into your own thriving garden. Plant seeds, dig canals, nurture your plants, craft useful and beautiful structures, harness magical essence, protect against the forces of nature, and more! You’ll have plenty of space and choices to create the garden of your imagination. Acre by acre, you will reclaim the desert and reforest the world.

Explore, Forage, and Survive

Explore the desert around you. It is not as barren as you think! Forage for seeds and resources. Store them for a longer journey or bring them back to your garden, the choice is yours. Manage your food and water carefully as your journey through the dunes, the drained and salted sea, the poisoned canyons, and the cold and distant mountains. The farther you adventure, the greater the peril and rewards. Rare minerals, exotic plants, adorable creatures, and ancient spirits await your discovery.

Uncover the Mystery

What happened to this world? How did everything go wrong? How did the life-draining wraiths corrupt the land? Journey to the temples of the gods, learn their stories, rediscover arcane magic, unlock powerful weapons, tools, and abilities to help you defeat the wraiths, free the gods, and breathe new life to the world.

4-Player Co-op Gardening

Invite up to 3 of your friends to your garden online! Work together to tend your flourishing garden. Share resources and survive together. Adventure with friends through the lonely desert. Fight together against dangerous wraiths. But don’t forget, with more hands to garden you’ll have more mouths to feed!

Customize your Garden and Looks

Just let nature take its course or style the garden to your liking. Craft structures and tools to decorate and shape the terrain. Build bridges over canals, a footpath dotted with lanterns, stucco walls with a gate, magical sigils that return bees to your garden, a streaming waterfall with a pool below, and more. Craft a loom and weave a wide variety of outfits to travel the desert in style.

Features:

  • Dozens of plant species to cultivate and grow, each with a variety of cultivars to be discovered

  • 50+ craftable structures and tools to build and manage your perfect garden

  • 75+ unlockable perks and ability upgrades

  • 1-4 player online Co-op multiplayer

  • Procedurally generated world for a unique challenge every replay

  • Day-night cycle: plants thrive and grow in the sun, while ghosts roam the cool nights

  • Variety of outfits for your character

  • Difficulty settings and game modes that can be adjusted on the fly

Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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