The Wendigo
First-person horror about collecting recordings while a monster hunts you
warka · Published by Warka Development · Released Mar 2, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 71
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Mar 5, 2017
What is The Wendigo?
A single-player, first-person horror investigation game set in an abandoned Victorian mansion in a forest. After your paranormal investigation teammates disappear, you explore the house with investigative equipment to learn what happened while trying to survive the Wendigo.
For you if...
- +you prefer short horror games with straightforward objectives
Not for you if...
- −you want to fight enemies rather than avoid them
What players say
73% of 71 reviews are positive
Players praise the graphics and manageable difficulty, while several criticize sparse sound design. Recent complaints include awkward door controls; one reviewer also criticizes the lack of crouch and detector toggles and reports unfair monster spawning.
Screenshots and trailer
The Wendigo system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX660, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX660/GTX750ti/GTX950/GTX1050 with 2 GB VRAM or more | AMD Radeon HD6970/HD7870/R9 270/R9 370/RX460 with 2 GB VRAM or more
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- Notes
- Mouse and Keyboard supported.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD FX-6350 or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX680/GTX760/GTX970/GTX1060 with 2 GB VRAM or more | AMD Radeon R9 280X/R9 380/RX470 with 2 GB VRAM or more
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Notes
- Mouse and Keyboard supported.
Does The Wendigo have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Wendigo 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 configuration is not performant
- The native resolution is not the default one
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 4
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does The Wendigo 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 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
