The WILDS
Open-world animal survival sim about hunting, foraging, and exploration
Gluten Free Games · Released Feb 15, 2022 · Early Access
CasualRPGSimulationEarly Access
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 621
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 5
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Aug 24, 2023
What is The WILDS?
You play as a wolf, deer, eagle, or other wild animal in a single-player, open-world survival sim. To survive, you hunt or forage for food, seek water, avoid predators, and explore a wilderness with changing seasons and weather.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring the wilderness as different animals
- +you like a relaxed pace with occasional predator encounters
Not for you if...
- −you want to play animal survival with friends
- −you prefer structured objectives to open-world wandering
What players say
76% of 621 reviews are positive
Players praise the animal choices, scenery, and relaxed exploration. They complain that there is little to do, bugs can block basic actions, and development has stalled.
Screenshots and trailer
The WILDS system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor
- Graphics
- GeForce 760 or equivalent with 4 GB of VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor
- Graphics
- GeForce 980 or equivalent with 4GB of VRAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 1
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
Tags
- Early Access
- Animals
- Nature
- Open World
- Survival
- Wolves
- Hunting
- Exploration
- Life Sim
- Realistic
- Relaxing
- Foxes
- Cats
- Simulation
- Horses
- Character Customization
Recent updates
- Aug 24, 2023 · Visual Audio Wheel enters The WILDS
- Aug 22, 2023 · Splashes enter The WILDS
- Aug 18, 2023 · Fractures enter The WILDS
- Aug 14, 2023 · Jump Revamp enters The WILDS
- Aug 11, 2023 · Eye Customizations enter The WILDS
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