Pathless Woods
Open-world survival sandbox with Chinese-inspired building, farming, and co-op
AniYa Games Studio · Released Apr 2, 2024 · Early Access
AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 1,114
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 14
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 days ago
- Sep 21, 2026
What is Pathless Woods?
Pathless Woods is an open-world survival sandbox with building and farming inspired by ancient China. You gather resources, craft houses and bridges, grow crops by managing irrigation and temperature, and explore ruins while defending your land from Jaer cultists. You can play alone or with up to three friends.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building homes and bridges in Chinese styles
- +you like managing crops, irrigation, and supplies
- +you want to explore and build with friends
Not for you if...
- −you prefer linear levels to open-world exploration
- −you dislike gathering materials and defending your base
What players say
79% of 1,114 reviews are positive
Players praise the visual style, but some report technical problems that interfere with play.
Screenshots and trailer
Pathless Woods system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 （64-bit）
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i3-4130 or Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX™-6100
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (DDR4) or AMD Radeon™ RX 550
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 （64-bit）
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-8300
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (VRAM 3GB) or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 (VRAM 4GB)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 50
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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Open World
- Crafting
- Survival
- Sandbox
- Simulation
- Farming Sim
- Building
- City Builder
- Base Building
- 3D
- Colorful
- Cute
- Exploration
- Resource Management
- Indie
- Early Access
Recent updates
- Sep 21, 2026 · Pathless Woods OPENTEST Beta Update: v0.6.0.1–v0.6.1.3
- Sep 8, 2026 · Pathless Woods - Patch Notes v0.6.0.0
- Nov 30, 2024 · Version 0.5234 Update
- Nov 22, 2024 · Version 0.5233 Update
- Oct 30, 2024 · Version 0.5232 Update
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