Whiskerwood
Island colony builder with stacked cities and underground mouse settlements
Minakata Dynamics · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Nov 6, 2025 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 3,605
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 234 in 30 days
- Players
- 777
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 week ago
- Oct 16, 2026
What is Whiskerwood?
This single-player city builder is in Early Access and follows mice establishing island colonies under cat rule. You gather resources, automate production chains, match jobs to colonists’ traits, and provide heating and healthcare. You also build ships to trade with other islands and defend supply lines.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing an economy against rulers’ escalating demands
- +you like room to experiment with city layouts
Not for you if...
- −you prefer management games with little day-to-day micromanagement
What players say
91% of 3,605 reviews are positive · 90% of 234 in the last 30 days
Players praise progression through technology and building tiers, as well as ongoing developer improvements. Some criticize research bottlenecks tied to particular resources or educated workers.
Screenshots and trailer
Whiskerwood system requirements
Minimum: GTX 1050 Ti, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Whiskerwood?
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- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-4670 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8350 (quad-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX-580 (8 GB) / Intel® Arc™ A350 (4 GB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-7600 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 5700 (8 GB) / Intel® Arc™ A380 (6 GB)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does Whiskerwood have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Whiskerwood run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- 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 graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America.
Does Whiskerwood use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Simulation
- City Builder
- Base Building
- Colony Sim
- Grand Strategy
- Management
- Building
- Sandbox
- Historical
- Economy
- Resource Management
- Open World
- Survival
- Singleplayer
- Moddable
Recent updates
- Oct 16, 2026 · Patch #30: Tax Office & Automated Taxes! RAM Optimizations! Faster Loading!
- Oct 2, 2026 · Patch #29: Optimizations, Optimizations, & More FPS!
- Sep 18, 2026 · Patch #28: Storage Piers, Ship Scuttling, & Damage Reports
- Sep 11, 2026 · Patch #27: Exploration Dock, Ship Loadout Controls, Nerfed Cannon Taxes
- Sep 3, 2026 · Patch #26: The Nautical Update (Ships & Shipyards! Naval Battles! Trading!)
