Skillwood
A resource-gathering simulation where campfire upgrades increase your stamina
sshulin · Released Jun 21, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 300
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 18 in 30 days
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 3 months ago
- Jul 22, 2026
What is Skillwood?
In this free-to-play, top-down sandbox, you chop trees and mine rocks for building materials. You build bridges and ladders to reach new areas, improve skills through use, and upgrade workbenches to raise skill limits; upgrading areas makes more trees and rocks spawn.
For you if...
- +you prefer a relaxed pace and uncomplicated tasks
Not for you if...
- −you want to gather and build alongside other players
What players say
92% of 300 reviews are positive · 88% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the music, pixel art, and steady upgrade progression. Some find the repeated harvesting and travel monotonous, while others note that the available content is short.
Screenshots and trailer
Skillwood system requirements
Minimum: 2 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Skillwood?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 2 Ghz
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
Does Skillwood have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Skillwood run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 13
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Skillwood 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
- Relaxing
- Nature
- Cozy
- Casual
- Sandbox
- Pixel Graphics
- Open World Survival Craft
- Indie
- Survival
- Simulation
- Top-Down
- 2D
- Retro
- Resource Management
- Singleplayer
- Cute
Recent updates
- Jun 21, 2026 · Skillwood v1.0.0 - Full release
- May 30, 2026 · Final v1.0.0 candidate is open for pre-release testing
- Aug 21, 2024 · Skillwood v0.22.5 - prestige upgrades hotfix
- May 5, 2024 · Demo v0.20.4 - small hotfix of bugs with default volume and souls tutorial
- Apr 30, 2024 · Demo v0.20.3 - new animations and feedback fixes